hellen koneh: personal adviser to the former head of state

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From: hellen koneh <hellen_kbaby1@yahoo.com>
Subject: PLEASE I WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT YOU..
Date: Saturday, November 21, 2009, 12:33 PM

Hello Dearest,
How are you today?.
I believe that you are doing well.
I am more than happy to read your mail today.
My dear like i told you in my first mail, My name is
Hellen koneh from Ivory Coast in West Africa.
Presently i am residing in the refugee camp here in Dakar Senegal.

as a result of the civil war going on in my country. I am 22 years old girl 5'8" tall. My late father Dr Oliver Koneh was the personal adviser to the former head of state (Late Dr Robert Guei) before the rebels attacked our house one early morning and killed him alongside with my mother.

It is only me that is alive now and i managed to make my way to a near by country Senegal where i am living now Please I will like to know more about you. Your likes and dislikes and what you are doing presently I will tell you more about myself in my next mail.

Attached here is my picture.
Waiting for your reply.
Yours in Love
Hellen

From: hellen koneh <hellen_kbaby1@yahoo.com>
Sent: Fri, November 27, 2009 2:15:54 PM
Subject: WITH TRUST AND HONEST ...

How are you today?
I believe you are doing fine,
I am more than happy in your reply to my mail.
mine is a little bit hot over here in Dakar Senegal. Its just like one staying in the prison and i hope by Gods grace i will come out here soon.We don't have any relatives now whom we can go to all our relatives ran away in the middle of the war the only person we have now is Rev. ken George; who is the pastor of the (Christ for all Churches) here in the camp he has been very nice to me since i came here but i am not living with him rather i am leaving in the women's hostel because the camp have two hostels one for men the other for women.

The Pastors Tel number is (+221-77-7124-094 +221-77-7124-094 ) if you call and tell him that you want to speak with me he will send for me in the hostel. As a refugee here i don't have any right or privilege to any thing be it money or whatever because it is against the law of this country.I want to go back to my studies because i only attended my first year before the tragic incident that lead to my being in this situation now took place.

Please listen to this,i have my late father's statement of account and death certificate here with me which i will send to you latter,because when he was alive he deposited some amount of money in a leading bank in Europe which he used my name as the next of kin,the amount in question is $9.7M(Nine Million seven Hundred Thousand Dollars)
So i will like you to help me transfer this money to your account and from it you can send some money for me to get my traveling documents and air ticket to come over to meet with you.

So in the light of above i will like you to keep it to yourself and don't tell it to anyone for i am afraid of loosing my life and the money if people gets to know about it. Remember i am giving you all this information due to the trust i deposed on you.I like honest and understanding people,truthful and a man of vision,truth and hardworking.
My favorite language is English but our language is French but i speak English very fluently.

Have a nice day and think about me.
Please i am waiting to hear from you soonest
Yours Hellen.

From: hellen koneh <hellen_kbaby1@yahoo.com>
Sent: Sat, November 28, 2009 3:22:09 PM
Subject: PLEASE DARLING CONTACT THIS RABO BANK OF LONDON FOR CONFORMATION AND POSSIBLE TRANSFER.

My Darling,
How are you i am happy to read you mail today.
I believe that you are doing well. As for me am fine here
God will bless and reward you for every effort you are about to make to see me out from this horrible prison called refugee camp where i am living today as a result of the untimely death of my parents(may their gentle souls rest in peace)

I am really happy with your mail today and I wonder if God have totally forgotten me,Why i am face all this kind of difficulties ,God have given you to me to stand for me for the claim of my father's wealth which i know that i did not make any mistake by chosen you, I want to let you know earlier enough that my contact with you was directly came from God Almighty because i got you immediately after my 7 days 6 to 6 fasting and prayers that's why i give you all my trust and i believe that you will not betray me or let me down.
God says in the book of life that people should be doing to orphanages,
Knowing you brought some kind of relive to me making me to feel the way that those who have parents do. please i want you to contact the bank today to confirm about this transfer.

Moreover my darling the computer i use is in the reverend father office and after contacting with the bank they ask me to look for a foreign partner that will help me transfer my money then i was browsing through dating site there i fund your contact and about the passport i lost my on my way ruining out of my country so for now i don't have any one with me so please if you will help me for that then i will ask the reverend the possibility on how to get the passport ok.

Here is the contact information of the bank in London where the money was deposited by my late father is as follows,
RABO BANK OF LONDON
NAME OF THE TRANSFER OFFICER IS MR LEED JOHNSON
EMAIL ADDRESS(info.rblonline1@mail15.com)or(ukbtransfer01@24.com)
TELEPHONE NUMBER IS +44-703-193-3122 +44-703-193-3122
FAX NUMBER +44-703-193-3125

Already i have informed this bank about my intention to claim my late father's deposit of which my name appears as the next of kin. The only thing the bank told me is to look for a foreign partner who will assist me in the transfer due to my refugee status here in Senegal,as a refugee i am not allowed direct claim of the money but through an appointed representative as the united refugee law governing refugee all over the world states.

Based on this information i will like you to send an email to the transfer department of the bank today with this email addrress-(info.rblonline1@mail15.com)or(ukbtransfer01@24.com)
Attentioned MR LEED johnson the foreign transfer officer of the bank telling him that you are my representative and that you want to assist me transfer
my 9.7 million dollars deposited by late father of which i am the next of kin.

THE ACCOUNT INFORMATION ARE AS FOLLOWS.
ACCOUNT NAME IS DR OLIVER KONEH
AMOUNT 9.7 MILLION DOLLARS.
NEXT OF KIN MISS HELLEN KONEH
ACCOUNT NUMBER 43483002

yours in love for ever
((((HELLEN))))

From: "ukbtransfer01@24.com" <ukbtransfer01@24.com>
Cc: "hellen_kbaby1@yahoo.com" <hellen_kbaby1@yahoo.com>
Sent: Mon, November 30, 2009 12:17:25 PM
Subject: TRANSFER DEPARTMENT.

TO RABO BANK OF LONDON.

FOR YOUR ATTENTION

I HAVE BEEN DIRECTED BY THE DIRECTOR OF FOREIGN OPERATION / WIRE TRANSFER TO WRITE YOU IN RESPECT OF YOUR MAIL ADDRESS WE RECEIVED .
ACTUALLY,WE HAVE BEEN TOLD ABOUT YOU BY THE YOUNG LADY MISS HELLEN KONEH THAT SHE WISHES YOU TO BE HER TRUSTEE/ REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE CLAIM OF HER LATE FATHERS DEPOSIT WITH OUR BANK.

LATE DR. OLIVER KONEH IS OUR LATE CUSTOMER WITH SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT (US$9,700,000.00) DEPOSITED WITH US

HENCE YOU HAVE BEEN REALLY APPOINTED AS THE TRUSTEE TO REPRESENT THE NEXT OF KIN, HOWEVER BEFORE OUR BANK WILL TRANSACT ANY BUSINESS CONCERNING THE TRANSFER WITH YOU WE WILL LIKE YOU TO SEND THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS,

1. A POWER OF ATTORNEY PERMITTING YOU TO CLAIM AND TRANSFER THE FUNDS TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT ON HER BEHALF.
THIS DOCUMENT MUST BE ENDORSED BY A SENEGALESE RESIDENT LAWYER WHICH SHE CAN HELP YOU TO GET ONE .

2. DEATH CERTIFICATE OF LATE DR OLIVER KONEH(HIS DECEASED
FATHER)CONFIRMING THE DEATH.

3 A COPY OF STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT OF THE ACCOUNT ISSUED TO DR. OLIVER BY OUR BANK.

NOTE THAT THE ABOVE ARE COMPULSORY AND ARE NEEDED TO PROTECT OUR INTEREST,YOURS,THE NEXT OF KIN AFTER THE CLAIMS.
THESE SHALL ALSO ENSURE THAT SMOOTH ,QUICK AND SUCCESSFUL TRANSFER OF THE FUND IS MADE WE PROMISE TO GIVE OUR CUSTOMER THE BEST OF SERVICES.

SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION(s),PLEASE CONTACT US FOR MORE DIRECTIVES/CLARIFICATIONS WITH THIS NUMBER
TELE NUM- 0044-7031933125 0044-7031933125
FAX NUM- 0044-7031933122

YOURS FAITHFULLY
LEED JOHNSON

From: hellen koneh <hellen_kbaby1@yahoo.com>
Sent: Mon, November 30, 2009 5:08:43 PM
Subject: MY DARLING CONTACT THIS LAWYER FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE POWER OF ATTORNEY..

Hello my sweet Darling,
How are you today over there ? I hope that you are fine both on good health. I am very very happy for all the mails you have sent to me and every bit of the words were quite understood to me . My heart is really flowing with joy and happiness because by the special grace of God in no distant time we shall be counting our blessings after the successful transfer of this my late father's money through your account.

Honey please my darling i really appreciated the way you are handling this transfer of my money to your position pending my arrival to meet with you to start a new life. Honey please do not be offended on why i did not reply you on time, it was due to the fact that we were looking for a competent lawyer that can help us get this vital document OK.

I am suffering here in this prison called refugee camp and i believe with you i can start a new life in your country after the transfer of my money to your account. I can see what the bank is demanding before they will transfer my money to your position.

Presently i have my late father's death certificate and statement of account with me here which i attached with this mail to you. The only problem we have now is the power of attorney which the bank said that it will be issued by a lawyer here in Senegal for me to sign my signature on it.

After reading from your mail I discussed it with Rev Ken George and he gave me the contact of this lawyer Dr. Barrister Henry Kuma which i went with him to his office and told him every thing about the transfer and the power of attorney that is needed before the bank can transfer the money into your account.

He is one of the best lawyers working under united nations here in Dakar Senegal. I will like you to contact him on both phone and email telling him that you are my foreign partner that you need his services to prepare a power of attorney that will enable you transfer my 9.7 million dollars from RABO BANK OF LONDON to your account on my behalf due to my refugee status.

His contact informations are as follows,

Name Of The Lawyer.... Dr Henry Kuma
Email Address........... henrylawkuma@gmail.com
henrylawkuma@yahoo.com
Office telephone number +221-77-171-12-28 +221-77-171-12-28

God bless you as you contact him immediately.
yours in love forever;
HELLEN ...

From: henrylawchember kuma <henrylawkuma@gmail.com>
Sent: Mon, November 30, 2009 8:28:39 PM
Subject: INFORMATION ..

ATTENTION

SEQUEL TO YOUR EMAIL TO MY CHAMBER ON HOW TO PREPARE A POWER OF
ATTORNEY FOR YOU AND YOUR PARTNER MISS HELLEN KONEH.
YOUR PARTNER WITH REV. PASTOR CAME TO MY OFFICE ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT .
MY NOBLE LAW FIRM WISH TO BRING TO YOUR NOTICE THAT BEFORE WE CAN
PROCEED WITH THIS SERVICES WE WILL LIKE YOU TO FORWARD TO THIS LAW
FIRM IMMEDIATELY YOUR FULL CONTACT DETAILS .

1 .YOUR NAME AS YOU WANT IT TO APPEAR IN THE POWER OF THE ATTORNEY.

2. YOUR ADDRESS AS YOU WANT IT TO APPEAR IN THE POWER OF ATTORNEY).

3 . ALSO YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER .

4. OCCUPATION.

SO THAT I WILL GO TO THE FEDERAL HIGH COURT TO ASCERTAIN THE COST OF
THE AUTHENTICATION OF THE POWER OF ATTORNEY BEFORE IT BECOMES VALID.
AFTER WHICH MY LAW FIRM WILL CONTACT YOU BACK WITH THE REQUIREMENTS
BEFORE ACCEPTING TO RENDER THE REQUIRED LEGAL SERVICES.

PHONE.....( 00221-771711228)

YOURS IN SERVICE,
DR. BARRISTER, HENRY KUMA.

ESQ..

From: henrylawchember kuma <henrylawkuma@gmail.com>
Sent: Tue, December 1, 2009 3:21:43 PM
Subject: LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE..

ATTENTION SIR,

SEQUEL TO YOUR E-MAIL ON HOW TO PREPARE A POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR YOU
AND YOUR PARTNER MISS HELLEN KONEH TO ENABLE YOU STAND ON HER BEHALF
TO TRANSFER HER MONEY FROM RABO BANK OF LONDON TO YOUR ACCOUNT IN YOUR
COUNTRY OR ELSE WHERE.

PRIOR TO MY ENQUIRIES FROM THE FEDERAL HIGH COURT HERE IN DAKAR
SENEGAL TODAY ,CONCERNING THE POWER OF ATTORNEY WHICH WILL ENABLE THE
BANK TO DEAL WITH YOU ON BEHALF OF YOUR PARTNER MISS HELLEN KONEH.

FROM MY ENQUIRIES IT WILL COST THE SUM OF 570 DOLLARS FOR
AUTHENTICATION OF THE POWER OF ATTORNEY AT THE HIGH COURT BEFORE IT
BECOMES VALID AND 300 DOLLARS FOR THE NOTARY STAMPING AT THE NOTARY
REPUBLIC AND MY LEGAL PROCESSING FEE IS 200 DOLLAR TOTAL MONEY IS 1070
DOLLARS

TO SPEEDY THE PROCESS YOU ARE TO SEND THE 1070 DOLLARS TO ME THROUGH
WESTERN UNION WHICH IS THE FASTEST WAY OF SENDING MONEY TO ENABLE MY
NOBLE OFFICE PREPARE AND VALIDATE THE POWER OF ATTORNEY HERE IN THE
HIGH COURT AND NOTARY REPUBLIC RESPECTIVELY.

YOU ARE TO SEND THE SUM OF 1070 DOLLARS WITH MY NAME AND ADDRESS AS IT
APPEARS BELOW

DR HENRY KUMA
NO 18 LAMINE GUAYE (2ND-FLOOR)
DAKAR.SENEGAL .

I WAIT FOR THE WESTERN UNION TRANSFER DETAILS IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE
TRANSFER AND YOU SHOULD BEAR IN MIND THAT THE POWER OF ATTORNEY WILL
BE READY IN TWO DAYS AFTER THE RECEIPT OF THE 1070 DOLLARS MET FOR THE
VALIDATION AND AUTHENTICATION AT THE TWO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.

YOURS IN SERVICE,
BARRISTER HENRY KUMA
OFFICE TELL( +221-771711228 +221-771711228 )
ESQ...

From: hellen koneh <hellen_kbaby1@yahoo.com>
Sent: Tue, December 1, 2009 10:22:57 PM
Subject: My Darling Please Try To Help Me Out And Pay The Money To The Lawyer.....

Hello my dear,
How are you today and how is your health ? I am believing God that you are fine and healthy. My dear i am very happy for all the positive steps you are making to see that this my money is successfully transferred through your account and i believe that in no distant time soon i will be there with you. I hope that you are fine and healthy. Moreover my darling am very sorry for my late reply just that there is no light here in the camp that is why so am sorry for that ok.

My darling i am very very surprised to read your mail today. In fact since after reading your mail it has been tears and bitterness for me all through as i don't have any where to get or borrow this morning from please try and see what you can do to help me as you know that you will have your money back and manage the rest for our future .

Please try your best to see that this money is transferred as soon as possible as you know that it is only this power of attorney that remains now for the bank to transfer this money into your account. Please i am really suffering here i need this money to be transferred so that i can come out of this refugee camp as soon as possible to meet you over there in your country. Had it been that my beloved parents where alive , i wouldn't have been passing through all this untold hardship.

I love you my darling and i hope to hear from you as soon as possible to know when this power of attorney will be ready as you know it is the only document that remains now for the bank to transfer the money into your account. So please my sweet darling try your best to see that we get this vital document and send it to the bank for them to transfer the money immediately into your account OK.

Please as soon as you are through with the lawyer try to let me know so that i will know when you send him the money for me to know when i will go to his office to sign the documents. I hope to hear from you as soon as possible. Thanks for your kind attention. Have a very nice and lovely day over there and please try to take good care of yourself. I Love You.
Yours darling wife,
Hellen Young .....

From: hellen koneh <hellen_kbaby1@yahoo.com>
Sent: Wed, December 2, 2009 5:16:20 PM
Subject: PLEASE MY DARLING I WANT TO KNOW WHEN YOU ARE SENDING THE MONEY TO THE LAWYER...

My Darling Husband,
How are you today and how is life with you over there in your country ? I hope all is well with you bolt in a good condition of health , as for me am not fine as you know the situation of this prison called refugee camp but i thank God for the life he has given to me today as i know and believe that very soon i will go out of here to leave a better like those that have parents as you will send the money for the lawyer to get the only document that is delaying the bank to transfer my money to your position .

My love am really happy reading from your mail today and i understood all you said and i know that very soon all will be well , like you asked my darling i really want to tell you that the reverend have really supported this that is why he allowed me to use the computer in his office and i promise he that any day i go out of this camp that i will never forget him as he is the only i know as my father here in this camp .

My love please as you said i want to know when you are sending the money to the lawyer so that i will know when the document will be ready for me to go and sign it in his office and send to the bank for them to transfer my money to your account for me to come over and meet with you as my darling husband please try and let me know ok.
God will bless you for all the effort you are making to see me out of this hot situation.
(I LOVE YOU MY DARLING AND I MISS YOU).
Waiting to hear from you as soon as possible.
Yours lovely wife,
Hellen Young ..

From: hellen koneh <hellen_kbaby1@yahoo.com>
Sent: Fri, December 4, 2009 2:24:12 PM
Subject: MY DARLING PLEASE DO NOT ALLOW ME TO DIE HERE IN THIS CAMP...

My Sweet Darling Husband,
How are you today and how is your health? i hope you are sound bolt in a good condition ,as for me my darling am not fine but it gives me a lovely joy to hear your voice this morning and also your mail well my love i know that God have come to my rescuer and i believe that with him all thing are possible and very soon i will come over to meet with you and start a new life over there as your darling wife.

Honey am really happy that you really want to help me out and i very happy that you ask the reverend everything to confirm that i really have trust on you and i want you to know that you will never regret helping me as you will have your money back and manage the rest for our future as all i have will be anther your control so please i really want you to help me as you promise the reverend that you will send the money to the lawyer today or tomorrow please try so that the document will be ready and send to the bank for the transfer of my money to your account for a better life with you as my darling husband.

My love God will bless you for all the effort you are making to see me out of this prison called refugee camp and i promise to be with you for the rest of my life as i know that my money will be transfer to your account so that i will come over and meet with you so please if you send the money to the lawyer try and let me know so that i will go to his office and sign the document and send to the bank immediately .

Have a nice day and God bless you, (I LOVE YOU MY DARLING AND I MISS YOU)
Waiting to hear from you as soon as possible ,
Yours loving wife,
Hellen Young ..

From: hellen koneh <hellen_kbaby1@yahoo.com>
Sent: Mon, December 7, 2009 12:26:46 PM
Subject: MY DARLING HUSBAND AM VERY HAPPY TO HEAR FROM YOU...

My Sweet Lovely Husband,
How are you this morning and how was the weekend over there ? i hope you are sound bolt in a good health , as for me my darling am not fine as you know the condition of this prison called refugee camp but reading from your mail this morning bring some kind of joy and happiness to me as am just hoping to meet with you very soon as my money will be transferred to your account for a better life with you over there in your country .

My love am very happy to read your mail today and i have read and understood all you said, please am very sorry for not have mail you for the past two day is just that this is week end and i don't have time to go to the reverend office due to the clean up here in the hostel that is why so please try to understand and i will be very happy to hear from you as you said that you are trying to call the reverend but the phone is off and i called him he said that the phone have low battery that is why it was off .

Honey am very happy for all the effort you are making to see me out of this prison called refugee camp and i promise you that i will be with you till the end of my life as my money will be transferred to your account just that the only thing that is holding my money to be transferred to your account is the power of attorney so please as you said this week please try and send the money to the lawyer so that he will get the power of attorney ready for me to sing it and send to the bank for the transfer of my money to your account .

God will bless and reward you as you help me out of this situation ,
am hoping to hear from you as soon as you received this mail and please my darling take good care of your self (I LOVE YOU AND I MISS YOU).
Yours lovely wife,
Hellen Young ...

From: hellen koneh <hellen_kbaby1@yahoo.com>
Sent: Tue, December 8, 2009 9:05:17 PM
Subject: MY DARLING HOW ARE YOU TODAY...

Hello my sweet darling,
How are you today and how is your work? I do hope that you are fine as i can see some lovely smiles coming out of your loving and handsome face. Oh! that's good of you my darling. I am really dreaming of how that day will be when you will be coming to give me a warm welcome at the airport on the day of my arrival to your country for a better life with you.

My darling i am really missing you here on every passing minute but i do hope that very soon, sooner than expected i will be there with you to cherish our love together as soon as this my late father's money is transferred into your account.

Please my sweet darling i want you to try all your best to see that you send the money for the processing of the power of attorney hence it is the only document that remains now for the bank to transfer the money into your account. I hope that you will not fail me as you promised to send the money this week.

I hope to hear from you as soon this mail reaches you and try to let me know as soon as you send the money so that i will know when to go to the lawyer's office to sign the documents OK. Have a very nice and lovely day with you over there my sweet darling.
Thanks and may God bless you as you comply.
Yours sweet and lovely heart,
Hellen Young ..

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