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How to get the best out of Africa

By James Altucher

Published: April 10 2006 22:25 | Last updated: April 10 2006 22:25

I just got an URGENT e-mail from Prince Eric Umumba. You might have heard of him. He’s a civil servant in the ministry of health in Nigeria. His father was in charge of “5.8 per cent of Nigeria’s crude oil production”. Unfortunately, his father died of a heart attack (and so young) and left him $12m stashed away in various VAULTS with a private SECURITY COMPANY around the world.

Prince Eric (no relation to the Prince Eric from the Walt Disney film The Little Mermaid) knew of my good reputation so thought he would offer me this MONEY/INVESTMENT PROPOSAL to help him retrieve this money, of which I would get 30 per cent.

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