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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.
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From: "Saidou Kalhed" <saidoukd@yahoo.fr> (may be fake)
Reply-To: saidoukdf@yahoo.fr
Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2005 02:40:21 +0800
Subject: (PRIVATE/CONFIDENTIAL).
FROM THE DESK OF:.MR.SAIDOU KALHED,
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK(A.D.B)
OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA-FASO ,WEST AFRICA.
TEL: +226 50 337 285
Dear Friend,
(PRIVATE/CONFIDENTIAL).
I am MR.SAIDOU KALHED .the Director in charge of Auditing section African
Development Bank(A.D.B) Ouagadougou Burkina-faso West Africa. Forgive my indignation if this message comes to you as a surprise.
AS IT MAY INTEREST YOU TO KNOW, I GOT YOUR IMPRESSIVE INFORMATION
THROUGH THE INTERNET SEARCH HERE OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA-FASO .I FASTED AND PRAYED FOR THREE DAYS BEFORE I CONTACTED YOU TO BE MY PARTNER. I have decided to contact you on a project that will be very beneficial to both of us. During our auditing in this Bank,I came across some amount of money belonging to a deceased foreigner Mr.Sheu Yuan-dong who died with his wife and their only daughter on February 16,1998 in a plane crash.
The fund has been dormant in his account with this Bank without any claim of the fund in our custody from his relation before my discovery to this development. He was the Governor of Taiwan Central(Reserve)Bank. The said amount is U.S $15.5MUSD( FIFTEEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS). I want you to know that I never master minded the death of the deceased fellow. Their death was occured Naturally.
Please View this website:
<http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9802/16/taiwan.crash.update2/>
FOR YOUR INFORMATION BE YOU NOT A TAIWANESE WILL NOT POSE ANY PROBLEM
FOR THE SUCESSFUL TRANSFER OF THIS FUND INTO YOUR ACCOUNT.
All the whole arrangement to put claim over this fund as the Bonafide next of kin to the deceased has been put in place and directives will be relayed to you as soon as you indicate your interest and willingness to assist me and also benefit your self to this great business opportunity. In this
country as a civil servant(A Banker),we are not allowed to operate a foreign account.
This is the actual reason why it will require a second party or fellow who will forward claims as the next of kin to the Bank and also present a foreign account where he will need the money to be re-transferred into on his request.
Our Banking law stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed after seven years, the money will be transferred into the Bank treasury as unclaimed fund and will be rendered null and void.
The request of foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a burkinabe cannot stand as next of kin. I dont want this money to go into the Bank treasury as unclaimed Bill. Be assured this transaction is 100% risk free. On conclusion
of this Project, you will be entitled to 40% of the total sum as gratification,while 60% will be for me.
Please you have been adviced to keep "top secret" as I am still in service and intend to retire from service after I conclude this deal with you. I will fly down to your country for subsequent sharing of the fund according to percentages previously indicated and further investment will be
discussed. On your acceptance to be my partner,
Please email me for a brief discussion before we proceed.Please keep this proposal secret, even if you dont want to assist me. I look forward to receive your urgent reply.
Yours faithfully,
Mr.Saidou Kalhed
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