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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: "ibrahim karim" <ibrahim400p@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 16:36:15 +0000
Subject: will like you to help me out .
Attention ,
Please let this mail not inconvenience you .I am Dr Ibrahim Karim Manager
Bills/ Exchange at the Foreign Remittance Department of ( ADB )AFRICAN
DEVELOPMENT BANK OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA FASO IN WEST AFRICA. In my department
i discovered an abandoned sum of US$ 12.5M (TWELVE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) in an account that belong to one of our
foreign customers who died on 11th September 2001 in world trade center
(WTC). Since we got information about his death, i have been expecting his
next of kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it
unless somebody applied for it as the next of kin, or relation to the
deceased as indicated in our Banking guidelines.
Unfortunately, nobody has come forward to claim this money. It is based on
this that i , as the bill and exchange manager decided to establish a
cordial business relationship with you, hence by contacting you.I want you
to present yourself as the next of kin or relation of the deceased customer,
so that the fund can be remitted into your account since nobody is coming
for it. And again i do not want the money to go into the government account
as unclaimed bills.
The Banking laws and guidelines here stipulate that any account abandoned or
dormant for a period of years is deemed closed, all money contained therein
would be forfeited to the bank and government treasury account and as i see
this account, nobody comes for it and will not come because i have made
several enquires concerning the deseased. Now it is being speculated that
the above sum will be transferred into the government account as an
unclaimed fund if nobody comes forward .Is upon this reason i am requesting
you to present yourself as the next of kin is occasioned by the fact that
the deceased (customer)
was a foreigner.Also more importantly is that i have been given the right to
screen the applicants and that is why i have decided to hit this with you .
I will forward to you the detail information on how i have planned the
success of this if you agree to assist me.Your telephone and fax number will
be needed incase of urgency .
I have agreed to give you 40% of the total money .while i take 50% ,10%
will be for expenses incured during transaction on both side .If you are in
support of the aforementioned, therefore you are urged to reply this letter
indicating your readiness and interest to participate in the business. After
receiving your reply, you will be communicated to with the exact steps to
take. And I will like you to give me a concrete assurance that the entire
fund will be safe when transferred into your account. To enable us conclude
this transaction urgently,Please treat this business proposal STICTLY
CONFIDENTIAL for security reasons.
Best regards.
DR IBRAHIM KARIM.
(FOREIGN REMITTANCE DIRECTOR ADB)
Tele:00226 78 86 90 32 call me .
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