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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: "Ramadan Abdu" <ra_17ab@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: ramadana@latinmail.com
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 21:02:05 +0100
Subject: Trusting to hear from you immediately.
=46ROM THE DESK OF DR. RAMADAN ABDU
BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER,
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO.
TEL:00226-78-81-04-32
Dear Friend,
I know that this letter may come to you as a surprise but due to the urge=
ncy=20
of this transaction.
First I must solicit your confidence in this transaction, this is by virt=
ue=20
of it's nature as being utterly confidential and top secret. Though I kno=
w=20
that a transaction of this magnitude will make
any one apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that all will be=20
well at the end of the day. There is no doubt that trust conceptually is =
a=20
conundrum which leads itself to deferring interpretation, we have decided=
to=20
contact you due to the urgency of this transaction.
I am the manager of bill and exchange at the foreign remittance departmen=
t=20
of African Development bank (ADB). I came to know you in my private searc=
h=20
for a reliable and reputable person to handle this Confidential Transacti=
on,=20
which involves the transfer of a huge sum of money to a foreign account=20
requiring maximum confidence.
I am writing to you, following the impressive information received about =
you=20
=66rom the chambers of commerce. I believed that you are capable and reli=
able=20
to champion this business opportunity. In my department we discovered an=20
abandoned sum of $30m US dollars (Thirty million US dollars). In an accou=
nt=20
that belongs to one of our foreign customer who died along with his entir=
e=20
family On Monday, 31 July, 2000, 13:22 GMT 14:22 UK, 2000 through concord=
e=20
air lane with flight N=B0 AF4590 crashed off, killing all 109 people on b=
oard=20
and you can view the site for more details:
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next=
of=20
kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it unles=
s=20
somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as=20
indicated in our banking guidelines but unfortunately we learnt that all =
his=20
supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him at the plane cra=
sh=20
leaving nobody behind for the claim. It is therefore upon this discovery=20
that I and other officials in my department now decided to make this=20
business proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of kin =
or=20
relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nob=
ody=20
is coming for it and we don't want this money to go into the Bank treas=
ury=20
as unclaimed Bill.
The Banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money remained=
=20
unclaimed after ten years, the money will be transferred into the Bank=20
treasury as unclaimed fund. The request of foreigner as next of kin in th=
is=20
business is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and =
a=20
Burkinabe cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner.
We agree that 30% of this money will be for you as foreign partner, in=20
respect to the provision of a foreign account, 10 % will be set aside for=
=20
expenses incurred during the business and 60 % would be for me and my=20
colleagues. There after I and my colleagues will visit your country for
disbursement according to the percentages indicated.
Therefore to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you as arrange=
d,=20
you must apply first to the bank as relations or next of kin of the decea=
sed=20
indicating your bank name, your bank account number, your private telepho=
ne=20
and fax number for easy and effective communication and location where in=
=20
the money will be remitted.
Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or email the text o=
f=20
the application. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this=20
transaction is hitch free and that you should not entertain any atom of f=
ear=20
as all required arrangements have been made for the transfer.
You should contact me immediately as soon as you receive this letter.
Trusting to hear from you immediately.
Yours faithfully,
Dr. RAMADAN ABDU,
Bill and exchange manager,
African Development bank ADB
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