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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: "adamu attaha03" <adamu_attaha03@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: adamu_attah1@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 09:53:24 +0000
Subject: TREAT AS URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL.
From The Desk of MR.ADAMU ATTAH
Bill and Exchange Officer
Foreigner Remittance Dept
African Development Bank
Burkina Faso
Dear Friend,
I am the officer of bill and exchange at the foreign remittance department
of African development bank.
In my department i discovered an abandoned sum ofUS$15.5 US dollars
(Fifteen millionfive hundred thousand US dollars) in an account that belongs
to one of our foreign customer who died along with his entire family in
plane crash. website:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next
of kin tocome over and claim his money because we cannot release it unless
some body applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as
indicated in our banking guidlings and laws but unfortunately we learnt
that all his supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him at
the plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim.
It is therefore upon this discovery that I decided to make this
business proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of kin or
relation to the deceased for safety andsubsequent disbursement since nobody
is coming for it and we don't want this money to go into the bank treasury
as unclaimed bill.
The banking law and guidline here stipulates that if such money
remained unclaimed after fours years, the money will be transfered into the
bank treasury as unclaimed fund. The request of foreigner as next of kin in
this business is occassioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner
and a Burkinabe cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner.I agree that 30%
of this money will be for you as a respect to the provision of a foriegn
account , 10%will be set aside for expenses incurred during the business
.Thereafter, I will visit your country for disbursement according to the
percentage indicated.
Therefore, to enable the immediate transfer of thisfund to you as
arranged, you must apply first to the bank as relation or nextof kin of
the deceased indicating your bank name, your bank account number,your
private telephone and fax number for easy and effective communication and
location where in the money will be remitted.
Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or email the text
of the application . I will not fail to bring to your notice that this
transaction is hitch-free and that you should not entertain any atom
of fear as all required arrangements have been made for the transfer.You
should contact me immediately as soon as youreceive this letter.
Trusting to hear from you immediately.
Yours faithfully
MR.ADAMU ATTAH
Bill and Exchange officer
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DU BUREAU DE Mr.adamu Attah
ADB(BANQUE AFRICAINE DE DEVE-LOPPEMENT)
OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA-FASO.
Je suis le directeur du bureau de changes à la ADB-burkina.Je m'appelle Dr
Hassan_bello . Dans mon département,il a été découvert une importante somme
d'argent qui appartenait à un de nos clients qui mourut lors d'un accident
d'avion en juillet 2000 avec sa famille entière ne laissant personne pour
réclamer cette fortune qui s'élève à $15.5 M USD(américains).Vous pouvez
avoir plus d'informations de cet accident sur ce site
web:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
Depuis lors,personne ne s'est présenté pour réclamer cette somme qui se
trouve dans notre banque.Or,les règlements bancaires en Afrique stipulent
que, si une telle somme reste sans revendication après une période de
5ans,ceci doit etre virée dans dans le compte de trésor bancaire.C'est afin
d'éviter que ce fond profite au gouvernement burkinabè que mon collègue et
moi avons décidé de chercher un partenaire étranger qui peu nous aider à
faire transférer cette somme dans son compte bancaire.Ceci dit,vous devrez
vous présenter au niveau de la banque comme héritier du défunt afin de
devenir bénéficiaire de ce fond.Le choix d'un étranger pour jouer ce role
révèle du fait qu'un burkinabè ne peut pas se présenter comme héritier(e)de
notre défunt client Nous acceptons que vous aurez les 30% du partage,mon
collègue et moi aurons les 60% alors que 10% seront consacrés aux dépenses
survenues lors du tansfert.
Une fois ce fond transféré,mon collègue et moi viendrons sur place chez vous
en vue du partage,conformement aux pourcentages sus-indiqués.Ainsi vous
devez me donner toutes vos coordonées,ce qui me permetra de mieux vous
connaitre et de vous envoyer le texte d'application(demande de transfert).Je
vous rassure que ce business est à 100%sans risque et que vous ne devrez
mettre en vous aucun atome de crainte. Veuillez croire cher
monsieur,l'expresssion de mes considérations.veuillez me repondre par le
email suivant: (adamu_att01@yahoo.com)
distinguée.
Merci .
Mr.Adamu Attah
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