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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: jubril ali <jubrilali334@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 01:49:47 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: SEND THIS TEXT OF APPLICATION TO THE BANK DIRECTLY AND CALL ME.
My Dear VICTIMNAME,
Thanks for your kind and urgent response to me, I want you to assure me of your capability of handling this transfer with trust by giving me the following information about yourself and your ability to assist me FINACIALLY to see that this fund is transfered to your designated account within a very short time. I require the following informations from you for security and TRUST sake.
1.Your occupation.
2.Your age.
3.Your resident address in your country and your correct Phone number where I can contact you at anytime.
I encourage you not to relent your effort in this transfer because this is not something that took me unaware, rather it is what I have studied properly as well an experienced/professional banker, I will direct you in every proceedures till the fund is transfered to your account.
I want to make it very clear to you that you are dealing with a responsible man who has the fear of our Almighty ALLAH ,therefore you should not see my involvement in this transaction as an evil act rather it is a perfect act of God.
I found my self in a society that has no value for any individual that is the Government of my country after rendering them your sincere service for many years on your retirement there will be no adequate compensation, rather they will frustrate you to an extent that you will almost be a nuisance in the same society which you previously served sincerely Please my dear, I do not want to take you so far but I want you to know that a strong force compelled me to take this decision to execute this deal because I have seen that the situation of things in my society is not conducive enough for me to stay further and watch my good talent wasted.
These are the reasons when I discovered this opportunity during my auditing I saw it as a gift/compensation from our merciful God and I quickly went into fasting and prayer for many weeks seeking for the support of Almighty ALLAH and a sincere fellow who will assist me honestly to realise this goal.
So all I need from you now for the actulisation of this transfer is for you to fill the text of application below and submit it immediately to the bank email address or fax line to enable them start the process of approving the fund in the shortest time for onward transfer of the fund to your designated bank account you shall provide to them and I promise that all this process will take us a short time depending when you submitted the application For approval by the Directors.
May the ALMIGHTY ALLAH continue to guide and protect us in all our doings, I demand that, truth, honesty, sincererity and confidentiality should be our CODE WORD in this transaction as you can see that I confined much in you as my confident/the reciepiant of this fund till I arrive in your country.
I will not want you to seat on the fund when it is finally remitted into your account. I am Looking forward for your urgent response. And call me on my private line 0022678848967. Thanks and God bless you.
Below I am sending you the text of application which you will send to the bank immediately for the claim and keep me informed so that I can follow it up.
Yours sincerely
MR JUBRIL ALI.
TEL 00226 78 84 89 67
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SEND THIS TEXT OF APPLICATION TO THE BANK DIRECTLY AND CALL ME.
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ATTN DR ABUBAKAR ALI
The Director,
Foreign Remittance Dept.
Bank of Africa,
BOA WEST AFRICA.
Ouagadougou,Burkina-Faso.
Tel : 00226 76 00 05 11 Fax. 00226 50 42 01 79.
E-mail :boa_africabank@excite.com
Sir,
APPLICATION FOR THE TRANSFER OF MY LATE UNCLE'S FUND MR ARTHUR BILLING.
I MR ......................................of the address stated below hereby apply for the payment of my late uncle's fund of $7.2 million dollars in your Bank. My late uncle died with his family in a plane crash while travelling for holidays with his family in 1990.
The family members have now asked me to apply for the payment of his left fund of $7.2 million dollars in your bank as his next of kin. His account number in your bank is 00142566ADB56231. With this, I request that the balance in his account mentioned above should be transferred to my account as stated below.
NAME:....................................................
BANK NAME:...............................................
ACCOUNT NO:..............................................
CITY:....................................................
COUNTRY:.................................................
DATE OF BIRTH:...........................................
FAX NUMBER...............................................
TELEPHONE...................................................
PROFFESSION:.............................................
NATIONALITY:.............................................
I strongly believe that my application will meet your urgent and favourable consideration.
Yours faithfuly,
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