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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: "Mr. Idrissa Diop" <bedipeter194@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: idrissadiop777@katamail.com
Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2006 04:12:52 +0100
Subject: YOUR URENT REPLY WILL BE NEEDED.
Dear Friend,
First, I must apologise to you for using this medium
to communicate about this transaction, though it is my
great pleasure in writing you this letter on behalf of
my colleague and myself. I am Mr. Idrissa Diop the
Director of Bill and Exchange at the Foreign Remittance
Department in the bank where I work. I am writing to you
this urgent proposal following the impressive information
about you through one of my friends who runs a consultancy
firm. Though, I did not disclose to him the nature of my
proposal to you to avoid any leakage. My colleague and I
have decided to contact you on a business transaction that
will be very beneficial to both of us at the end. I would
be brief and direct to ensure you understand everything
properly.
In my department we discovered an abandoned Sum of
$13.7M USD (Thirteen Million, Seven Hundred Thousand
US Dollars), in an account that belongs to one of our
foreign customers, an American by name: Mr. John
Schelpert who died along with his wife and other
passengers in EgyptAir Flight 990 - October 31, 1999.
Since we got information about his untimely death,
the fund has been dormant in his account with my Bank
without any claim, we have been expecting his next of
kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot
release it unless somebody applies for it as next of kin
or relation to the deceased and the person must be a foreigner
as indicated in our banking guidelines. Before our
observation in this development, we discovered that
the owner of the account died without a Heir/WILL hence
the money is floating and if I do not remit this money out
urgently it will be forfeited for nothing. The Banking law
and guideline here stipulates that if such money remained
unclaimed after Six (6) years, the money will be transfered
into the Bank treasury account as unclaimed fund. It is therefore
upon this discovery that I and my junior colleague
in the bank now decided to make this businness proposal
to you and release the money to you as the next of kin
or relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent
disbursement since nobody is coming for it and we do
not want this money to go into the Bank treasury as
unclaimed Bill.
Meanwhile the whole arrangement to put claim over these
fund as the bonafide next of kin to the deceased and
transfer this money to a foreign account has been put
in place. Directives and needed information will be
relayed to you as soon as you indicate your interest
and willingness to assist us and also benefit from this
great business opportunity. We could have done this deal
on our own, but because of our position in this country
operating a local account would eventually raise an eye
brow on my side during the time of transfer because I
work in this bank.
This is the actual reason why it will require foreigner
as second party that will forward claims as the next of
kin to the Bank and also present a designated safe foreign
account where he will need the money to be transferred into
after due verification and clearification by the bank.
May I at this point emphasize that this transaction is a
successful arrangement, and as an insider of the bank
I have the capacity to monitor that everything is smoothly
perfected. On smooth conclusion of this transaction, you
will be entitled to your own share of the total sum as
gratification We have agreed that 20 % of this money will
be for you as our foreign partner, in respect to the provision
of a foreign account, 5% will be set aside for expenses
incured during the business and 75% would be for me and
my colleague. There after I and my colleague will visit
your country for disbursement according to the percentages
indicated.
This share of yours is negotiable as long as it is reasonable.
Please, you have been adviced to keep this information a
topsecretas we are still in service and intend to retire
from service after we conclude this deal with you. I will
be monitoring the whole situation here in this bank until
you confirm the money in your account and ask us to come down
to your country for subsequent sharing of the fund according
to percentages we shall agree upon. All other necessary
information will be sent to you on your acceptance to champion
this transaction with us. I suggest you get back to me as soon
as possible, stating your wish in this deal. Please do call me
on my direct line for more clearifications: 00221 4829179
Thanks and best regards.
Yours faithfully,
Mr. Idrissa Diop
Telephone: 00221 4829179
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