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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: "Dr. Babacar Diagne" <babacard@viola.fr> (may be fake)
Reply-To: babacardiagne@katamail.com
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 22:43:02 +0000
Subject: Partnership With Trust.
Compliments!!!
I am Dr. Babacar Diagne, and I am contacting you on business transfer
of a huge sum of money from a deceased account. Though I know that a
transaction of this magnitude will make anyone apprehensive and worried,
but I am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the day. I
decided to contact you due to the urgency of this transaction.
I earnestly seek your assistance to enable me transfer the sum of US
$6,000,000.(Six Million United States dollars) into your account.
MY PROPOSITION:
Some years ago, a Foreigner, Late Mr. Floyd Basha an Oil Merchant with
the Federal Government of Senegal, who died in plane crash a couple
of years ago. Until his untimely death, he was a known and major
customer in our bank here in Dakar-Senegal and until his death had a closing
balance worth US$6,000,000 (Six Million United States Dollars). Due
process was adhered to and the Bank served notices in the National
newspapers and also through the embassies High Commission inviting the next
of kin of the late Mrs. Floyd Basha.
Efforts were made by the management of the Bank to get in touch with
any of the family members or relatives of the Late Mr. Basha but all
efforts proved abortive. In accordance with the Banking Guidelines
enacted in the Banks/Financial institutions Act of 1976, Banking guidelines
stipulates that in the event of death of any of its Foreign customers,
notice should be filed at the foreign Home office/Embassy of the
Foreigner inviting the next of kin to the deceased Foreigner. The
Management of the Bank has been expecting his next of kin to come over and
claim her money because the funds cannot be released unless somebody
applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in
our banking guidelines and laws but unfortunately we learnt from the
embassies High Commission that all her supposed next of kin or relatives
died alongside with the Late Mr. Floyd Basha in the plane-crash
leaving nobody behind to claim the funds in late Mr!
. Floyd Basha account with us.
It is therefore upon this discovery that I and other officials in my
department now decided to make this business proposal to you and
release the money to you as the next of kin or relation and we do not want
this money to go into the Bank treasury as unclaimed bills. The banking
law and guidelines in Senegal stipulates that if such money remained
unclaimed after a specified period, the money will be transferred into
the Bank's treasury as unclaimed funds. The request for a foreigner as
next of kin to Late Mr. Floyd Basha in this business is occasioned by
the fact that the Late Mr. Floyd Basha was a foreigner and a Senegal
cannot stand to represent as next of kin to a dead foreigner.
It is in this regard that my colleagues and I now seek your permission
to have you stand as next of kin to Late Mr. Floyd Basha so that the
funds US$ 6 Million will be released and paid into your account as the
Account holder's next of kin. All documents to enable you get this
fund will be carefully worked out. We have secured from the probate an
order of mandamus to locate any of the deceased Beneficiaries. Please if
you are favorably disposed towards assisting us, I will appreciate if
you communicate your thoughts to me via my direct email. On the
successful pursuance of the transaction, the funds will be shared thus:
(1)Your share of the money will be 27% of the total bulk sum (2)I will
keep 70% for myself and other members/Board of Directors of the Bank.
(3)3% will be set aside to cover any incidental expenses that may be
incurred vis; telephone calls, and taxes that may accrue in your
country as a result of recepti!
on of funds of that magnitude into your bank account.
All logistics are in place and all modalities worked out for the
smooth actualization of the transaction within eight working days of
commencement after receiving the following information from you: Dedicated
telephone and fax numbers, Bank Details vis: Account #, Routing
number, Account name. If you are able to handle this, feel free to reach me
on my e-mail address for a perfect understanding of the transaction.
Time-frame needed for the pursuance of this transaction to a positive
conclusion is presumably eight (8) days (excluding weekends).
Thanks in anticipation of your positive response.
Yours faithfully,
Dr. Babacar Diagne
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