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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: musan bala <musan_bala2457@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 20:36:04 +0000
Subject: URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL
MR FROM THE DESK OF MR MUSAN BALABILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGERbANK OF AFRICA.OUAGADOUGOU,BURKINA FASO. TOP SECRETDear FriendI am MR MUSAN BALA the bill and exchange manager at the foreignremittance department of BANK OF AFRICA.I got your contact from the internet ,while seaching for an honest andtrustworthy person, who will assist me to implement this transfer. ldiscoveredthe sum of Twenty Two million and five hundred thousand United StatesDollars (USD22.5M) belonging to a deceased customer of this bank.The fund has been lying in a suspence account without anybody coming toputclaim over the money since the account owner late Mr Salla khatif fromLebanese , who was involved in the December 25th 2003 Benin planecrash.Here is the air crash website on cnn =http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/index.html Thesaidfund is now ready for transfer to a foriegn account whose owner will beportrayed as the beneficiary and next of kin to the deceased customerof thebank.Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting hisnext ifkin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release itunlesssomebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased asindicated in our banking guidlines and laws but unfortunately we learntthatall his supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him at theplane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim.It is therefore upon this discovery that I decided to make thisbusinessproposal to you and release the money to you as the next of kin orrelationto the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody iscoming for it and I don't want this money to go into the bank treasuryasunclaimed bill.The banking law and guidline here stipulates that if such moneyremainedunclaimed after five years, the money will be transfered into the banktreasury as unclaimed fund. The request of foreigner as next of kin inthisbusiness is occassioned by the fact that the customer was a foreignerand aBurkinabe cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner. I thereforesolicitingfor your assistance to come forward as the next of kin,I have agreed that 40% of this money will be for you as the beneficiaryinrespect of the provision of your Account and services rendered, 55%would befor me while 5% will be for expencses incured during the cause of thIStransaction If the money is transferred to your Account from BANK OFAFRICA,I and my family in this transaction will proceed immediately to yourcountryfor our own share of the money.I expect you to keep this business strictly confidential and secret asyoumay wish to know that I am Bank official. Be rest assured that thisbusinessis 100% riskfree on both side and every arrangement to transfer thismoneyto the Account you are going to provide have been concluded provided wemaintain the confidentiality and secreceirity involved.Contact me on my email address I am looking forward for your promptresponse.Yours faithfully,MR MUSAN BALA
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