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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: Donald Okoba <okoba55d@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <okoba2d@yahoo.fr>
Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 11:08:09 +0200
Subject: My name is Donald Okoba Manager
From Dr.Donald Okoba, My name is Donald Okoba Manager, Auditing and Accounting department in our bank here in Abidjan, Cote I'voire . In my department I discovered an abandoned sum of US$14m dollars (FOURTEEN Million US dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer (MR. RICHARD BURSON from Florida,U.S.A) who died along with his family on November 1999 in a plane crash. For more information about the crash you can visit this site: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/502503.stm Since I got information about his death, I have been expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his fund. Our bank will only release the fund when applied for by the next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidlines and laws. Unfortunately I learnt that 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 now decided to make this business proposal to you,so that the fund can be release to you as the next of kin or relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody will come for it and I don't want this money to go into the bank treasury as unclaimed dormant fund. The banking law and guidline here stipulates that if such fund remained unclaimed after Ten years the money will be transfered into the bank treasury as unclaimed dormant fund. The request of foreigner as next of kin in this business is occassioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and an I'voireian like me can not stand as next of kin to a foreigner. In your participation/cooperation,35% of this fund will be for you as a respect to the provision of a foriegn account ,5% will be set aside for expenses incurred on the transaction while 60% will be for me. Thereafter, I will visit your country for disbursement according to the percentage indicated. Therefore,to enable the immediate transfer of this fund from our bank to you. You must apply first to the bank as relation or next of kin to the deceased customer with a text of application that I will send to you,but before I send to you the text of application form, I will require that you indicate your interest by sending me your full name, address and phone. This information is for easy and effective communication. Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you the text of the application form. 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 you receive this letter,if only you are intrested and ready to cooperate. Trusting to hear from you immediately.
Yours Faithfully, Dr.Donald Okoba
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