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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: "mrsirajdiop4 Gazeta.pl" <mrsirajdiop4@gazeta.pl>
Reply-To: mrsirajdiop1@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:52:25 +0000
Subject: I NEED YOUR CO-OPERATION ON THIS PROJECT
RE: TRANSFER OF (USD 8.7 MILLION) I am pleased to introduce a business
opportunity to transfer to your overseas account the sum of(USD 8.7 MILLION)
United States Dollars) from one of the Prime Banks here in Dakar Senegal.I
seek for your assistance to handle this important and confidential business
believing that you will never let me down either now or in future. These
however is not mandatory nor will I in any manner compel you to honour
against your will.
I am Mr Siraj Diop, (Bsc,Msc) the Auditor General of one of the prime banks
here in Dakar Senegal , during the course of our auditing , I discovered a
floating funds in an account opened in our bank since 1992 and till date no
body has operated on the account and after going through old files in the
records, I discovered that the owner of the account died long ago in a plane
crash along with his family without leaving a[His/WILL], hence the floating
of the funds and if I do not remit this money out urgently it will be
forfeited for nothing.
Therefore ,with a personal conviction of trust and confidence ,I wish to
contact you as a foreigner, to stand as a relative to the decease's , thus I
can work out the release of the funds , No other person in the office knows
about the account , please be assured of the risk free , I'm the one that
will work it out , all I need is your co-operation because the account
content can not be approved to an indigen here as his next of kin .
At the conclusion of this project , I need your full co-operation to make
this work fine because the management is ready to approve this payment to
any foreigner who has correct information of this fund, which I will give to
you later , if you are able and with capability to handle such amount in
strict confidence and trust according to my instructions and advice for our
mutual benefit because this opportunity will never come again in my life.
Thereafter, I had planned to destroy all related documents for this account.
It is a careful network and for the past eleven months I have worked out
everything to ensure a hitch-free operation.
I need truthful person in this business because I don't want to make mistake
I need your strong assurance and trust. With my position now in the office I
can transfer this money to any foreigner's reliable person, intact pending
my physical arrival in your country for sharing.
Now my questions are:-
1. Can you handle this project?
2. Can I give you this trust?
3. What will be your commission? If you can sponsor this transfer.
4. mail with phone&fax number...........
Consider this and get back to me as soon as possible. Finally, it is my
humble prayer that the information as contained herein be accorded the
necessary attention, urgency as well as the secrecy it deserves. I expect
your urgent response if you can handle this project.
Best Regard.
Mr. Siraj Diop.
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