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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: "marshal_dumba01@yahoo.com" <marshal_dumba06@gazeta.pl>
Reply-To: marshal_dumba01@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:10:15 +0200
Subject: URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL
FROM MR MARSHAL_DUMBA
BANK OF AFRICA
OUAGADOUGOU,
BURKINA FASO.
WEST AFRICA.
Dear friend,
RE: TRANSFER OF ($7,000.000.00 USD SEVEN MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS)
I want to transfer to overseas the sum of ($7.000.000.00USD) Seven Million
United States Dollars) from a Prime Bank in Africa. I would like to ask you
to quietly look for a reliable and honest person who will be capable and fit
to provide either an existing bank account or to set up a new Bank a/c
immediately to receive this money, even an empty a/c can serve as far as it
can receive money.
I am MR MARSHAL_DUMBA an accountant and personal confidant to Dr.George
Brumley who died together with his wife in a plane crash on the July 21st
2003 on their way to attendwedding in Boston, he is an American, a physician
andindustrialist, he died without having any beneficiary to his assets
including his account here in Burkina Faso which he opened as his personal
savings for the purpose of expansion and developement of his company before
his untimely death in 2003.
The amount involved is ($7.000.000.00USD) Seven Million United States
Dollars), no other person knows about this account. I am contacting you for
us to transfer this funds to your account as the beneficiary, I want to
transfer the whole $7,000.000.00 (Seven Million United States Dollars) into
a safe account abroad, but I don't know any foreigner. I am only contacting
you as a foreigner because this money can not be approved to a local person
here,But can only be approved to any foreign a/c because the money is in US
Dollars and the former owner of the a/c Dr.George Brumley is a foreigner
too, and as such the money can only be approved into a foreign a/c.
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 account, which I will give to you, upon your positive
response and once I am convinced that you are capable and will meet up with
the inheritance procedures.
At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 40% of the total
amount,55% will be for me, while 5% will be for expenses both parties might
have incurred during the process of transferring. You should observe utmost
CONFIDENTIALITY AND SECRECY in this transaction, and rest assured that this
transaction would be most profitable for both of us because I will require
your assistance to invest my share in your country.
You should fill this form below and send to me immediately as soon as you
receive this letter: this is my eèmail address (marshal_dumba01@yahoo.com)
Your Full Name: ...........
Your Address : ..........
Your Telephone: ..........
Your Age: .................
Merital Status: ...........
Your Country: .............
Trusting to hear from you immediately.
Sincerely
MR MARSHAL_DUMBA
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