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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: "mrnongumu@yahoo.com" <mrnongumu04@telegraf.by>
Reply-To: mrnongumu@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 10:15:54 +0000
Subject: YOUR ASSISTANCE IS NEED
YOUR ASSISTANCE IS NEED
FROM THE DESK OF MR.NONGUMU
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING MANEGER ,
BANK OF AFRICAN B.O.A
OUAGADOUGOU-BURKINA FASO.
Dear Friend,
I am the manager of auditing and accounting at the foreign remittance
department of BANK OF AFRICAN ) here in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. In my
department we discovered an abandoned SOM OF ( L 15.5 MILLIONS BRITISH
POUNDS ). (FIFTEEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND BRITISH POUNDS ). in an
account that belongs to one of our foreign customer (MR. Salla khatif who
died along with his entire family on December 25th 2003 in a plane crash.
Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next
of kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it unless
some body applies for it as next of kin or relation to thedeceased as
indicated in our banking guidlings and laws but unfortunately we learnt that
all his supposed next of kin or relationdied 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 and release the money to you as the next of kin or relation
to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is
coming for it and we don't want this money to go into the bank treasury as
unclaimed bill.The banking law and guidline here stipulates that if such
money remained unclaimed after 7 years, the money will be transfered into
the bank treasury as unclaimed fund. The request of foreigner as next of kin
in this business is occassioned by the fact that the customer was a
foreigner and a Burkinabe cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner.
I agree that 40% of this money will be for you as a respect to the provision
of a foriegn account ,10% will be set aside for expenses
incurred during the business and 50% would be for me There after, I will
visit your country for disbursement according to the percentage indicated
Therefore, to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you arranged,you
must apply first to the bank asrelation or next of kin of the deceased with
a text of application that i will send to you,so i will like you to send to
me your private telephone and fax number for easy and effective
communication and location where in the money will be remitted. Upon receipt
of your reply, I will send to you by fax or email the text of the
application .I will not fail to bringto your notice 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 receiv e this letter.Trusting to hear from you
immediately.
Yours Faithfully
MR.NONGUMU
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