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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: "hadji ahmed" <hadjiahmed6@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 12:40:12 +0000
Subject: OPPORTUNITY.
MR.HADJI AHMED,
Head Foreign Exchange Dept:
Bank OF AFRICA, Burkina-Faso.
ATTN
Dear Friend,
REQUREST FOR CO-OPERATIVE BUSINESS
I am MR.HADJI AHMED, Head Foreign Exchange Dept; BANK OF
AFRICA,OUAGADOUGOU/BURKINA FASO .Every Six years, Burkina Banks transfer to
it's treasury,Millions of Dollars/Euro of unclaimed deceased Depositors
Funds, incompliance it the Banking Laws and Guidelines.
In the majority of cases, with reference to my Bank Of Africa the money
normally runs into several millions of Dollars Until Mr.Sheu Yuan-dong,
governor of Taiwan's Central Bank, his wife and only daughter with other
four other finance officials returning from a conference in Bali Died in a
plane crash in Taiwan, I was his foreign currency denoted Bank Account
Manager with constant balance in excess of eight digits. Ever since his
death and up till this time of writing, no next of kin or relation of his
has come forward to claim his money with us,since they lost their only
daughter who was supposed to inherit this liquid assets.
However, with my position, I am directly in charge of Bills and Exchange in
the Foreign Remittance Department of this bank. I am in a position to cause
the payment of this money to whosoever that present himself or herself as
the next of kin or relation of late Mr. Sheu Yuan-dong on private business
deal basis.
Please View this website:
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9802/16/taiwan.crash.update2/
The purpose of my writing to you exclusively is that I want to pull out this
unclaimed money amounting to US$45,900,000.00 (Fourty Five Million, Nine
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) with your co-operation and
assistance by just doing the following-
1. Act as the next of kin or relation of late Mr. Sheu Yuan-dong
2. Provide your bank account and location where you want the money remitted.
3. Provide your direct and private telephone/fax numbers for effective
communication.
4. Give immediate reply to this proposal, using this email address Upon
receipt of your response and agreeing with my terms, I will send to you by
fax the legally certified documents that proves that you are the next of
kin/beneficiary of the said funds.
For your co-operation and efforts 40% of the money will be for you as our
foreign partner, while 60% will be for my colleaguesand myself that will
eventually visit your country for disbursement of our fund portion. As a
matter of fact,it is pertinent to inform you that all modalities have been
accomplished and all logistics in good shape to effect payment immediately.
Looking forward to a mutual beneficial business relationship.
Treat with extremely confidential.
Best regards,
Mr.HADJI AHMED.
Head Foreign Exchange Dept:
Bank of AFRICA/ OUAGADOUGOU
BURKINA FASO/ WEST/AFRICA.
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