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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: "FRANKLIN OWUSU" <franklin_owusu46@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: franklin_owusu006@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 16:08:59 +0100
Subject: FROM THE DESK OF DR FRANKLIN OWUSU
FROM THE DESK OF DR. FRANKLIN OWUSU
ASSISTANT MANAGER
BANK OF AFRICA ACCRA -GHANA
WEST AFRICA.
Dear,
With due respect and regards,I Dr Franklin Owusu the assistant bank
manager
bank of Africa ACCRA- GHANA, I have decided to contact you on a
business
transaction that will be very beneficial to both of us at the
end .
During the time of auditing in this bank I discovered an account that
belong
to one of our late foreign customer Dr,George Brumley a physician who
died
with his family in a plane crash that took place in Kenya, East
Africa,on
monday the 21st of july 2003 and the fund has been dormant in his
account
with this Bank without any claim of the fund in our custody either
from his
family or relation before my discovery to this Development,the Late
Dr.
George Brumley, a citizen of Atlanta, United States of America whose
residence was here in ,West Africa.
The banking law and guidelines here stipulates that if Such fund
remains
unclaimed for three years, and know body apply to the bank as his or
her
next of kin to the deceased the fund will be transferred into the bank
treasury as unclaimed fund.
Although personally, I kept this information secret within myself to
enable
the whole plans and idea be Profitable and successful during the time
of
execution. The said amount was ($24.897,773.90 million) Equivalent to
$24.9m. Meanwhile, all the whole arrangement to put claim over this
fund as
the bonafide next of kin to the deceased has been made, and all
information will be provided to you as soon as you indicate your
interest
and willingness to assist me.
I could have done this transaction alone, but due to the fact that I
dont
want the secret of this transaction to be reviewed by any body, that
is why
I have decided to contact a foreign body in other to maintain the
secrecy
involved and also been a well know staff of this bank, it is not
advisable
for me to carry out this transaction alone.
On smooth conclusion of this transaction. You will be entitled to 36%
of
the
total sum as gratification, while 4% will be set aside to take care of
any
expenses that may arise during the cause of this transaction, which
will be
deducted as soon as the funds gets into your personal account in your
country while 60% will be for me.
Please, you have been advised to keep the top secret and
confidentiality of
this transaction until this fund enters into your designation bank
account in your country.
I will be monitoring the whole situation here in this bank until you
confirm
the fund in your designation bank account before I tender my
resignation
letter to the bank.
Please,visit the website below for more informations about the Plane
Crash
and the tragic death of the deceased and his entire family,Late
Dr,George
Brumley.
Here is the website of the plane crash below:
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/07/20/kenya.crash/index.html
I will be expecting your response as soon as you receive this message.
Thanks.
Dr Franklin Owusu
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