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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: "Ahmed Garuba" <ahmed_garuba02@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: a_garuba0@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 17:23:47 +0000
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL.
FROM THE DESK OF:MR MR GARUBA AHMED.
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (ADB)
BILL AND EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT,
OFFSHORE OFFICE,OUAGADOUGOU,BURKINA-FASO.
Dear,
I am the Bill and Exchange(assistant) Manager of the Africa development
Bank,
MR GARUBA AHMED.
In my department I discovered an abandoned sum of USD$11.300.000 (ELEVEN
MILLION THREE HUNDERS U.S.A DOLLARS). In an account that belongs to one of
our foreign customer who died along with his wife and two children in July
2000 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 somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation
to the deceased, as indicated in our banking guidelines but unfortunately we
learnt that all his supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him
in the plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim.
It is therefore upon this discovery that I in my department now decided to
make this business proposals to you and release the money to you as 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 fund. The banking law and guidelines here stipulates
that if such money remains unclaimed after five years, the money will be
transferred into the bank treasury as unclaimed fund.
The request of foreigner in this transaction is necessary because our late
customer was a foreigner and a Burkinabe cannot stand as next of kin to a
foreigner. We agree that 27% of this money will be for you as foreigner
partner, in respect to the provision of a foreign account,3% will be set
aside for expenses incurred during the business and 70% would be for me and
my colleague, after which we shall visit your country for disbursement
according to the percentages indicated. Therefore to enable the immediate
transfer of this fund to you as arranged, you must apply first to the bank,
and send your account number, your private telephone and fax number for easy
and effective communication and location where the money will be remitted.
Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or e-mail the text of
the application which you shall retype and fax to our foreign remittance
maneger,for easy execution of the transaction.
I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is 100%
hitch-free on both side. As all required arrangement have been made for the
transfer. You should contact me immediately as soon as you receive this
letter.
Trusting to receive your urgent reply through my alternative Email :
garuba_00@yahoo.fr
Best regards.
MR GARUBA AHMED.
.BILL AND EXCHANGE (ASSIST.)MANAGER,
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK ANNEXE,
OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA-FASO.
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