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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: "aliko_ smith3" <aliko_smith3@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: aliko_smith1@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 08:23:10 +0000
Subject: EXTREMLY URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL.
FROM THE DESK OF MR ALIKO SMITH.
AUDITIN AND ACCOUNTING MANAGER,
BANK OF AFRICA (B.O.A)
OUAGADOUGOU-BURKINA FASO.
Dear Friend,
I am the AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING MANAGER BANK OF AFRICA (B.O.A) here in
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. In my department we discovered an abandoned
sum of US$12.5m dollars (TWELVE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS) in
an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer (MR. ANDREAS
SCHRANNER from Munich,
Germany) who died along with his entire family in Jully 2000 in a plane
crash
FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT THIS SITE BELLOW
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
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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 the deceased
as
indicated in our banking guidlings and laws but unfortunately we
learnt that all his supposed next of kin or relation died along side
with him at the plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim.It is there
for 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 five 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 30%
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 60% would be for me Thereafter, 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 as relation or next of kin of the deceased indicating your bank
name, your bank account number, 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 bring to 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 receive this letter.when writing back to me i
will like you to provide to me the answers of this
questions.
1.your age
2.your marital status
3.your occupation
4.if you are ready to keep the transaction as top secret as i do not
want it
to jeopadise or have my reputable immage dented
5.your financial capability in handling this transcation as money will
be
involve
6.your credibility and reliability as to avoid betrayal from you or
seating
on my share when the funds finaly hits your bank account
7.that all my instructions as an insider and as the initiator of the
transaction would be taking for the betterment of a hitch transfer and
also include your private telephone and fax number and endevoure to call me
with the above indicated private telephone line as indicated above.your
immediate response shall be most appreciated as the urgency of the
transfer implies for we don't have enough time again to excute this
transaction.
Trusting to hear from you immediately.
Yours Faithfully,
ALIKO SMITH.
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