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Yet another scam, asking for money:


FROM THE DESK OF ABU JOSEPH
BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER
BANK OF AFRICA.
OUAGADOUGOU,BURKINA FASO.

TOP SECRET
Dear Friend

I am ABU JOSEPH the bill and exchange manager at the foreign remittance
department of BANK OF AFRICA.

I got your contact from the internet ,while seaching for an honest and trust
worthy person, who will assist me to implement this transfer.

l discovered the sum of Twenty Two million and five hundred thousand United
States Dollars (USD22.5M) belonging to a deceased customer of this bank. The
fund has been lying in a suspence account without anybody coming to put
claim over the money since the account owner late Mr Salla khatif from
Lebanese , who was involved in the December 25th 2003 Benin plane crash.
Here is the air crash website on cnn =
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/index.html

The said fund is now ready for transfer to a foriegn account whose owner
will be portrayed as the beneficiary and next of kin to the deceased
customer of the bank.

Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next if
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 guidlines and laws but unfortunately we learnt that
all his supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him at the
plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim.

It is therefore upon this discovery that I 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 I 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 therefore soliciting for your assistance to come forward as the next of
kin.

I have agreed that 40% of this money will be for you as the beneficiary in
respect of the provision of your Account and services rendered, 55% would be
for me while 5% will be for expencses incured during the cause of thIS
transaction If the money is transferred to your Account from
BANK OF AFRICA, I and my family in this transaction will proceed immediately
to your country for our own share of the money.

I expect you to keep this business strictly confidential and secret as you
may wish to know that
I am Bank official.

Be rest assured that this business is 100% risk free on both side and every
arrangement to transfer this money to the Account you are going to provide
have been concluded provided we maintain the confidentiality and
secreceirity involved. Contact me on my email address I am looking forward
for your prompt response.

Yours faithfully,

ABU JOSEPH