From: "jabbar sadiq" <
[email protected]>
Subject: URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 11:04:05 +0000
FROM THE DESK OF MR. SADIQ BADO.
MANAGER FOREING REMITTANCE DEPT.
AFRICA DEVELOPMENT BANK
OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA FASO
WEST AFRICA
ATTENTION:
DEAR SIR,
I AM SADIQ THE MANAGER OF FOREING REMITANCE DEPT. AFRICA DEVELOPMENT
BANK OUAGAGOUGOU BURKINA FASO. WITH DUE RESPECT AND REGARD I HAVE
DECIDED TO
CONTACT YOU ON A BUSINESS TRANSACTION THAT WILL BE BENEFICIAL TO BOTH
OF
US AT THE END OF THE TRANSACTION.
IN MY DEPARTMENT WE DISCOVERED AN ABANDONED SUM OF $ 15.5M DOLLARS (
FIFTEEN
MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS) IN AN ACCOUNT THAT BELONGS
TO ONE
OF OUR FORIENGN CUSTOMER WHO DIED ON NOVEMBER 14TH 2000 IN A PLANE
CRASH AND
THE FUND HAS BEEN DORMAT IN HIS ACCOUNT WITH THIS BANK WITHOUT ANY
CLAIM OF
FUND.
SINCE WE GOT INFORMATION ABOUT HIS DEATH, THE BANK HAS BEEN EXPECTIG
HIS
NEXT OF KIN TO COME DOWN AND CLAIM HIS MONEY BECAUSE BANK CANNOT
RELEASE
IT UNLESS SOMEBODY APPLIES FOR IT AS NEXT OF KIN OR RELATION TO THE
DECEASED AS INDICATED IN OUR BANKING PRINCIPLES.
IT IS THEREFORE UPON THIS DISCOVERY THAT I HAVE DECIDED TO MAKE THIS
BUSINESS PROPOSAL TO YOU SO THAT THE BANH WILL 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 GUIDELINES HERE STIPULATES THAT IF SUCH MONEY
REMAINED
UNCLAIMED AFTER FIVE YEARS, THE MONEY WILL BE. TRANSFERRED INTO THE
BANK
TREASURY AS UNCLAIMED FUND. THE REQUEST OF FOREIGNER AS NEXT OF KIN KIN
IN
THIS BUSINESS IS OCCASIONED BY THE FACT THAT THE CUSTOMER WAS A
FOREIGWER
AND A BURKINABE CANNOT STAND AS NEXT OF KIN TO A FOREIGNER.
IN THIS TRANSACTION (30 PERCENT ) OF THIS MONEY WILL BE FOR YOU AS
FOREIGN PARTNER, IN RESPECT TO THE PROVISION OF A FOREIGN ACCOUNT (10
PERCENT) WILL BE SET ASIDE FOR EXPENSES INCURED DURING THE BUSINESS AND
(60
PERCENT)WOULD BE FOR ME. THERE AFTER I WILL VISIT YOUR COUNTRY FOR
DISBURSEMENT ACCORDING TO THE PERCENTAGE INDICATED.
THEREFORE TO ENABLE THE IMMEDIATE TRANSFER OF THIS FUND TO YOU AS
ARRANGED,
YOU MUST APPLY FIRST TO THE BANK AS RELATION OR NEXT OF KIN OF THE
DECEAASED
INDICATING YOUR BANK NAME, YOUR BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER, YOUR TELEPHONE AND
FAX
NUMBER FOR EASY AND EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION AND LOCATION WHERE THE
MONEY
WILL BE REMMITTED.
UPON RECEIPT OF YOUR REPLY, I WILL SEND TO YOU BY FAX OR MAIL THE TEXT
OF
THE APPLICATION. I WILL NOT FAIL TO BRING TO YOUR NOTICE THAT THIS
TRANSACTION IS RISK FREE AND THAT YOU SHOULD NOT ENTERTAIN ANY ATOM OF
FEAR AS ALL ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE FOR THE TRANSFER .
YOU SHOULD CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS MESSAGE .
YOURS FAITHFULLY
MR. BADO.