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An Email with the Subject "DEAR FRIEND," was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:45:37 -0800 and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email. The sender shows as "Dawo Ahmed" <sxdfd@eircom.net>.
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DEAR FRIEND, I AM MR.DAWO AHMED FROM THE WESTERN PART OF BURKINA-FASO.I WANT TO SEEK YOUR ASSISTANCE AFTER MY DISCOVERY DURING AUDITING IN MY BANK AS I AM THE MANAGER OF BILL AND EXCHANGE AT THE FORIEGN REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT OF BANK OF AFRICA (BOA.) IN MY DEPARTMENT WE DISCOVERED AN ABANDONED SUM OF (USD$12.6) MILLION US DOLLARS IN AN ACCOUNT THAT BELONGS TO ONE OF OUR FOREIGN CUSTOMERS WHO DIED ALONG WITH HIS ENTIRE FAMILY IN PLANE CRASHES IN 2001. SINCE HIS DEATH, WE HAVE BEEN EXPECTING HIS NEXT OF KIN TO COME OVER AND CLAIM HIS MONEY BECAUSE WE CAN NOT RELEASE IT UNLESS SOMEBODY APPLIES FOR IT AS NEXT OF KIN OR RELATION TO THE DECEASED AS INDICATED IN OUR BANKING AND FINANCIAL POLICIES BUT UNFORTUNATELY ALL THE EFFORTS PROVED ABORTIVE. IT IS THEREFORE UPON THIS DISCOVERY THAT I DECIDED AS THE HEAD OF MY DEPARTMENT 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 BILLS. DO NOT VIEW THIS AS BEEN ILLEGAL BUT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HELP ENRICH OUR HOPE IN LIFE INSTEAD OF THE BANK CONVERTING THIS MUCH MONEY TO THE SECURITY FUNDS.YOU SHOULD NOT NURSE ANY ATOM OF FEAR AS ALL REQUIRED ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE FOR THE SMOOTH TRANSFER OF THIS FUNDS AND YOUR ACCEPTANCE IS WHAT WILL CROWN THIS EFFORT. WE WILL CONCLUDE THIS OPERATION WITHIN 14 BANKING WORKING DAYS BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF COPERATION YOU WILL CONTRIBUTE.THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING AS AWAIT YOUR URGENT RESPONSE TO ENABLE ME TO GIVE YOU MORE DETAILS ABOUT THIS TRANSACTION INCLUDING A TEXT OF AN APPLICATION FORM WHICH YOU SHALL RE-TYPE AND SEND TO THE BANK FOR THE COMMENCEMENT OF THIS TRANSACTION. PLEASE REPLY WITH THOSE INFORMATIONS BELOW SO AS TO KNOW YOU VERY WELL BEFORE I CAN GO AHEAD WITH YOU.PLEASE CONTACT ME FROM MY PRIVATE:EMAIL ADDRESS (dawo_ahmed2000@yahoo.com ) YOUR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN. YOUR AGE YOUR OCCUPATION. YOUR PRIVATE PHONE NUMBER THANKS YOURS SINCERELY, MR DAWO AHMED. 00226 78 45 02 12 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Find the home of your dreams with eircom net property Sign up for email alerts now http://www.eircom.net/propertyalerts