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An Email with the Subject "URGENT REPLY NEEDED." was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:11:00 -0800 and has been classified as a Advance Fee Fraud/419 Scam Email. The sender shows as "Felix Ahmed" <felix_ahmed00@latinmail.com>.
The email address was probably spoofed. Do not reply to or contact any persons or organizations referenced in this email, or follow any URLs as you may expose yourself to scammers and, at the very least, you will be added to their email address lists for spam purposes.
HELLO DEAR, MY NAME IS MR FELIX AHMED, I WORK WITH A BANK HERE IN OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO (NAME WITHHELD FOR SECURITY REASONS). I HAVE URGENT AND VERY CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS PROPOSITION FOR YOU AS RIGHTLY UNVEILED BELOW. IN JANUARY 2002, AN AMERICAN OIL CONSULTANT/CONTRACTOR (LEWIS ALTMAN) MADE A NUMBERED-TIME (FIXED DEPOSIT) FOR TWELVE CALENDAR MONTH VALUED AT (£28.5 M)TWENTY EIGHT MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UK POUND STERLING, UPON MATURITY I SENT A ROUTINE NOTIFICATION OF ACCOUNT STATUS TO HIS FORWARDING ADDRESS BUT GOT NO REPLY. AFTER TWO MONTHS, WE SENT A REMINDER OF SAME LETTER, AND FINALLY WE DISCOVERED FROM HIS CONTACT EMPLOYERS, HALLIBURTON OIL SERVICES COMPANY THAT ENGINEER.LEWIS ALTMAN DIED IN AUTO CRASH. AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION, I FOUND OUT THAT HE DID NOT LEAVE A WILL AND ALL ATTEMPTS TO TRACE HIS NEXT OF KIN WERE FRUITLESS.I THEREFORE MADE FURTHER INVESTIGATION AND DISCOVERED THAT HE DID NOT DECLARE ANY NEXT OF KIN IN ALL HIS OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING HIS BANK DEPOSIT PAPERS. THIS SUM OF £28,500,000.00 IS STILL FLOATING IN OUR BANK AND THE INTEREST IS BEING ROLLED OVER WITH THE PRINCIPAL SUM AT THE END OF EACH YEAR. SUBSEQUENT TO THESE SEVERAL UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO TRACK HIS LAST NAME OVER THE INTERNET IN ORDER TO LOCATE ANY MEMBER OF HIS FAMILY. I HAVE CONTACTED YOU TO ASSIST IN SECURING THIS MONEY BEFORE THEY ARE CONFISCATED OR DECLARED UNSERVICEABLE BY MY BANK. IT IS THEREFORE, UPON DISCOVERY THAT I DECIDED TO MAKE BUSINESS WITH YOU AND RELEASE THE MONEY TO YOU AS NEXT OF KIN OR RELATION TO THE DECEASED FOR SAFEKEEPING AND SUBSEQUENT DISBURSEMENT, SINCE NOBODY IS COMING FOR IT AND I DO NOT WANT THIS MONEY GO BACK INTO GOVERNMENT'S TREASURY AS UNCLAIMED BILL