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An Email with the Subject "waiting for your call" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Tue, 25 Jul 2006 01:24:51 -0700 and has been classified as a Advance Fee Fraud/419 Scam Email. The sender shows as <habibabu@virgilio.it>.
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From:Mr Habib Abu. Burkina Faso. Tel:00226 76 58 07 11. Dear Friend, With due respect and humility,I write to you irrespective of the fact that you don't know me.I got your contact through the international directory and publication in Inter-net, when I was making inquiry for foreign assistance.I have decided to contact you and bestow this trust in you,which I pray you will not ignore or betray me and apologise in advance for any inconveniences this may cause you, handle it discretely and contact me urgently if you can assist me in this transaction. I am HABIB ABU, an assistant to Mr.Nam Akay,an Importer of Textiles and Automobiles, based in Cotonou,Republic of Benin for the past fifteen years.Unfortunately, my boss Mr.Nam Akay died in the ill-fated plane crash involving a Boeing 727 UTA chartered flight that took off from Cotonou, Republic of Benin and crashed into the atlantic ocean on Thursday, 26 December 2003.For details of the plane crash,please visit: http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/index.html Before the untimely death of my boss, he made a fixed security deposit totaling US$10.5 Million(Ten Million Five hunderd thousand United states Dollars) with a Finance Company here IN BURKINA FASO. The money is mature be claimed by the depositor or his next of kin within 7 working days, else the fund will confiscated by the firm. I must confess to you that if I do not find a way to claim this funds from the Finance Institution, I will be doing the greatest injustice to my late friend . This is why I decided to browse extensively through the internet and send my letter, in search of a relaible contact person who can stand in as a next of kin of my late friend / boss so we can have this funds retrieved and invested judiciously. There are no risks involved as I am the only person who has access to my boss's documents. The Finance Institution has just sent a reminder to my boss through me, informing him of the maturity of his fund so I suggest we expedite action on this immediately.Your share of the fund is subject to negotiations. Reply urgently, as we must conclude this transcation and have this consignment funds within 7 working day upon their reciept of our application as the next of kin.Do call me or reply immediately via email . With Best Regards, HABIB ABU. 00226 76 58 07 11.