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If you take a look at Wikipedia you will find an entry about Mr. Brumley. He was quoted to be a philanthropist and he died with several family members in a plane crash in 2003.

Now obviously this background is ideal for 419 scam crooks to misuse this information to put a bogus story about “lost” money in deepest Africa. Seeing that e-mails quoting money in Ouagadougou come in almost every day here, it does seem a favourite location for stories like this.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: HASSAN BILLY <mr_hbilly15@mixmail.com>
Date: Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 1:24 AM
Subject: Mr.Hassan Billy
To: “mr_hbilly15@mixmail.com” <mr_hbilly15@mixmail.com>

Mr.Hassan Billy
01 Avanue BP Pardou,
Ouagadougou Burkina Faso.
 
GREETINGS, PLEASE I WILL LIKE YOU TO CONTACT ME THROUGH MY
PRIVATE EMAIL hbilly01@yahoo.fr
 
Complement of the day to you and your beloved family. Do not be astonished for receiving this mail. Please, I seek your permission and would want to get myself introduce to you. I am Mr.Hassan Billy. I work with BANK INTERNATIONAL OF BURKINA (BIB). I need your co-operation in receiving USD9.5M that has been in a dormant account with my bank for over 6years which belongs to one of our foreign customer who died along with his entire family in a plane crash that happened in Kenya, East Africa.  I will provide you with detailed informations on the modalities of this operation once I have your interest but I must say that trust flourishes business. Therefore let your conscience towards this proposal be nurtured with sincerity and I will not fail to bring to your notice that, this transaction is hitch-free risk and you should keep this transaction (TOP SECRET).
 
I agree that 35% of this money will be for you as a foreign partner, in respect to the provision of a foreign account, and 65% would be for me, thereafter I will visit your country for disbursement according to the percentage indicated. Remember, you must apply first to the bank as relation or next of kin of the deceased, indicating your 1) Bank name, 2) Your bank account number, 3) Your private telephone and fax number for easy and effective communication and my career as a banker, I will bring you up to date with all the informations as soon as I hear from you. If I don ‘t hear from you within a certain period I will assume you are not  interested.

Please, I want you to visit the website below for more informations about the plane crash and the Deceased DR.GEORGE BRUMLEY AND HIS FAMILY. 

www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/07/20/kenya.crash/index.html  www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-1447_1390626,00.html
 
Meanwhile, If you are willing, capable and honest for this transaction, Kindly indicate your interest by sending a response to my e-mail address at: hbilly01@yahoo.fr
 
Yours Truely,
Mr. Hassan Billy,

Tags: 419Scam, Inheritance Scam, Hassan Billy, George Brumley Jr.

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This one is not a plane crash, but an earthquake.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Mr Ahmed M.Tanko <mrahmedmm@orange.net>
Date: Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 9:59 AM
Subject: REPLY FAST IF YOU ARE INTERESTED.
To: mrahmedmm@orange.net

From: Mr Ahmed Mao. Tanko
Bills & Exchange Manager
Bank of Africa (BOA)
TEL 226 78 12 12 77 .
Burkina faso West Africa.
 
                                                     Compliment of the season,
Good day and how are you doing with your family? Hope fine. Please let this message do not be a surprise to you because i got your contact information and lay all the trust in you before i decided to disclose this confidential and successful transaction to you.
 
I am contacting you in regards to a business transfer of a huge sum of money from a deceased account. Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make anyone apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the day. I decided to contact you due to the urgency of this transaction.
 
PROPOSITION;
 
I discovered an abandoned sum of $9M(NINE Million United states Dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers who died along with his entire family in Algeria Earthquake on 23 may 2003. Since his death,none of his next-of-kin or relations has come forward to lay claims to this money as the heir.The bank cannot release the fund from his account unless someone applies for claim as the next-of-kin to deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines.
 Upon this discovery, I now seek your permission to have you stand as a next of kin to the deceased as all documentations will be carefully worked out for the funds $9M (NINE Million United states Dollars) to be released in your favour as the beneficiary’s next of kin.It may interest you to note that i have secured from the probate an order of madamus to locate any of deceased beneficiaries. Please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of my mutual business endeavour by furnishing me with the followings:
 
1. Your Full Names and Address.
2. Direct Telephone and Fax numbers.
 
These requirements will enable me file a letter of claim to the appropriate departments for necessary approvals in your favour before the transfer can be made.I shall be compensating you with 45% on final conclusion of this project, while the rest shall be mine. Your share stays with you while the rest of mine shall be for investment purposes in your country. If this proposal is acceptable by you, do not take undue advantage of the trust i have bestowed in you, I awaits your urgent email reply to proceed .

Regards,
Mr Ahmed Mao.Tanko

Tags: 419Scam, Money Transfer Scam, Ahmed M.Tanko

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You could say this is another “deceased” account …

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: hawa akin <hawa_akin@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 10:44 PM
Subject: urgent
To:

Dear Friend,
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL I know that this mail will come to you as a surprise as we never melt before. I am the Director in charge of Auditing section Bank in the Group Bank of African B.O.A,AS IT MAY INTEREST YOU TO KNOW,I need your urgent assistance in transferring the sum of ($12.6 million) Twelve Millon six Hundred Thousand US Dollars immediately to your account.Reply to my private e-mail: hawa_akin@yahoo.com
 

Tags: 419Scam, Money Transfer Scam, Hawa Akin

Tags: 419scam, 6 Million, Africa, Auditing, Dear Friend, Deceased, E Mail, Hundred Thousand, Mail, Mail Yahoo, Millon, Money, Money Transfer, Reply, Surprise, Urgent Assistance, Yahoo

I often wonder at these plane crash stories. If you have been here often you know that the Andreas Schranner story has been regularly posted here. It goes something like this “a multimillionaire died in a plane crash and left a pile of money in an African bank”. The writer goes on to say “we now need some one to pose as the next of kin to claim this lost money”. The reason for this being there are no living inheritors and we would like the money for ourselves. huh!

So where does this go from here?

Anyone who falls for this story contacts the crooks and immediately gets put through the mill. Form one e-mail to another he gets more and more involved, sending documents and setting himself up as the legal next of kin. Or so he thinks …

In reality, he is just corresponding with the crooks in the guise of lawyers, bankers and notaries.

Once he has gotten in this deep, they push him to pay a fee of say, 800 Dollars or better Euros. It could be for taxes, lawyers or bank costs, whatever. Of course, it is an imaginary fee and it doesn’t really matter for what the crooks claim the payment to be for.
They put the pressure on the “victim” to pay, saying the deal cannot go through without it. Naturally the crooks can’t don’t have the money to pay the fee. They are only poor Africans.

Needless to say the money should be sent through Western Union and once this is paid, they push the poor victim for more.

They push him for what they can get. Which means that victims which are gullible enough, pay anything up to 20,000 Dollars and more.

This often means financial ruin for the victims. For the African crooks, it’s a way of life.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Evans Efedua <evans_info@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 9:48 PM
Subject: Proposition
To:

Reply-To: evans_efedua2007@yahoo.com.hk

MIME-Version: 1.0

Content-Type: text/plain

Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

Message-Id: <20080418194729.AA873AFDF3E@m162.magenta.fastwebserver.de>
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:40:12 +0200 (CEST)

From: Mr. Evans Efedua
Manager Credit and Foreign Bills
Regent Bank Plc
Victoria Island.
Email: evans_efedua2007@yahoo.com.hk
 
Dear Friend,

My name is Mr. Evans Efedua, I am  the Manager, Credit and Foreign bills of  Regent Bank Plc. I am contacting you of a business transfer, of a huge sum of US$15.5M  (Fifteen Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars)  from a deceased account. Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that everything has been taken care off, and all will be well at the end of the day. I decided to contact you to the urgency of this transaction.

PROPOSITION:

I am the account officer of a foreigner named  Late Mr. Morris Thompson who died in an air crash along with his wife  and only daughter on the January 31 in an Alaska airline Flight 261 with other passengers on board. You can confirm this from the website below  which was published by www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska  airlines.list

Since his death, none of his next-of-kin are alive to make claims for this money as his heir, because they all died in the same accident himself  and his wife (May their soul rest in peace). We cannot release the fund from his account unless someone applies for claim as the next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines. Upon this discovery.  I now seek your permission to have you stand as a next of kin to the deceased, as all documentations will be carefully worked out  by me for the funds  to be released in your favor as the beneficiary’s next  of kin. Because after four years the money will be called back to the bank  treasury as unclaimed bills and the money shared amongst the directors of  the bank.  So it is on this note I decided to seek for whom his name shall  be used as the next of kin/beneficiary to this funds rather than allow  the bank directors to share this money among themselves at the end of the year. It may interest you to know that we have secured from the probate an order  of mandamus to locate any of the deceased beneficiaries. Please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of our mutual business endeavor by furnishing me with the following information if you are interested.  All I need from you is as follows:

1.   Your confirmation of your ability to handle this Business for me.
2.   Your word that you will keep this business as Confidential as possible at all times until we conclude this business.
3.   Your telephone and Fax numbers for communication.
4.   Age and Occupation.

I shall be compensating you with 30% (thirty percent)  on final conclusion of  this project for your assistance, while we will retain 65% (sixty-five percent) and 5% (five percent) goes for expenses because I intend to retire after the conclusion of this  business. If this business is acceptable by you.  Do not take undue advantage of the trust I have bestowed in you.

Your faithfully,
Mr. Evans Efedua
Manager Credit and Foreign Bills
Regent Bank Plc

Tags: 419Scam, Inheritance Scam, Evans Efedua

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Most of these e-mails don’t need me to comment. Like this one.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: hakim habib <hakim_habib07@mixmail.com>
Date: Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 10:44 AM
Subject: TREAT VERY CONFIDENTIAL & URGENT RESPONSE..
To: “hakim_habib07@mixmail.com” <hakim_habib07@mixmail.com>

FROM THE DESK OF MR HAKIM HABIB SQ.
THE MANAGER OF FILE / DEBT RECOVERY DEPARTMENT,
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK A.D.B
OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA-FASO
WEST AFRICA.
E-MAIL;hakim_habib07@yahoo.fr
PLANE CRASH WEB SITE…HTTP://NEWS.BBC.CO.UK/1/HI/WORLD/EUROPE/859479.STM

( “REMITTANCE OF $15 MILLION U.S.A DOLLARS
CONFIDENTIAL IS THE CASE”)
COMPLIMENT OF THE SEASON,

ON A VERY GOOD DAY. I AM ( HAKIM HABIB ESQ),THE MANAGER OF FILE / DEBT RECOVERY DEPARTMENT IN AFRICAN DEVELOPENT BANK (ADB).I GOT YOUR CONTACT FROM YAHOO TOURIST PEOPLE SEARCH.

WHEN I WAS SEARCHING FOR A FOREIGN PARTNER I ASSURED OF YOUR CAPABILITY AND RELIABILITY TO CHAMPION THIS BUSINEES OPPORTUNITY WHEN I PRAYED TO GOD OR ALLAH ABOUT YOU.IN MY DEPARTMENT WE DISCOVERED AN ABANDONED SUM OF $ 15 MILLION U.S.A DOLLARS ( FIFTEEN MILLION U.S.A DOLLARS) .

IN AN ACCOUNT THAT BELONGS TO ONE OF OUR FOREIGN CUSTOMER WHO DIED ALONG WITH HIS ENTIRE FAMILY IN (MONDAY 31TH JULY 2000) IN A PLANE CRASH. SINCE WE GOT INFORMATION ABOUT HIS DEATH, WE HAVE BEEN EXPECTING HIS NEXT OF 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 GUIDELINES,

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 AND ONE OFFICIAL IN MY DEPARTMENT NOW DECIDED TO MAKE THIS BUSINNESS 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 BILL.

THE BANKING LAW AND GUIDELINE HERE STIPULATES THAT IF SUCH MONEY REMAINED UNCLAMED 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 OCCASIONED BY THE FACT THAT THE CUSTOMER WAS A FOREIGNER, AND A BURKINABE CANNOT STAND AS NEXT OF KIN TO A FOREIGNER. WE AGREE THAT 30 % OF THIS MONEY WILL BE FOR YOU AS FOREIGN PARTNER, IN RESPECT TO THE PROVISION OF A FOREIGN ACCOUNT, 10 % WILL BE SET ASIDE FOR EXPENSES INCURED DURING THE BUSINESS AND 60 % WOULD BE FOR ;ME AND MY WOMAN COLLEAGUE.

THERE AFTER I AND MY COLLEAGUE WILL VISIT YOUR COUNTRY FOR DISBURSEMENT ACCORDING TO THE PERCENTAGES INDICATED.

THEREFORE TO ENABLE THE IMMEDIATE TRNANSFER OF THIS FUND TO YOU AS ARRANGED, YOU MUST APPLY FIRST TO THE BANK AS RELATIONS OR NEXT OF KIN OF THE DECEASED INDICATING YOUR BANK NAME, YOUR BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER, YOUR PRIVATE TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBER FOR EASY AND EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION AND LOCATION WHERE THE MONEY WILL BE REMITTED.UPON RECEIPT OF YOUR REPLY,

I WILL SEND TO YOU BY FAX OR EMAIL THE TEXT OF THE APPLICATION. I WILL NOT FAIL TO BRING TO YOUR NOTICE THAT THIS TRANSACTION IS HITCH FREE AND THAT YOU SHOULD NOT ENTERTAIN ANY ATOM OF FEAR AS ALL REQUIRED ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE FOR THETRANSFER.

please reply privatly to(hakim_habib07@yahoo.fr).

IMMEDIATELY AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS LETTER. TRUSTING TO HEAR FROM YOU IMMEDIATELY
YOUR’S FAITHFULLY,
HAKIM HABIB ESQ.

POST SCRITUM:YOU HAVE TO KEEP EVERYTHING SECRET AS TO ENABLE THE TRANSFER TO MOVE VERY SMOOTHLY IN TO THE ACCOUNT YOU WILL PROVE TO THE BANK.AS YOU FINISHED READING THIS LETTER CALL ME IMMEDIATELY SO THAT WE DISCUSS VERY WELL OVER THIS BUSINESS.PLEASE CALL ME AND INFORM ME THAT YOU RECEIVED MY MAIL, BECAUSE I DON’T GO TO NET ALWAYS.

Tags: Adb, African Development Bank, Compliment, Crash Web Site, Debt Recovery, Deceased, Disbursement, E Mail, Habib, Mixmail Com, Mr Hakim, News Bbc Co Uk, Next Of Kin Scam, Ouagadougou Burkina Faso, People Search, Plane Crash, Remittance, Urgent Response, West Africa, World Europe, Yahoo Fr

Apart from the fact that this message is written in capital letters, the spelling and grammer are abysmal. Someone who has earned the title of “Doctor” before their name, would normally be fluent in the english language, even if they went to an African university.

So it’s easy to see that this was written by some semi illiterate person trying to make a quick profit on the internet with a fraudulent offer.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: rita boakye <rita_boakye@latinmail.com>
Date: Jan 19, 2008 10:33 AM
Subject: FROM DR RITA BOAKYE
To: “rita_boakye@latinmail.com”

MY DEAREST,

HOW ARE YOU TODAY WITH YOUR FAMILY OVER THERE IN YOUR COUNTRY?I HOPE YOU ALL FINE, SO MY DEAR, I WILL LIKE YOU TO GO THROUGH THIS LETTER, IT IS MY GREAT INTEREST AND THE TRUST WHICH I HAVE ON YOU, THROUGH WE HAVE NOT MEET BEFORE, NEITHER HAVE WE SEEN FOR THE FIRST TIME, BEFORE I PICK UP YOUR ADDRESS AND WRITE TO YOU

I AM A STAFF OF BANK I ‘M WRITING FOLLOWING AN OPPURTUNITY IN MY OFFICE THAT WILL BE OF IMENSE BENEFIT TO BOTH OF US.

IN MY DEPARTMENT WE DISCOVERED AN ABANDONED SUM OF $10.5MILLION (TEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND ) IN AN ACCOUNT THAT BELONGS TO ONE OF OUR FOREIGN CUSTOMERS LATE MR. MORRIS THOMPSON AN AMERICAN WHO UNFORTUNATELY LOST HIS LIFE IN THE PLANE CRASH OF ALASKA AIRLINES FLIGHT 261 WHICH CRASHED ON JANUARY 31 2000, INCLUDING HIS WIFE AND HIS ONLY DAUGHTER. YOU SHALL READ MORE ABOUT THE CRASH ON VISITING THIS SITE BELOW.

HTTP://WWW.CNN.COM/2000/US/02/01/ALASKA.AIRLINES.LIST/

SINCE WE GOT INFORMATION ABOUT HIS DEATH, WE HAVE BEEN EXPECTING HIS NEXT OF KIN OR RELATVES 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 GUIDELINES.

UNFORTUNATELY, I LEARNT THAT HIS SUPPOSED NEXT OF KIN BEING HIS ONLY DAUGHTER DIED ALONG WITH HIM IN THE PLANE CRASH LEAVING NOBODY WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF THIS FUND BEHIND FOR THE CLAIM. IT IS THEREFORE UPON THIS DISCOVERY THAT I AND TWO OTHER OFFICIALS IN THIS DEPARTMENT NOW DECIDED TO MAKE BUSINESS WITH YOU AND RELEASE THE MONEY TO YOU AS THE NEXT OF KIN OR BENEFICIARY OF THE FUNDS FOR SAFETY KEEPING AND SUBSEQUENT DISBURSEMENT SINCE NOBODY IS COMING FOR IT AND WE DON’T WANT THIS MONEY TO GO BACK INTO GOVERNMENT TREASURY AS UNCLAIMED BILL.

THE BANKING LAW AND GUIDELINES HERE STIPULATES THAT SUCH MONEY REMAINED AFTER 6 YEARS THE MONEY WILL BE TRANSFERRED INTO BANKING TREASURY AS UNCLAIMED FUNDS AND I BEENING THE CHIEF ACCOUNTANT OFFICER IN THE BANK WITH OTHER TWO MEMBERS DO NOT ALLOWED THE BANK DIRECTOR TO KNOW ABOUT THIS.

WE AGREED THAT 20% OF THIS MONEY WILL BE FOR YOU AS FOREIGN PARTNER, WHILE THE BALANCE WILL BE FOR ME AND MY COLLEAGUES. I WILL VISIT YOUR COUNTRY FOR THE DISBURSEMENT ACCORDING TO THE PERCENTAGES INDICATED ABOVE ONCE THIS MONEY GETS INTO YOUR ACCOUNT. PLEASE BE HONEST TO ME AND TRUST IS OUR WATCHWORD IN THIS TRANSACTION.

NOTE THIS TRANSACTION IS CONFIDENTIAL AND RISK FREE. AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS MAIL YOU SHOULD CONTACT ME BY RETURN MAIL OR YOU CALL ME ON TELEPHONE.

PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL NECESSARY ARRANGEMENT FOR THE SMOOTH RELEASE OF THESE FUNDS TO YOU HAS BEEN FINALISED. WE WILL DISCUSS MUCH IN DETAILS WHEN I DO RECEIVE YOUR RESPONSE.
PLEASE IN YOUR RESPONSE INCLUDE YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER FOR EASY COMMUNICATION BETWEEN US.

BEST REGARDS

DR RITA BOAKYE

Tags: 6 Years, Africa, Contact, Deceased, Disbursement, Heir, Hundred Thousand, Mail, Money, Money Transfer, Money Transfer Scam, Plane Crash

Here’s a popular story which is used often used by the African crooks. Andreas Schranner,  who died in the Concorde crash in Paris, is the person who allegedly left some money in an account in, yes you guessed it, in OUAGADOUGOU!

Needless to say the story about abandoned money is not true.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: adamu luku <adamu25@hotmail.fr>
Date: Dec 29, 2007 5:18 PM
Subject: FROM THE DESK OF ADAMU LUKUMON
To:

FROM THE DESK OF ADAMU LUKUMON
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING MANAGER,
BANK OF AFRICA (B.O.A)
OUAGADOUGOU-BURKINA FASO.

Attn:
I am the Auditing and Accounting Manager, Bank of Africa (B.O.A) here in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. In my department we discovered an abandoned sumof US$20m dollars (TWENTY MILLION US DOLLARS) in an account that belongsto one of our foreign customer (MR. ANDREAS SCHRANNER from Munich, Germany) who died along with his entire family in Jully 2000 in a plane crash.

FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT THIS SITE BELLOW
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it unless some body applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidings 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 now decided to make this business proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of kin or relationto 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 guidline here stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed after Six 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 agree that 30% of this money will be for you as a respect to the provision of a foriegn account , 10% will be set aside for expenses incurred during the business and 60% would be for me Thereafter, I will visit your country for disbursement according to the percentage indicated Therefore, to enable the immediate transfer of this funds you must apply first to the bank as relation or next of kin of the deceased indicating your bank name, your bank account number, your private telephone and fax number for easy and effective
communication and the location where the money will be remitted.

Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or email the text of the application .

I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is hitch-free and that you should not entertain any atom of fear as all required arrangements have been made for the transfer.
Trusting to hear from you immediately.
Yours Faithfully,
ADAMU LUKUMON

Tags: Africa, andreas schranner, Auditing, Bank Of Africa, Blog, Burkina Faso, Crooks, Deceased, Disbursement, Email, Mail, Money, Money Transfer, Money Transfer Scam, Plane Crash, Receipt, Reply

Here’s another scam message from OUAGADOUGOU. This time the crooks are quoting Andreas Schranner as the owner of the abandoned account.

If you have been following Crime Online at all, you will know that Andreas Schranner is often used in this type of message. It’s easy to confirm that there ever was somebody with that name. There is even a link to the BBC report on the Plane crash.

Remember the Concorde that went down in Paris? That’s where Andreas Schranner died.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: adamu luku <adamu29@hotmail.fr>
Date: Dec 18, 2007 9:07 PM
Subject: FROM THE DESK OF ADAMU LUKUMON
To:

FROM THE DESK OF ADAMU LUKUMON
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING MANAGER,
BANK OF AFRICA (B.O.A)
OUAGADOUGOU-BURKINA FASO.

Attn:
I am the Auditing and Accounting Manager, Bank of Africa (B.O.A) here in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. In my department we discovered an abandoned sumof US$20m dollars (TWENTY MILLION US DOLLARS) in an account that belongsto one of our foreign customer (MR. ANDREAS SCHRANNER from Munich, Germany) who died along with his entire family in Jully 2000 in a plane crash.

FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT THIS SITE BELLOW
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it unless some body applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidings 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 now decided to make this business proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of kin or relationto 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 guidline here stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed after Six 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 agree that 30% of this money will be for you as a respect to the provision of a foriegn account , 10% will be set aside for expenses incurred during the business and 60% would be for me Thereafter, I will visit your country for disbursement according to the percentage indicated Therefore, to enable the immediate transfer of this funds you must apply first to the bank as relation or next of kin of the deceased indicating your bank name, your bank account number, your private telephone and fax number for easy and effective
communication and the location where the money will be remitted.

Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or email the text of the application .

I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is hitch-free and that you should not entertain any atom of fear as all required arrangements have been made for the transfer.
Trusting to hear from you immediately.
Yours Faithfully,
ADAMU LUKUMON

Tags: Africa, andreas schranner, Auditing, Bank Of Africa, Burkina Faso, Crooks, Deceased, Disbursement, Email, Mail, Money, Money Transfer, Money Transfer Scam, Plane Crash, Receipt, Reply

Rahim explains that he has found a further abandoned account and wants to share the money with you.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: rahim 26abibu <rahim_26abibu@hotmail.fr>
Date: 03.12.2007 10:32
Subject: FROM MR RAHIM ABIBU PLEASE REPLY VERY URGENT
To:

FROM MR RAHIM ABIBU.
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING MANAGER,
BANK OF AFRICA (B.O.A)
OUAGADOUGOU-BURKINA FASO.

Dear Friend,
Please accept my sincere apologizes if my email does not meet your business or personal ethics. I will first introduce myself as MR RAHIM ABIBU,THE CHIEF AUDITOR WITH BANK OF AFRICA (B.O.A) OUAGADOUGOU-BURKINA FASO.

I am the Auditing and Accounting Manager, Bank of Africa (B.O.A) here in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of US$20m dollars (TWENTY MILLION US DOLLARS) in an account that belongsto one of our foreign customer (MR. RICHARD BURSON FROM FLORIDA, U.S.A) who died along with his entire family in Jully 2000 in a plane crash.

FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT THIS SITE BELLOW http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
Since then, nobody has done anything as regards the claiming of this money, as he has no family member that has any knowledge as to the existence of either the account or the funds; I have confidently agreed to find a reliable foreign partner to deal with. My proposition to you, is to seek your consent to present you as the Next of kin and beneficiary of this late client, So that the proceeds of this account valued a huge sum shall be paid to you, and then we can share the amount on a mutually agreed percentage of 30% for you, While 60% for me and others involved, 10% shall be used for miscellaneous expenses while the remainder shall be given to a reputable charity home because the money is owned by a deceased person.

This transaction is totally free of risk and troubles as the fund is legitimate and does not originate from drug, money laundry, terrorism or any other illegal act, funds will be released to you after necessary processes have been followed. Let me hear from you as soon as you get this message, so we can proceed.

Best regards,
MR RAHIM ABIBU

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From: MR WILLIAMS COLE
Date: 21.11.2007 12:15
Subject: Dear Friend
To: undisclosed-recipients

Dear Friend

Do accept my sincere apologies if my mail does not meet your personal ethics. I would like to introduce myself, I am Williams Cole and I work with the staff in the accounts management section of a well-known bank here in the United Kingdom.

One of our accounts is holding a balance of £15,000,000 (fifteen million British Pounds) and has been dormant for the past 3 years. From my investigations and confirmations, the owner of this account is a foreigner by name of Mr. Gerald Stone who died on the 4th of January 2002 in a planecrash in Birmingham here in the UK.

Since then no one has responded in anyway in regards to claiming the funds. As far as we can tell he has no family member who are aware of the existence of either the account or the funds. Information from the National Immigration Office also states that he was single on entry into the UK.

I have confidentially discussed this issue with some of the bank officials and we have agreed to find a reliable foreign partner to deal with us. We thus propose to do business with you, standing in as the next of kin. We will process these funds from the deceased and release them toyou, after due processes have been followed.

This transaction is totally risk free as the fund is legitimate and does not originate from drug, money laundry, terrorism or any other illegal act. Think this over and should you be interested, please let me hear from you.

Regards,

MR WILLIAMS COLE

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