Money Transfer Scam | Bank of Africa | Leroux Denis

There's a lot scam e-mails coming from OUAGADOUGOU. At least they say they are coming from people there. But you know the Internet, you can say anything you want IF you cover your tracks well.

This message is a typical inheritance type of scam e-mail. You know. The "somebody died and left an abandoned account in the middle of Africa" kind of e-mail. In OUAGADOUGOU of all places.

This fellow hasn't even bothered to present you with any kind proof with links to CNN or BBC reports. The deceased customer is kept completely anonymous.

Needless to say, that is completely irrelevant. The main goal they all have, is to prompt some trusting soul to contact them. Once that has been achieved, the story is no longer of importance.

Indeed, these guys are running several stories at once. So keeping to the theme is not all that easy anyway.

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From: leroux denis <leroux_denis25@hotmail.fr>
Date: Dec 19, 2007 2:40 PM
Subject: TOP SECRET AND CONFIDENTIAL ,
To:


FROM THE DESK OF LEROUX DENIS
BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER,
BANK OF AFRICA (BOA)
OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO.

Dear Friend,
I know that this letter may come to you as a surprise but i got your contact through the internet when i was seaching for a reliablie person who will assist me as i need a reliable and honest business partner outside Burkina Faso.I am writing to seek your interest over a transaction, In my department, We discovered an abandoned sum of $30m US dollars (THIRTY MILLION US DOLLARS) . In an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer who died along with his entire family in November 2001 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 other officials in my department now decided to make this business proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of kin or relation to the deaceased 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 unclaimed after some years, the money will be transferred into the Bank treasury as unclaimed fund.The request of a 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 incurred during the business and 60 % would be for me and my colleagues. There after I and my colleagues will visit your country for disbursement according to the percentages 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 deceased indicating your bank name, your bank account number, your private telephone and fax number for easy and effective communication and location where in the money will be remitted to .
Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you the details of the whole transaction. 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 .You should contact me immediately as soon as you receive this letter.Trusting to hear from you immediately.
Your’s faithfully,
LEROUX DENIS