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Ouagadougou forum: Fraudulent email I received today

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Posted on: 3:39 pm, September 12, 2007

I just got this message in my email today and needless to say, it's at the very least a con but more seriously could be a genuine attempt at fraud on a large scale. It reads as follows;

Mr.HEIKO HENRI.

Audit Manager, ADB Bank

Ouagadougou Burkina-Faso

Phone@ +22676034715

Dearest,

Hope you and your family members are in good health. With the safe confidence i have developed in you, do note that i have decided to contact you to assist me carry out a successful funds transfer transaction worth Twenty Million,Three Hundred Thousand US Dollars (US$22.3) into your confidence bank account as the only NEXT OF KIN to our bank foreign deceased customer (an International Billionaire French Businessman) who was killed with his entire family members by PLANE CRASH that took place in Central England,UK three years back. Since his death ocure, no body has shown up or apply to our bank to claim the fund because the account could not be traced unless an insider like me expose it as i know cleraly that the deceased does not record any person to stand as next of kin incase he dies except his wife who died the same time with him.

For the success of this transaction, you should apply and act as the only existing NEXT OF KIN to the deceased which all the deceased recorded documents, receipts with our bank will be changed in your name including an official approval as the beneficiary. This transaction is risk-free, it will never harm your good reputation or position in your society as the documents in your name will prove geniuety of the fund source and once the transfer is done, the chapter of this transaction will be closed entirely without any problem.

Note that in a business of this nature with our bank, the transaction will be processed base on the information you supply and there will be no question in difference over the deceased country of origin, religion or believe because our bank inheritance law is against that. So, it is a preference for us to achieve this success without any hitch.

Please note down that once the fund get transferred into your account, you will take 40% (US$8,920,000) of the total sum as 60%(US$13,380,000) will be my share.

Condition : Before we start this transaction now, assure me solemnly that you would help to process my visa to your country for the sharing of the fund once you confirm the transfer of the fund into your account.

I need your urgent response and include your private telephone/mobile numbers for easy communication.Please reply if you can be trusted in this deal.

Thanks,

Mr.HEIKO HENRI.

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MotherCyndy
Posted on: 9:26 am, January 07, 2008

These are showing up everywhere, although this is the first I have seen from Burkina. Usually it is Nigeria or Cameroon. More recently the people say they live in the UK but the children are from the above countries. The domestic adoption boards and, believe it or not, pet for sale boards (usually specialty breed dogs) are also littered with fraudulent ads. They are usually easy to pick out because of the difference in English.

Thanks for the heads up.

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Posted on: 6:40 pm, January 27, 2008

Like posted these letters all over. They take many guises but all end up asking you to either, give them details of your bank account so they can deposit a large amount of money in it for them or cash a check for them, keep a percentage and send them the rest.

The Check will bounce and you will be out the money.

It is surprising how many usually sane adults, whom seem to have taken care of themselves for many years, fall for thees scams and send them money. I have read a number of accounts of guys playing these cons like fish to see just how far they will go if they think you will send money.

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Posted on: 9:47 am, April 10, 2008

i read that same message today just it was $1oM and they were offering 30%.

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