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An Email with the Subject "FROM THE DESK OF ALHAJI MUHAMMAD KARIM" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Sat, 27 Sep 2008 14:28:24 -0700 and has been classified as a Advance Fee Fraud/419 Scam Email. The sender shows as "Alhaji Muhammad Karim" <muhammadkarim@eircom.net>.
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Dear Friend, This Message Might Meet You In Utmost Surprise. However, It's Just My Urgent Need For Foreign Partner That Made Me To Contact You For This Transaction. I Am A Banker By Profession From Burkina Faso In West Africa And Currently Holding The Post Of Foreign Remittance Director In Our Bank. I Have The Opportunity Of Transferring The Left Over Fund ($25.2Million) Of My Bank Client Who Died Along With His Entire Family In Kenya Plane Crash 2003. You Can Confirm The Geniuses Of The Deceased Death http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/07/20/kenya.crash/ The deceased account holder with our bank was Mr, George Brumley, A retired Atlanta Physician, with account number 1036-086, ROUTING No: 91002211 with our bank, It is therefore upon this discovery that I now decided to make this business proposal to you and for our bank to release the money to you. You have to follow the instruction which I will be giving to you as the next of kin to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and I don't want this money to go into our bank treasury as unclaimed fund. I want to assure you that there is no risk in this transaction as you may think, the reason why I contacted you in this transaction is because our late customer Mr. George Brumley, is a foreigner and an indigene (Burkina bey) can not stand as next of kin to our deceased customer unless a foreigner. In appreciation of your assistance, I am offering you 30% of the total sum. 10% for contingencies (cost of transfer/other charges) likely to be incurred during the course of transaction, while the remaining 60% is for me. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is hitch risk free and that you should not entertain any fear as all required arrangements have been made for the transfer. Upon receipt of your reply. I will send to you by fax or email the text of the application which you will complete and forward to our bank asking for this money to be paid to you as the next of kin to Mr George Brumley. I want you to assure me of your capability of handling this transfer with trust by giving me the following information's about yourself: 1. NAME IN FULL:................................ 2. ADDRESS:....................................... 3. NATIONALITY:................................... 4. AGE:............................................. 5. Sex.............................................. 6. OCCUPATION:...................................... 7. MARITAL STATUS:.................................. 8. PHONE............................................ 9. FAX:............................................. I look forward to your quick reply by email: alhaji_muhammad@sify.com Have A Great Day. Yours Faithfully, Alhaji Muhammad Karim. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Find the home of your dreams with eircom net property Sign up for email alerts now http://www.eircom.net/propertyalerts