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An Email with the Subject "DEAR FRIEND," was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:11:47 -0700 and has been classified as a Advance Fee Fraud/419 Scam Email. The sender shows as "yusuf_musa88@yahoo.fr yusuf musa" <yusuf_musaoo5@mixmail.com>.
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DEAR FRIEND,
I KNOW THAT THIS MESSAGE WILL COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE. I
AM THE BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER IN BANK OF AFRICA (BOA), OUAGADOUGOU
BURKINA FASO. I HOPED THAT YOU WILL NOT EXPOSE OR BETRAY THIS TRUST AND
CONFIDENT THAT I AM ABOUT TO REPOSE ON YOU FOR THE MUTUAL BENEFIT OF OUR
FAMILIES.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
I NEED
YOUR URGENT ASSISTANCE IN TRANSFERRING THE SUM OF (USD$25) MILLION TO
YOUR ACCOUNT WITHIN 10 TO 14 BANKING DAYS. THIS MONEY HAS BEEN DORMANT
FOR YEARS IN OUR BANK WITHOUT CLAIM. I WANT THE BANK TO RELEASE THE
MONEY TO YOU AS THE NEAREST PERSON TO OUR DECEASED CUSTOMER (THE OWNER
OF THE ACCOUNT) DIED ALONG WITH HIS SUPPOSED NEXT OF KIN IN AN AIR CRASH
SINCE JULY, 2000.
I DON'T WANT THE MONEY TO GO INTO OUR BANK
TREASURER ACCOUNT AS AN ABANDONED FUND. SO THIS IS THE REASON WHY I
CONTACTED YOU SO THAT THE BANK CAN RELEASE THE MONEY TO YOU AS THE NEXT
OF KIN TO THE DECEASED CUSTOMER. PLEASE I WOULD LIKE YOU TO KEEP THIS
PROPOSAL AS A TOP SECRET AND DELETE IT IF YOU ARE NOT
INTERESTED.
UPON RECEIPT OF YOUR REPLY, I WILL GIVE YOU FULL DETAILS
ON HOW THE BUSINESS WILL BE EXECUTED AND ALSO NOTE THAT YOU WILL HAVE
30% OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED SUM IF YOU AGREE TO HANDLE THIS BUSINESS WITH
ME? AND 10% WILL BE SET ASIDE FOR ANY EXPENSES THAT WARRANT ON THE
PROCESS BEFORE THE FUND GET INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT SUCH AS TELEPHONE
CALLS BILLS (ETC).
BEST REGARD.
YUSUF MUSA
DEAR FRIEND,
I KNOW THAT THIS MESSAGE WILL COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE. I
AM THE BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER IN BANK OF AFRICA (BOA), OUAGADOUGOU
BURKINA FASO. I HOPED THAT YOU WILL NOT EXPOSE OR BETRAY THIS TRUST AND
CONFIDENT THAT I AM ABOUT TO REPOSE ON YOU FOR THE MUTUAL BENEFIT OF OUR
FAMILIES.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
I NEED
YOUR URGENT ASSISTANCE IN TRANSFERRING THE SUM OF (USD$25) MILLION TO
YOUR ACCOUNT WITHIN 10 TO 14 BANKING DAYS. THIS MONEY HAS BEEN DORMANT
FOR YEARS IN OUR BANK WITHOUT CLAIM. I WANT THE BANK TO RELEASE THE
MONEY TO YOU AS THE NEAREST PERSON TO OUR DECEASED CUSTOMER (THE OWNER
OF THE ACCOUNT) DIED ALONG WITH HIS SUPPOSED NEXT OF KIN IN AN AIR CRASH
SINCE JULY, 2000.
I DON'T WANT THE MONEY TO GO INTO OUR BANK
TREASURER ACCOUNT AS AN ABANDONED FUND. SO THIS IS THE REASON WHY I
CONTACTED YOU SO THAT THE BANK CAN RELEASE THE MONEY TO YOU AS THE NEXT
OF KIN TO THE DECEASED CUSTOMER. PLEASE I WOULD LIKE YOU TO KEEP THIS
PROPOSAL AS A TOP SECRET AND DELETE IT IF YOU ARE NOT
INTERESTED.
UPON RECEIPT OF YOUR REPLY, I WILL GIVE YOU FULL DETAILS
ON HOW THE BUSINESS WILL BE EXECUTED AND ALSO NOTE THAT YOU WILL HAVE
30% OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED SUM IF YOU AGREE TO HANDLE THIS BUSINESS WITH
ME? AND 10% WILL BE SET ASIDE FOR ANY EXPENSES THAT WARRANT ON THE
PROCESS BEFORE THE FUND GET INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT SUCH AS TELEPHONE
CALLS BILLS (ETC).
BEST REGARD.
YUSUF MUSA