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    Brettl's Avatar Member
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    Hmmm...does this seem like a scam to you?

    Well I go to check my emails and I had a bulk email, I decide to take a look at it and I just started laughing here it is:

    Mr.Aminu Suleman
    The Account / Audit Manager,
    Banque De Habitat Au Burkina Faso(BHBF).
    Ouagadougou Burkina Faso.

    Dear Beloved,
    I presumed that all is well with you and your family. Please let this do not be a surprise proposal to you because i got your contact information from the international directory in few weeks ago before i decided to contact you on this magintude and lucrative transaction for our future survival in life. Moreover, i have laid all the solemn trust in you beforei decided to disclose this successful & confidential transaction to you.
    As the Account / Audit Manager of our bank, i have decided to contact you over this financial transaction worth the sum of DOLLARS($5.500,000.00 ) for our success.This is an abandoned sum that belongs to one of our bank foreign customers who died along with his entire family through plane crash disaster since few years ago.
    Meanwhile i was very fortune to came across the deceased file when i was arranging the old and abandoned customers files in other to sign and submit to the entire bank management for an official re-documentation and audit of the year against 2008.

    Be informed clearly that it was stated in our banking rules and regulations which was signed lawfully that if such fund remains unclaimed till the period of 4 years started from the date when the beneficiary died, the money will be transferred into the treasury as an unclaimed fund.
    As a honour and advantage bestowed to our foreign customers base on the rules guideing our bank, it was stated obviously that if you are not a Burkina Faso citizen, you have the absolute authority to claim the fund despite your differences from the country of origin of the deceased. So the request of you as a foreigner is necessary to apply for the claim and transfer of the fund smoothly into your reliable bank account as theNEXT OF KIN to the deceased.

    PERCENTAGE RATIO: note that 35% being will be your share in respect of your assistance and account provide for the tranfer, 55% will be my share being the pioneer of the business while the rest 10% will be used to install a joint company in your country which will bear our name in particular and whatever profit made out from this company will be used in helping the less privileges, mothrless babies home and charity organization in the world.
    If you are really sure of your trustworthy, accountability and confidentiality on his transaction, contact me and agree that you will not change your mind to cheat or disappoint me when the fund have getting into your account. Besides you should not entertain any fear because i am sure of the success as an insider in the bank ok.

    Please reply with the assurance, include your private telephone and fax numbers necessary for effective and easy communication in this transaction.As soon as you reply i will let you know the next step to follow in order to finalize this transaction immediately.
    I expect your urgent communication.

    Yours sincerely,
    Mr Aminu Suleman
    Phone +226 78154933


    This guy's trying to give away $5.5 milion...LOL... I don't believe one thing in this email.

    Hmmm...does this seem like a scam to you?
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    shade599's Avatar Active Member
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    Originally Posted by Brettl View Post

    As the Account / Audit Manager of our bank, i have decided to contact you over this financial transaction worth the sum of DOLLARS($5.500,000.00 )
    OH MY GOD! 5 DOLLARS AND 50 CENTS! (Notice it's a decimal after first 5)

    Side note: This is NOT Jigglypuff

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    Clain's Avatar Banned
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    lol...sorry but you have to be stupid to fall for that. His grammar is bleh

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    and some people fall for this....gg

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    C-Death's Avatar Banned
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    Look carefully at the numbers, he's trying to give you $5...

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    Verye's Avatar The WoW Lawyer
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    The amount of money doesn't matter.

    This is known as a "*****ian scam". My Dad (who's a criminal defense lawyer) has seen these things many times. Basically, someone will say "please help with this transaction and you'll get a % of it", but really, they're just taking your money.

    I guarantee you 100% that it is a complete and total scam. Not just because of the grammar or the weird way of typing the money's number.
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    bevin347's Avatar Member
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    my aunt got an email like this.. she wire transfered 2k to the guy and never saw money again or heard from the guy again.. the *****ian scams are bad man

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    AKTidus's Avatar Member
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    Originally Posted by shade599 View Post
    OH MY GOD! 5 DOLLARS AND 50 CENTS! (Notice it's a decimal after first 5)
    lol pwnd xDDD

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    Total scam, nice try though

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    Pacha's Avatar Member
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    dang that's horrible

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    Deep's Avatar Active Member
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    that would be epic to get 5 mil randomly and very unlikely

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