EMAIL SCAM # 2 - GREED APPROACH

Below is another example of an email scam. Let's find out below why this is considered as such...

Friday, May 30, 2008 11:06 PM
From: "usman kabore"
To: undisclosed-recipients

FROM THE DESK OF MR.USMAN KABORE BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER, BANQUE COMMERCIAL DU BURKINA-FASO OUAGADOUGOU,

Dear Friend I am the manager of bill and exchange at the foreign remittance department of banque commercial du burkina(B.C.B) here in Ouagadougou,Burkina Faso. In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of US$12.5mdollars in an account belonging to one of our foreign customer.Who died alongside with his entire family on Monday, 31 July, 2000 in a plane crash in paris.Please visit this site that is one of the evidence the directors brought in other to swallow the money at the end of the day,

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi /world/europe/859479.stm"

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 some body applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidlings and laws 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 my colleagues decided to make this business proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of kin or relation to the deceased 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 guidline here stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed after five years, the money will be transfered into the bank treasury as unclaimed fund. The request of foreigner as next of kin in this business is occassioned 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 a respect to the provision of a foriegn account ,10% will be set aside for expenses incurred during the business and 60% would be for me and my colleagues.

Thereafter, we will visit your country for disbursement according to the percentage indicated Therefore, to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to your desiggnited bank account ,you must apply first to the bank as a relation or next of kin of the deceased with a text of application that we will send to you,so we will like you to send to us your private telephone and fax number for easy and effective communication and location where in the money will be remitted.

Upon receipt of your reply, we will send to you by fax or email the text of the application . we 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 us immediately as soon as you receive this letter.

Trusting to hear from you immediately

MR.USMAN KABORE
Bill and exchange manager,
BANQUE COMMERCIAL DU BURKINA(B.C.B).
URGENT REPLY TO: usmankabore300@yahoo.es

OBSERVATION:

The sender of this letter claims that he is Mr. Usman Kabore, Bill and Exchange Manager of Banque Commercial du Burkina (B.C.B). A person who attained such position is expected to have above average writing and editing skills. In the case of Mr. Kabore, he sent a poorly edited or maybe an unedited letter to his prospective "financial partner," an act that in itself puts a question on the genuineness of his credentials.

The BBC news about the July 2000 plane crash is not a proof of the presence US $12.5 million, claimed to be abandoned by one of the victims of the plane crash accident. A person, who has an imaginative mind, can weave all sorts of stories based from the news.

Money is truly the root of all evil. Mr. Kabore intends to defraud other people by telling them of his plans of defrauding the bank where he works. He is trying to get an accomplice who is as greedy or greedier than he is. This letter, however, is also addressed to good people because sometimes the demarcation between good and evil can get as thin as a piece of hair. The U$12.5 million is such a huge amount that can get very tempting, especially for those who are in need. Albeit the need and the seemingly good offer, one must not give confidential information easily. Be careful always….