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Old Oct 23, 2017 | 12:59 PM
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Got an email from African Development Bank wanting to give me millions of dollars which I certainly can find some use for.... would like to see what my C3 brothers think before I send him all my info. Looks legit to me




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My Good Friend,

Dear Friend,
I am Mr. Ali Desmurs, the head of file department of AFRICA DEVELOPMENT BANK (A.D.B) herein Burkina Faso / Ouagadougou. In my department we discover an abandoned sum of ($15.500, 000. million US Dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer who died along with his family in plane crash.

It is therefore upon this discovery that I now 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 the safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it. I agree that 40% of this money will be for you, while 60% would be for me. Then after the money is been transferred into your account, I will visit your country for an investment under your kind control.

You have to contact my Bank directly as the real next of kin of this deceased account with next of kin application form. You have to send me those your information below to enable me use it and get you next of kin application form from bank, so that you will contact Bank for the transfer of this money into your account. Please for more information and enquiries fee free to contact me back immediately for more explanation and better understanding via email (alidesmurs@hotmail.com)

Your Full Name_______________________
Your Home Address____________________
Your Age ___________________
You’re Handset Number____________________
Your Occupation _______________________

I am waiting for your urgent respond to enable us proceed further for the transfer.
Yours faithfully,
Mr. Ali Desmurs.



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Wow! What a deal. I wonder why I never get emails like that.
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Originally Posted by Prostreeter1
Got an email from African Development Bank wanting to give me millions of dollars which I certainly can find some use for.... would like to see what my C3 brothers think before I send him all my info. Looks legit to me




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Today, 5:14 AM








































My Good Friend,

Dear Friend,
I am Mr. Ali Desmurs, the head of file department of AFRICA DEVELOPMENT BANK (A.D.B) herein Burkina Faso / Ouagadougou. In my department we discover an abandoned sum of ($15.500, 000. million US Dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer who died along with his family in plane crash.

It is therefore upon this discovery that I now 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 the safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it. I agree that 40% of this money will be for you, while 60% would be for me. Then after the money is been transferred into your account, I will visit your country for an investment under your kind control.

You have to contact my Bank directly as the real next of kin of this deceased account with next of kin application form. You have to send me those your information below to enable me use it and get you next of kin application form from bank, so that you will contact Bank for the transfer of this money into your account. Please for more information and enquiries fee free to contact me back immediately for more explanation and better understanding via email (alidesmurs@hotmail.com)

Your Full Name_______________________
Your Home Address____________________
Your Age ___________________
You’re Handset Number____________________
Your Occupation _______________________

I am waiting for your urgent respond to enable us proceed further for the transfer.
Yours faithfully,
Mr. Ali Desmurs.



Sure looks legit to me! I would send him your social security number along with all your bank account and credit card numbers just to make sure he can get the money transferred to you.

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Originally Posted by v2racing
Sure looks legit to me! I would send him your social security number along with all your bank account and credit card numbers just to make sure he can get the money transferred to you.

Mike




Good call, Mike...I think he's legit too. I'm going to comply with all his requests and send all needed info to get my millions......
Old Oct 23, 2017 | 01:16 PM
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Wow, your family members were on the same plane as mine!

It's amazing to me how many relatives I have that were killed in a horrific plane or car crash and I'm the only person they can find in my entire family.....go figure....
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I take two teary eyed reports a week at the police station of potential millionaires that never got their millions.
It's like accepting a dollar for your vette.
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You guys need to pay more attention to the C1/C2 forum.

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Originally Posted by toddalin
You guys need to pay more attention to the C1/C2 forum.

https://youtu.be/3MHDDSekvcE
Funny!

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Let's see - 15 million million dollars! That's a lot of dollars! You'd think someone would have missed that much.
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Originally Posted by Raphiki
Let's see - 15 million million dollars! That's a lot of dollars! You'd think someone would have missed that much.
Look closer. It's only 15.5 million.
but seems legit. Just like how I won the UK mobile lottery with a nz phone number. I did find it a bit strange that the prize was in us dollars, but it should be here any day now.
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I sent the guy an email asking if this is a scam and he said it wasn't so I'm good with that. Gave him all account numbers, passwords, mom's maiden name and SSN. He said I should see the deposit into my account by the end of the week.


wish me luck
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Originally Posted by Antz81
Look closer. It's only 15.5 million.
but seems legit. Just like how I won the UK mobile lottery with a nz phone number. I did find it a bit strange that the prize was in us dollars, but it should be here any day now.
Missed the period instead of the comma! 70 year old eyes! We're visiting NZ in February. Looking forward to it.
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Originally Posted by toddalin
You guys need to pay more attention to the C1/C2 forum.

https://youtu.be/3MHDDSekvcE
This guys is good. I caught myself watching 4 of his videos.



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Not really for email scams but this dude had a great idea!
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Originally Posted by NmtMev
Not really for email scams but this dude had a great idea!
https://youtu.be/msN_wUgt-M8

Originally Posted by NmtMev

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