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    Want to get rid of them? Simple. Just become a Contributor level member or above and they will be gone. -> Please click HERE."

    Is that too much for me to ask of you to keep this site running? Well, sorry about that. I too wish I could get everything for free. But alas.....

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    Google Adsense ad revenue for December, 2025 was just $30 over the cost of the lease for the server running this site. So, in effect, the money providing the incentive for me to continue running this site is coming SOLELY from the paid memberships and sponsorships here. Which honestly ain't much....

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FROM THE DESK OF DR ALI IBRAHIM,
BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER,
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK(ADB)
OUAGADOUGOU,BURKINA FASO.WEST AFRICA.

With Due Respect,

I am the manager of bill and exchange at the foreign remittance department of african development bank (ADB). I crave your indulgence as i contact you in such a surprising manner. But I respectfully insist you read this letter carefully as I am optimistic it will open doors for unimaginable financial rewards for both of us.
In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of Ten Million,Five Hundred Thousand US dollars (US$10.5m) only , in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer who died along with his entire family in November 2002 in a plan crash. 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 somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines but unfortunately we learnt that all his supposed next of kin or relation died along with him at the plan crash leaving nobody behind for the claim.

It is therefore upon this discovery that I now decided to make this business proposal to you so that the money could be released to you as the next of kin or relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and i dont want this money to go into the bank treasury as unclaimed Bill.

The Banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed after five years, the money will be transferred into the Bank treasury as "unclaimed fund". The request for a foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned 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 foreign partner, in respect to the provision of a foreign account , 10% will be set aside for expenses incurred during the business and 60% would be for me.

There after I will visit your country for disbursement according to the percentage indicated. Therefore to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you as arranged, you must apply first to the bank as relation or next of kin of the deceased indicating your bank name,your bank account number, your private telephone and fax number for easy and effective communication and location wherein the money will be remitted. Upon receipt of your reply,I will send to you by fax or email the text of the application.I 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 me immediately as soon as you receive this letter.
Trusting to hear from you immediately.

Yours faithfully,
Dr.Ali Ibrahim,
Bill and exchange manager,
African Development bank ADB


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Yep, just got the e-mail today and I also just fell off the turnip truck. :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
 
Yes and I am Santa Claus. Your kids are asking for some pretty big ticket items if you would just send me.....

HAHAHAHA

Actually the sad part is that people fall for this everyday. At least once a week we have people come into the financial Institution that I work for with a check for lottery winnings, from a lottery that they have never entered from a person they have never heard of. GREED and desperation is what gives these crooks hope that they can cash in on our hard earned wages. I am so glad that you have enough since to recognize this for the scam that it is. Hopefully some one will read this post and it will help them recognize a scam if it comes their way.
 
I actually saw a Dateline special about Nigerian scammers a few days ago. They trick these lonely men/women with photos and 'love' letters. Once these guys/girls are thoroughly whipped, they use them as a hub with other scammers in a internet cafe. These people literally send hundreds of boxes of crap bought with stolen credit cards online to this 'hub'. Then they pawn these people YET AGAIN to send them to another hub/eventually Africa. Once there, they sell them for high amounts of money.

It boggles my mind how people fall for these things. It was sorta priceless when the guy tried to get his internet 'business associate' to come to his house, but she was in a car cash on the way and needed $1500 dollars for bills! And he paid it! Like Kelly said, I'm glad you had enough sense to recognize the scam. Those letters are always fun to read.
 
That is horrible.
There are those who have the sense but do not use it that I have a hard time feeling bad for, then there are those that truly do not get it. Those are the people I feel bad for.
I think I will stick with "If it sounds to good to be true then it is too good to be true". Better safe then sorry.
 
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