Inheritance scams
Good day, mrsaradhnadursun@barid.com
Scam Email received June 28, 2018 from aradhna.m@aol.com
Email From:
aradhna.m@aol.com
Subject:
Good day,
Other emails used:
MrsAradhnaDursun@barid.com, mrsaradhnadursun@barid.com
Email Subject:
Good day,
Good day, – mrsaradhnadursun@barid.com
Good day,Hope all is well with you and your family. I am Mrs.Aradha Dursun from Republic Of Mauritius, I&m 41yrs old, working with ADB Africa Development Bank inBurkina Faso at the office of Auditing and accounting Department. I am married with 1 Kids. My residence addressno: 18 avenue de la Charles Degaulle sect: 21. Box Postal: 01 BP 5256 Ouagadougou Burkina Faso. I want you to handlethis business transaction with me if chance to do international business. I got your mail from Google search. We are imposition to reclaim and inherit the sum of (US$5.5Millions Dollar’s)without any trouble, from a dormant account which remains unclaimed since 11 years the owner died. This is a U.SDollar’s account and the beneficiary died without trace of his family to claim the fund and no next of kin. I want youto stand as his business associate and I will guild you without any risk involve. If interested to do this business with me without betray, contact me through my private email address;(MrsAradhnaDursun@barid.com) with your full details as bellow, I will immediately give you moredetails of the transfer.Best Regard, Mrs.Aradha Dursun, E-mail Address: MrsAradhnaDursun@gmail.com – Am waiting for your urgent reply so that we will starts immediately, Sorry if you received this letter in your spam,Due to recent connection error here in my country. May Almighty God Bless You! mrsaradhnadursun@barid.com
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