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Oct 22, 2003
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I am Mr. Edward Tata the Director in-charge of auditing and accounting section of Chartered Bank Of Lome, Togo, in West Africa.
With due respect and regards, I have decided to contact you on a business transaction that will be very beneficial to both of us at the end of the transaction.
During our investigation and audting in this bank, my department came across a very huge sum of money belonging to a deceased person who died on August, 1997 in a plane crash and the fund has been dormant in his account with this bank without any claim of the fund in our custody either from his family or relation before our discovery to this development. Although personally, I kept this information secret within myself and my partner to enable the whole plans and idea be profitable and successful during the time of execution. The said amount was USD$25m (twenty five million United States dollars).
I am glad to say that with the introduction of Internet, I was opportuned and pleasured to have come across your contact through this satellite media.
Meanwhile all the whole arrangement to put claim over this fund as the bonafide next of kin to the deceased, get the required approval and transfer this money to a foriegn account has been put in place and directives and needed information will be relayed to you as soon as you indicate your interest and willingness to assist us and also benefit your self to this great business opportunity. In fact I could have done this deal alone but because of my position in this country as a civil servant, we are not allowed to operate a foriegn account and would eventually raise an eye brow on my side during the time of transfer because I am still working in this bank. This is the actual reason why it will require a second party or fellow who will forward claims as the next of kin with affidavit of trust of Oath to this bank and also present a foriegn account where he will need the money to be retransfered into on his request as it may be after due verification and clarification by designation bank account.
I will not fail to inform you that this transaction is 100 percent risk free. On smooth conclusion of this transaction, you will be entitiled to 30 percent of the total sum as gratification, while 10 percent will be set aside to take care of expenses that may arise during the time of transfer both local and international like telephone bills, e-mail bills include the documents fees, while 60 percent will be for me and my partner.
All other necessary information will be sent to you when I hear from you. I suggest you get back to me as soon as possible stating your wish in this deal. However, I wish you give me your phone number where I will call you
Mr Edward Tata.
Togo
ASSISTANCE
Sir, I am Fatai Gueil the son of late Mr. Paul Gueil, the former financial controller of Cote D'Ivoire Telecommunication(Citelcom).
Before the death of my father he revealed to me about US$10million he deposited in a security company in Europe. This money was made as a result of over invoiced contracts executed during his tenure in office.
I am seeking your assistance for the transfer of this money into your account for further investment purpose in your country. On the successful transfer of this money, I plead to offer you 10 percent of the total money and five percent will be for any expenses you incurred in the process of the transfer.
Please endavour to get in touch with me immediately for more information.
Fatai Gueil
Cote D'Ivoire
ATTENTION
With due respect and humility, I write to you this proposal. I am the manager of bill and exchange at the foreign remittance department of Banque Internationale du Abidijan. I am writing following the impressive information about you through the chamber of commerce here and my spirit assured me of your capability and reliability to champion this business opportunity.
In my department, we discovered an abandoned sum of $15.5m US dollars (fifteen million five hundred thousand US dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers who died along with his entire family in November, 2001 in a plane crash.
Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of kin to come forward 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 and policies 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 claims. It is therefore upon this discovery that I and other officials in my department now decided to make this businness 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 forth and we don't want this money to go into the bank treasury as unclaimed bill.
According to our banking policies and guidelines here which stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed after five years, the money will automatically be transferred into the bank treasury as unclaimed fund.
The request of foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner an Ivorian, that someone from Ivory Coast here cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner.
We agree that 15 percent of this money will be for you as foreign partner, in respect to the provision of a foreign account, 10 percent will be for reimbursement of any expenses incurred during the course of the transaction and 75 percent would be for me and my colleagues. Thereafter I and my colleagues will visit your country for disbursement according to the percentages 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 easier and effective communication and location where 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.
Mobb Brain
Abidijan
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