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From: jeffreyrice@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 20:27:36 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?NEXT=20OF=20KIN=28WITH=20GOOD=20FAITH=29?=
Dear Friend,
My name is Jeffrey Rice, I am the credit manager in a bank here in the
United Kingdom. I am contacting you in respect of the transfer of a
huge sum of money from a deceased account. Though I know that a transaction
of this nature and magnitude will make any one apprehensive and worried,
but I am assuring you that everything has been taken care of, and all will
be well at the end of the day. I decided to contact you due to the secrecy,confidentiality
and urgency of this transaction.
PROPOSITION;
I was the account officer of a foreigner, named Gerald Welsh who died
inan air crash along with his wife on the 31st October 1999 in an
Egyptian airline boeing 990 with other passengers on board. You can confirm
this fact from the website which was aired by the BBC WORLD NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm
Since his death, none of his relations or persons have come forward to
lay claims to his this funds as next-of-kin, and on my own i have made
concerted effort to locate any of his relatives but all proved abortive,
which makes me to believe that maybe nobody of his knows that he was operating
this foreign account with my bank. Based on the ethics and policies of the
bank, this funds will be declared unclaimed funds and taken to the treasury
of the bank as capital base of the bank, because already the account has
been tagged dormant because it has exceeded the normal functional number
of years.
We cannot release the fund from his account unless someone
applies for it or laysclaim as the next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated
in our banking guidelines.Upon this discovery, I now seek your permission
and assistance to present you and have you stand as a next of kin to the
deceased,so that the funds can be released and transfer to you, as all documentations
will be carefully worked out by me for the funds (US$15,000,000.00) to be
released in your
favor as the beneficiary's next of kin, if not the members of the board
of directors will utilise it for their personal aggrandisement. Because
afterfour years as this is the fifth year going the money will be called
back tothe bank treasury as unclaimed bills and the money shared amongst
the directors of the bank, so it is on this note i decided to seek for whom
his name shall be used as the next of kin/beneficiary to this funds rather
than allow the bank directors to share this money amongst themselves at
the end of the year.
It may interest you to know that I have secured from the probate
commission an order of mandamus to locate any of the deceased
beneficiaries.Please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of
our mutual business endeavour by furnishing me with the following information
if you are interested.
1.A Beneficiary name..In order for me to prepare the document for
transferof the funds in your name.
2. Direct Telephone and fax numbers...For our personal contact and
mutualtrust in each other.
Upon your acceptance I shall send you my identity for more
confidentiality and trust in each other as i shall trust you not to elope
with this funds when it finally gets to your account. I shall be compensating
you with a million dollars ($1Million dollars) on final conclusion of this
project for your assistance, while the balance, i shall use in prolific
investment projects as I intend to retire after the conclusion of this transaction.
If this proposal is acceptable by you, please endeavor to contact me immediately.
Do not take undue advantage of the trust I have bestowed
in you, I await your urgent response.
Regards,
Mr.Jeffery Rice.
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