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From: sameze200@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 19:07:42 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?good=20day?=
FROM THE DESK OF,DR SAM EZE
ACCOUNT DEPARTMENT
WARMART BANK PLC
E_mail tonyobi123@yahoo.com
TO: THE MANAGING DIRECTOR/CEO
DEAR SIR,
RE:TRANSFER OF THE SUM OF US$25.5M DOLLARS
INTO YOUR ACCOUNT FIRST,I MUST SOLICIT YOUR CONFIDENCE IN THIS
TRANSACTION.THIS IS BY VIRTUE OF IT'S NATURE
AS BEING UTTERLY CONFIDENTIAL AND TOP SECRET.THOUGH I
KNOW THAT A TRANSACTION OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL MAKE
ANY ONE APPREHENSIVE AND WORRIED.BUT IAM ASSURING YOU
THAT ALL WILL BE WELL AT THE END OF THE DAY.WE HAVE
DECIDED TO CONTACT YOU THROUGH THIS MEDIUM DUE TO THE
URGENCY OF THIS TRANSACTION AS WE HAVE BEEN RELIABLY
INFORMED OF YOUR DISCRETENESS AND ABILITY.LET ME START
BY INTRODUCING MYSELF TO YOU.
I'AM DR SAM EZE, ACCOUNTANT WITH THE WARMART BANK
PLC LAGOS .I CAME TO KNOW ABOUT YOU IN MY PRIVATE SEARCH
FOR A RELIABLE AND REPUTABLE PERSON TO HANDLE THIS
CONFIDENTIAL TRANSACTION AS WE ARE STILL IN ACTIVE
SERVICE.THE PROPOSITION.AN AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL,LATE
ENGINEER BUTCH R.MIGUEL,AN OIL MERCHANT/CONTRACTOR
WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA,UNTIL HIS
DEATHTHREE YEARS AGO IN A GHASTLY AIR CRASH IN AN
EGYPT AIR, FLIGHT 990 WHICH OCCURED ON 2ND NOVEMBER
1999,BANKED WITH US HERE AT WARMART BANK PLC LAGOS
AND HAD A CLOSSING BALANCE OF US2.5M(FOURTY FIVE MILLION
FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS)IN A FIXED
DEPOSIT ACCOUNT,WHICH THE BANK UNQUESTIONABLY EXPECTS
IT TO BE CLAIMED BY ANY AVAILABLE FOREIGN NEXT-OF-KIN
TO THE LATE BENEFICIARY OR ALTERNATIVELY BE DONATED TO
A DISCREDITED TRUST FUND FOR THE PURCHASE OF ARMS AND
AMMUNITIONS AT THE MILITARY WAR COLLEGE IN KADUNA
STATE HERE IN NORTHERN NIGERIA.SEQUEL TO THIS,FERVENT
VALUABLE EFFORTS WERE MADE BY WARMART BANK PLC.TO GET
IN TOUCH WITH ANY OF THE MIGUEL'S FAMILY
OR RELATIVES BUT PROVED TO NO AVAIL.IT IS BECAUSE OF
THE PERCEIVED POSIBILITY OF NOT BEING ABLE TO LOCATE
ANY OF THE LATE ENGR.BUTCH R.MIGUEL'S NEXT-OF-KIN(HE
HAD NO KNOWN WIFE AND CHILDREN) THAT THE MANAGEMENT
UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF OUR HONOURABLE CHAIRMAN AND
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS,MAJOR-GENERAL KALU
UKE KALU(Rtd), THAT AN ARRANGEMENT BE MADE FOR THE
FUND TO BE DECLARED"UN-CLAIMABLE" AND SUBSIQUENTLY BE
DONATED TO THE TRUST FUND FOR RELESED OF ARMS AND
AMMUNITON TO FURTHER ENHANCE THE COURSE OF WAR IN
AFRICA AND THE WORLD IN GENERAL.
IN ORDER TO AVERT THIS CRUDE ANEGATIVE
DEVELOPMENT,SOME OF MY TRUSTED COLLEAGUES AND I NOW
SEEK YOUR PERMISSION TO HAVE YOU STAND AS THE
NEXT-OF-KIN TO LATE ENGR.BUTCH R.MIGUEL, SO THAT THE
FUNDUS$25.5M WOULD BE RELEASED AND PAID INTO YOUR
ACCOUNT AS THE BENEFICIARY'S NEXT-OF KIN. ALL
DOCUMENTS AND PROVES TO ENABLE YOU RECIEVE THIS FUND
WILL BE CAREFULLY WORKED OUT AND MORE SO AS
PROFESSIONAL BANKERS, WE ARE ASSURING YOU OF 100% RISK
FREE INVOLVEMENT. YOUR SHARE STAYS WHILE THE REST WILL
BE FOR MYSELF AND MY COLLEAGUES FOR INVESTMENT
PURPOSES IN YOUR COUNTRY.NOTE THAT THIS TRANSACTION
WILL STRICTLY BE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND
CONDITIONS AS I HAVE STATED BELOW, AS WE HAVE HEARD
CONFIRMED CASES OF BUSINESS ASSOCIATES RUNNING AWAY
WITH FUNDS KEPT IN THEIR CUSTODY WHEN IT IS FINALLY
REMITTED INTO THEIR BANK ACCOUNTS.A VERY GOOD EXAMPLE
IS THE ONE OF MR. PETER HOPWOOD,THE PRESIDENT OF
MILEAGE TRADING AND INVESTMENT COMPANY AT NUMBER 121,
WEST 55TH STREET,21st FLOOR,NEW YORK 10022, AND THE
FORMER CHAIRMAN OF OMPADEC(MR PATRICK OPIA)WHOM WE
WERE RELIABLY INFORMED THAT AFTER THE AGREEMENT
BETWEEN BOTH PARTNERS IN WHICH HE WAS TO TAKE 15% OF
THE MONEY WHILE THE REMAINING 85% FOR THE NIGERIAN
OFFICIALS. WITH ALL THE REMAINING DOCUMENTS SIGNED,THE
MONEY WAS DULY TRANSFERED INTO MR HOPWOOD'S
ACCOUNT,ONLY TO BE DISAPPOINTED ON THEIR ARRIVAL IN
NEW YORK AND WERE INFORMED THAT MR PETER HOPWOOD WAS
NO LONGER ON THAT ADDRESS,WHILE HIS TELEPHONE AND FAX
NUMBERS HAD BEEN RE-ALLOCATED TO SOME BODY ELSE.THIS
WAS HOW THEY LOST US$18.5M TO MR HOPWOOD.
THIS IS A VERY RECENT STORY HERE IN MY COUNTRY AND
EVERYBODY IS AWARE OF THIS.SOME OF THE OFFICIALS
DECIDED TO CRY OUT AND FACE THE LAW,BECAUSE THEY FELT
THEY HAD LOST SO MUCH TO A STRANGER,WHILE THE CHAIRMAN
OF OMPADEC(MR PATRICK OPIA)IS NOW HIDDING IN A FORIEGN
COUNTRY.SO RIGHT NOW, IAM TAKING ALL PRECAUTIONARY
MEASURES TO GUARD AGAINST RE-OCCURENCE OF SUCH ACT IN
OUR CASE.THIS IS WHY WE HAVE DECIDED THAT THIS
TRANSACTION WILL BE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING:-
(a) OUR CONVICTION OF YOUR TRANSPARENCY, HONESTY AND
DILIGENCE.
(b) THAT YOU WILL TREAT THIS TRANSACTION WITH UTMOST
+SECRECY AND CONFIDENTIALITY.
(c)YOU MUST BE READY TO PRODUCE US WITH ENOUGH
INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF TO PUT OUR MINDS AT
REST.(d) THAT UPON RECIEPT OF THE FUND,YOU WILL
PROMPTLY RELEASE OUR SHARE ON DEMAND AFTER YOU HAVE
DEDUCTED YOUR 20%.YOUR URGENCY WILL BE HIGHLY
APPRECIATED AS WE ARE ALREADY BEHIND SCHEDULE FOR THIS
FINANCIAL QUATER.IF THIS PROPOSAL IS ALRIGHT BY
YOU,THEN KINDLY GET TO ME IMMEDIATELY THANK YOU IN
ANTICIPATON OF YOUR COOPERATION.
YOURS FAITHFULLY,
DR. SAM EZE
(Chief Accountant)
WARMART BANK PLC LAGOS
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