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From: "micheal johnson" <micheal_johnson55@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 13:48:01 +0100
Subject:
From The Desk of: Mr. micheal johnson
Inter Continental Bank of Nigeria,
Lagos, Nigeria.Dear Sir/Madam,I am so sorry to bulge on you like this without knowing you prior to this day but I employ you to please read this mail because it has immense financial benefits for the both of us.I am Mr. micheal johnson , Bank Manager of Inter Continental Bank of Nigeria, Lagos Branch. I got your contact on my private search on the Internet and I listed your name amongst four other names and prayed over them and decided to contact you directly.I have a very urgent and confidential business proposition for you and for our overall mutual interest. On December 6 1999,an American oil consultant/contractor with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Mr. Henry Gardner made a numbered ti! me (fixed )deposit for twelve calendar months, valued at USD$25,000,000.00(twenty five-million dollars) in my branch. Upon maturity,I sent a routine notification to his forwarded address but got no reply. After a month we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract employers NNPC that Mr. thomas died in an automobile accident.
On further investigation, I found out that he did not leave a WILL and all attempts to trace his next of kin were fruitless. I therefore made further investigation and discovered that Mr. Henry did not declare any next of kin in all his official documents,
including his bank deposit paperwork.This sum USD$25,000,000.00 is still floating in the bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year. No one will come forward to claim it. According to Nigerian Laws, at the expiration of 7 (seven) years, the money will revert to the ownership of the Nigeria! n government if nobody applies to claim the funds. Consequently, my pr oposal is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand in as a next of kin of Mr. thomas gabriel. This is simple.1)I will like you to provide me immediately with your full names & address so that an attorney will prepare the necessary documents and affidavits, which will put you as next of kin.2)We shall employ the services of an attorney for drafting & notarization of the WILL and obtain the necessary documents and letter of probate/administration in your favor for the transfer.
3)A bank account in any part of the world, which you will provide to facilitate the transfer of this money to you as the beneficiary. The money will be paid into your account for us to share in the ratio of 60% for me and 40% for you, which we will both sign and agree to, by a Memorandum of Understanding (M.O.U) before we proceed with the transfer of the money to you.
There is no risk at all as the ! attorney will do the paperwork for this transaction and with my position as the branch manager guarantees the successful execution of this transaction. If you are interested, please reply immediately via this private micheal_johnson5@myway.com Upon your response, I shall then provide you with more details and relevant documents that will help you understand.PLEASE OBSERVE UTMOST CONFIDENTIALITY, and be rest assured that this would be most profitable for both of us because I shall require your assistance to invest my share in your country.Awaiting your urgent reply via this email below, please save me the anxiety of endless waiting.Remember to reply to :micheal_johnson5@myway.com
God bless you as you do.Mr. micheal johnson
Inter Continental Bank of Nigeria.Lagos, Nigeria
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