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From: "james bakeh" <james_bakeh03@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 10:59:41 +0100
Subject: Your Response Required Please!!!
FROM: MR. James Bakeh
14, Cameroon House, Wyndham Road,
Camber well,S.E.5 OUJ London UK.
I am Mr. James Bakeh of the above address,a British citizen and I am 43
years of age. I am
married with three kids, I work with a Finance Company here in London,I got
to get your
contact details through the Global Personality Directory available here in
the British
Chambers.
I am the accounting officer of Mr. Nelson Owen who died on the recent bomb
blast which
occurred in London on the 7th of July 2005.
Mr. Nelson Owen who was our Client with Account Number UBS 101-720-4 left
the sum of Seven
Million one Hundred and Twenty Thousand United States Dollars
($7,120.000.00) for deposit,
this Amount was yet to be credited in his favour before he died on the
recent bomb blast in
London and he had no wife or child before he died and no relative known to
our Finance house
as no one was stated as the next of kin in all the account opening
documents.
I am contacting you to act as my partner[who I can repose trust on after
signing memorandum
of understanding]to enable us establish you as the deceased next of Kin
known to our Finance
House which will enable the deposited funds be released to you as all
document will be
carefully procured from the UK probate registry.
These funds are contained in a box tagged XP41/02 deposited in the vault of
an independent
security company here in the United Kingdom.
You are requested to kindly fill the form below and return back to me to
enable the complete
procedure to be effected and you stated as the deposited funds beneficiary.
You will get 20% of the total deposited funds for your cooperation and
partnership in this
transaction while myself and my colleagues involved will share 70%.
Note that all the process involved in this transaction have been mapped out
and the
transaction is risk free.
Once the funds are in your safe custody I will meet you to get our share
while you retain
yours and I will also request your assistance in investing my share in your
country's stock
market and real property investment.
The name of the Finance and Security Company and all relevant
information/documents vital in
getting you established as the next of kin based on a letter of
administration/probate order
from the relevant agencies will be given to you when you respond through my
private e-mail
addresses below;
Email:jbakeh@netscape.net
or;
james_bakeh02@hotmail.co.uk
Personal Tel:+44-7024064503
Treat with utmost confidentiality.
Yours trully,
MR. James Bakeh
PERSONAL DATA
FULL NAMES:________________________________________
GENDER____________________________________________
DATE OF BIRTH:_____________________________________
NATIONALITY: _______________________________________
COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE: ___________________________
ADDRESS:____________________________________
TELEPHONE/Fax NUMBER:________________________________
OCCUPATION:________________________________________
POSITION HELD:______________________________________
EMAIL ADDRESS:_____________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
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