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From: "ased owomaga" <ased_owomaga@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 11:58:30 +0100
Subject: Thanks for your kindness (urgent & confidential).
FROM THE DESK OF MR.ASED OWOMAGA.
CREDIT AND MARKETING MANAGER,
FOREIGN REMMITTANCE DEPT.
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK,
COTONOU,REPUBLIC OF BENIN.
WEST AFRICA.
TEL.NO.+229-97-60-89-15:
TOP SECRET:
Dear Good Friend ,
How are you ? I hope you're in good state of health, remain blessed.
I’m writing you from Cotonou, the economic capital of Benin Republic, a
country situated in West of Africa.I would like to use this opportunity to
share an idea for joint venture partnership, but before I proceed, may I use
this great opportunity to introduce myself.
My name is Mr.Ased Owomaga, male, 54years and a citizen of Benin Republic.
I am the Deputy General Manager in charge of Credit and marketing in one of
the commercial bank here in Cotonou, Benin Republic. I have been working
with this Bank for 20years but I have nothing to show for my efforts and
honesty.
Now I have an opportunity to make money for myself but I would need someone
to work with to make it a success. This transcation is risk free my good
friend, so have nothing to fear.
I shall use my position in the bank here to provide you with all the vital
informations to proceed with the transcation without any problem. So be
double assured that it is 100% safe!
In my department I 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 a plane crash.
Veiw this Website. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
Since we got information about the death of this Bank customer from Germany,
the Bank top officials here have been expecting his next of kin to come up
and claim the money that is left behind here in my Bank and because we
cannot release the fund unless somebody applies for the fund as next of kin
or the relation to the deceased Bank customer as indicated in our banking
guidelines 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 claim.
So it is upon this discovery from the investigation which i made in my Bank
here that I decided to contact you into this business proposal and also
guide you here for the Bank top official to release the money to you as the
next of kin or relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent
disbursement of the whole fund in your country after the approval of this
fund in my Bank since nobody is coming up for the cliam.
The purpose of my mail is to solicit for a willing partner to come forward
and stand as the next of kin to claim this fund. I shall provide you with
all the informations that will enable you file an application for claim. Be
sure that the Bank will grant approval based on the informations I will
provide.
I want you to act fast because according to the law of Benin Republic, if
anyone died leaving unclaimed fund in the bank, after 5 years the fund will
belong to the state and goes to state treasuary. But the irony of the matter
is that these funds really does not go into the purse of the state but
rather its usually diverted and shared by both the powerful individuals in
the government and higher officials of the Banks.
They allocate the funds to themselves and later use the money for their
political gains and to wage war in the sub-region. For my 20 years of
service to this bank, I have seen a lot hence I don't want this opportunity
to pass me by, and the same thing keep on repeating itself.
That was why i agree that 30 % of this money will be for you as a foreign
partner, in respect to the provision of a foreign account, 10 % will be set
aside for expenses incured during the business and 60 % would be for me.As
soon as the whole fund is transfered into your foriegn nominated Bank
account in your Country i will visit your Country for the disbursement of
the fund according to the percentages indicated above.
Therefore to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you as arranged
by me here, you must apply first to the Bank here as a cousin that is
related to the late Bank customer or the next of kin of the deceased Bank
customer in the Bank here indicating:
Your Full Name
Your Bank Name.
Your private telephone No.
Your Fax No.
This is for easy and effective communication and also the location where in
the money will be remitted into. Please note that upon receipt of your
reply, I will immediately send to you by fax or email the text of the next
of kin application.
I will also not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is a
hitch free business transaction and that you should not entertain any atom
of fear as all required arrangements on how this whole fund will be
transferred into your private nominated Bank account in your country has
smoothly arranged by me here.
You should contact me immediately as soon as you receive this letter.
Trusting to hear from you immediately.
Best regards.
Mr.Ased Owomaga.( Credit & Marketing Manager.).
Tel.No.+229-97-60-89-15.
Email:ased_owomaga@hotmail.com
NB : This is not a scam !
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