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From: "Dr.Casmir Poyh" <casmirzb@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: casmir_p1@excite.com
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 14:59:15 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Details Of The Commercial Bank With Morris Thompson
Dear Friend
However is not mandatory nor will I in any manner compel you to honour against your will,I am Dr.Casmir Poyh and works with a Commercial Bank Plc here in West Africa as the manager auditing and foreign bills.
Here in this Bank existed a deposit for the past 6 years with A/C No:ECB2446983652 which belongs to Mr Morris Thompson an American nationality who worked with Shell development company and also an Importer and Exporter of distilling material here in West Africa is now late,He died on 4th February 2000 on board with Alaska Airlines Flight 261.
When I discovered that non of his relatives came for this deposit,I decided to carry out a system investigation and discovered that non of the family member nor relations of the late person is aware of this deposit.This is the story in a nutshell.
Now I want someone like you from overseas who will be presented to the Commercial Bank Plc as the bonafide next of kin so that this fund will be transfered on his name,thereafter,I had planned to destroy all related documents for this deposit,It is a careful network and for the past eleven months I have worked out everything to ensure a hitch-free operation,The deposit is intact and stands at-(US$4.5M) four million five hundred thousand united states dollars,what i needed now is foreigner then i will furnish you with related information to back-up this claim successfully.
Now my questions are:-
1. Can you handle this project?
2. Can I give you this trust?
3. What will be your commission? If you can sponsor this transfer.
Consider this and get back to me as soon as possible,Finally,it is our humble prayer that the information as contained herein be accorded the necessary attention,urgency as well as the secrecy it deserves.
To prove to you how authentic this great opportunity mean to I and you,I hereby assure you that if we do not have this fund lifted in 10 days time upon the day of application,then withdraw from this transaction.
Please for our subsiquent communication and contacts kindly send me the following when replying :
1,Your private mobile number.........
2,Contact address.........................
3,Your real name..........................
4,Fax number .............................
5,You shall also open an empty/blank Bank account which shall have no money on it to avoid conflict between I and you,this is where this funds shall be transfered into.
I expect your urgent response if you can handle this project,send me an email for confirmation.
Respectfully yours,
Dr.Casmir Poyh.
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