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From: larry williams <dr_larry_444@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 10:28:44 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: From Dr Larry
From:Dr Larry Williams.
# 8 South Orange Garden City
Johannesburg,South Africa.
(SUCCESSFUL TRANSFER)
ATTENTION: DIRECTOR / CEO
Dear Sir/ Madam,
I know that this message will come to you as a surprise since we don't know each other before, but for purpose of introduction, I am Dr Larry Williams,the Chief Auditor of AFRICAN UNITED BANK (A U B) We want to transfer to overseas ($156,000.000.00 USD) One Hundred and Fifty SIX million United States Dollars) FROM SOUTH AFRICA, I want to ask you to quietly look for a reliable and honest person who will be capable and fit to provide either an existing Bank Account or to set up a new Bank A/C immediately to receive this money, even an Empty A/C can serve, as long as you will remain honest to me till the end for this important business trusting in you and believing in God that you will never let me down either now or in future. I am contacting you because of the need involve
a foreigner with foreign account and foreign beneficiary. we will sign an agreement, but be sure that it is real and a genuine business. give me a reply urgently so that I will inform you the next step to take immediately. and also I will not fail to bring to your notice that this business is 100% risk and trouble free so you should not entertain any fear as all modalities for fund transfer there is an Account opened in this Bank in 1992 and since 1995 nobody has operated on this Account again, after going through some old files in the records I discovered that the owner of the account has died and he died without a written or oral WILL attached to the account and my investigation proved to me as well that his company does not know
anything about this account and no other person knows about this account or anything concerning it,
the Account has no other Beneficiary hence the money is floating and if I do not remit this money out urgently it will be forfeited for nothing. The owner of this account is Mr.MichaelCollins,a foreigner, and an INDUSTRALIS, and he died, since 1995. and my investigation proved to me as well that Mr Michael Collins until his death he was
the Manager of HAPENK GOLD Company, here in South Africa. a geologist by profession . I know that this message will come to you as a surprise as we don't know ourselves before. We will sign a binding agreement to bind us together so that you can receive this money into a foreign account or any account of our choice where the fund will be safe. And I will fly to your country for withdrawal and sharing and other investments.
We will start the first transfer with Fifty SIX Million Dollars [$56,000.000] upon successful transaction without any disappoint from your side, we shall re-apply
for the payment of the remaining rest amount to your account, The Amount involved is (USD156M)One Hundred and Fifty SIX million United States Dollars, only I want to first transfer $56,000.000 [ Fifty SIX million United States Dollar from this Money into a safe foreign Account in abroad before the rest, but I don't know any foreigner, I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money can not be approved to a local bank here,but can only be Approved to any foreign account because the money is in
US dollars and the former owner of the A/C Mr.Michael Collins is a foreigner too, I got your email through my Personal Secretary through the
internet,She did not know you before neither do I know you she only got it when I told her that I needed an email Address where I can send a Confidential Proposal,
though I did not tell her what the content of my mail was ,It only God that brought us together to do this business and I am revealing this to you with believe in
God that you will never let me down in this business, you are the first and the
only person that I am contacting for this business.I need your full co-operation to make this work fine because the management is ready to Approve this Payment to any Foreigner who has correct information of this account which I will give to you later, if you are willing and capable to handle such amount in strict confidence and trust according to my instructions and advice for our mutual benefit because this great opportunity
will never come again in my life. I need truthful person in this business because I don't want to make mistake I need your strong assurance and trust.that you will never,never let me down.With my influence there is a key Bank official who is deeply involved with me in this business. and with the position of this Bank official now in the office we can Transfer this Money to any foreigner's reliable Account which you can provide with assurance that this money will be intact pending our physical arrival in your country for sharing.The Bank official will destroy all Documents of transaction immediately wereceive this money leaving no trace to any place and to build confidence.I will use my position and influence to obtain all legal Approvals for onward transfer of this money to your account with apropriate clearance from the relevant ministries and
foreign exchange departments.The only thing I needs from you now is to keep this business within yourself untill I instruct you to spread the Good news to anyone OK. At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 35% of the total Amount, 60% will be for me while 5% will be for expenses both parties might have incurred during this process. of transferring. this business can be finalized within 7 banking days once you are willing and capable to follow my instruction and advice after you apply to the Bank as the beneficiary of the fund from the deceased.I look forward to your earliest reply through my private E-mail:(dr_larry_88@yahoo.com) including your fax and Tel phone numbers for easy and safe communication.
Yours,
Dr Larry Williams.
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