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From: blessing akiga <blessingg002@yahoo.ca>
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 07:33:12 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: From Mrs. Blessing Akiga
Hello SIR
Nice to meet you, I am Mrs. Blessing Akiga from Sierra-Leone.The wife of late pastor Willam Akiga The funder of Victory living church I deemed it necessary to disclose this important issue to you. I lost my husband during the rebel attacked in 2003 before his death, he had an account with a bank here in Cote dIvoire, where he made a deposit of US$8.5 Millions Dollars. This money was for the purchase of plots of land and development of church building and enqupiment, unfortunately he did not meet his target before his untimely death.
Why I contacted you, due to the agreement he had with the bank during deposit, Ive been denied total access to the money, the bank Manager told me precisely that the money was deposited in a suspense fixed account with a clause attached to it for onward transfer into a foreign account. That the bank will follow the agreement written and signed by both (the bank and my husband). I was advised to look for a foreign account where the money can be transferred before I can have access to it.
Since security here cannot be guaranteed besides, Ive lost my husband, I hereby ask you to do me a favour by standing as my late husbands foreign business partner and the beneficiary of the money to enable the bank effect the transfer into your account.
I have plans to invest this money in continuation with the investment vision of my late husband, but not in this place again rather in your country. I have the vision of going into real estate and industrial production, please if you are willing to assist me and my only son Ken, indicate your interest in replying soonest.
The bank has given me requirements I should forward to them:
1. Your full name, contact postal address
2. Your phone and fax numbers.
3. Occupation
If you agree on this, Ill give you 20% of the total share when transferred, then 5% will be given to you if you made any expense on the cause of the transfer. Waiting to hearing from you, please once I hear from you I'll send you all the contact of the bank for you to contact them for the transfer of the money in your account.
Thanks for your anticipated co-operation,
Yours,
Mrs. B_ Akiga
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