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From: Kamara Sankoh <kamara321sankoh@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: kamarasankoh@aol.co.uk
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:56:16 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: I will appreciate your effort !!!
Dear Sir,
Confidential Business
Proposal Having consulted with my colleagues and based on the information
gathered from the Cotonou Benin Chambers Of Commerce And Industry,
I have the privilege to request your assistance to transfer the sum of $10.500,000.00
(Ten Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) into your accounts.
The above sum resulted from an over-invoiced contract, executed, commissioned
and paid for about five years (5) ago by a foreign contractor. This action was
however intentional and since then the fund has been in a suspense account
at The Eco Bank of Africa Cotonou Benin.
We are now ready to transfer the fund overseas and that is where you come in.
It is important to inform you that as civil servants, we are forbidden to operate
a foreign account; that is why we require your assistance. The total sum will be
shared as follows:
70% for us,
25% for you
5% for local and international expenses incidental to the transfer.
The transfer is risk free on both sides. I am a Manager in the Bank here in Cotonou,
West Africa.. so if you find this proposal acceptable, we shall require the following documents:
(A)Your banker's name, address, telephone , fax numbers and Account details.
(B)Your private telephone and fax numbers for confidentiality and easy communication.
Alternatively we will furnish you with the text of application form which you
have to fill and send to the bank for the processing of the fund into your account.along
with a breakdown explaining, comprehensively what we require of you.
The business will take us Ten (10) working days to accomplish .
Please reply urgently.
Best Regard,
Mr. Kamara Sankoh
E-mail: kamara_sankoh@yahoo.fr
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