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From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: mrs.esanobasanjo@yahoo.fr
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 07:41:45 +0530 (IST)
Subject: Late First Laddy...... ( Stella Obasanj ) !!!
I have a new email address!You can now email me at: obasanjoesan83@yahoo.in
- Dear Friend, I crave your indulgence nature of this letter, Please bear with me. I am Miss. Esan Obasanjo, First Daughter of Her Late Excellency Mrs. Stella Obasanjo, wife of the Former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria His Excellency President Olusegun Obasanjo. On the Sunday, October 23, 2005 , My Mummy had traveled to Spain to undergo surgery and died from complications resulting from that surgery. I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money she deposited with a Finance Security Hompany, Hoping she will use the money for her Good Works. I am the only person who knows about this as Her First Daughter. Nobody knows that she is the real owner of the Fund, because She register the fund with another name (Family valuables) so as to prevent the Federal Ministry of Finance from probing the fund I seek your consent, to present you as the beneficiary of this fund, so that the proceeds of this Consignment valued cash of USD$50.2 million dollars can be transfer to you. Secondly, this will give us the power to continue the Good work of our Late Mother. She built many motherless baby homes over the world and her Last Wish was to use this Fund to build one of the worlds biggest less privilege home in Vietnam and other parts of the world. So I advice we put this Fund into Her kind of Good life style. This means 10% of the original Fund is for me, 20% for you and 10% for our Legal fee for carrying out the Last Wish of the dead Woman and 60% for her unwritten (WILL) which is Building of orphanage homes, schools, churches and others. I love my mummy and I don't want Her Name to die as she died. All I require is your Honest co-operation to enable us see this Project through. See the site below to see my late lovely mummyâs death.www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/10/23/obasanjo.obituary Please Do not fail to send me in your return mail. Your Full Names, Address, Telephone number and fax number for essay communications and a picture of yourself so that I will know who am dealing with as regards this Deal and do direct your response to my brivate box as ( mrs.esanobasanjo@yahoo.fr ) As I look forward to hear from you. Sincerely, Miss. Esan Obasanjo.
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