From: "Engineer Austen Oniwon" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <engineeraustenoniwon348@yahoo.de>
Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2015 20:17:00 -0430
Subject: Hello!

Hello Dear

In June 2010, A customer called Engineer Hussein a foreign contractor from your country did a contract project in Nigeria National Petroleum corporation. As The Group Managing Director in charge of NNPC then, I encouraged him to consider various growth of funds with prime ratings. Then he invested Nineteen Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars only. Based on my advice, we were able to spin the initial deposit with profit and interest to 22.5 million U.S Dollars. After few months; my company (NNPC) sent several notice to him without response and unfortunately, my client died in a car crash along with his nuclear family at Abuja Express Way while on sabbatical in the summer of 2010, may their soul rest in peace. He died without leaving a Will and several efforts were made to find his extended family through your embassy without success. Because of the sensitive nature of private banking, most customers don’t nominate next of kin in their
project, also usually in most cases leave their WILLS in our care, in this case; our now deceased client died in-testate.
It is quite clear now that our dear client died with no known or identifiable family member. According to practice, the Private banking sector will by the end of next month broadcast a request for statement of claim to the NNPC, failing to receive viable claims they will probably revert the deposit to the Management of Absa Bank. This will result the money entering the Absa Bank accounting system and the portfolio will be out of my hands and out of the private banking division. What bothers me most is that according to the laws of my country at the expiration of Ten {5} years the funds will revert to the ownership of the Nigeria Government if nobody applies to claim the funds.
Now, I am seeking your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased (Engineer Hussein), since you share the same last name with the deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at (22.5 million USD) can be paid to you and then you and I can share the money 60/40 ratio. You will get 40% and I will be entitled to 60% as the initiator of the deal.All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us seeing this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under all legitimate arrangement that will protect us from any breach of the law.
You know that I must have done my home work already before contacting you. Although the project is capital intensive, I know I will be able to pull it through following proper banking and legal channels with your assistance at your end. I will tidy up the legal aspect with the assistance of a lawyer who will prepare all the documents that will be needed to transfer the money from Nigeria to your country. Opportunities like this only comes once in a lifetime. I am a family man and this is an opportunity for me to give my family the best in life.
If you’re interested, please send me your full name, occupation, direct telephone to: enao@live.com
I await your response.
Thanks And God Bless You