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From: "Forest Anderson" <forestanderson@paderfan.de>
Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2004 16:06:22 +0100 (CET)
Subject: Your Kind Assistance
Commonwealth Bank of Australia.
99 Queen Street, Melbourne
VIC 3000, Australia.
Dear Sir,
This is a proposal in context but actually an appeal soliciting your unreserved assistance in consummating an urgent transaction requiring maximum confidence. Though this approach appears desperate, I can assure you that whatever questions you would need to ask or any other thing you will need to know regarding this proposal will be adequately answered to give you a clearer understanding of it, so as to arrive at a successful conclusion.
My name is Mr. Forest Anderson, Head of Securities, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Melbourne. On February 17, 1999, a foreign consultant/contractor with the Asea Brown and Boveri Ltd, Mr. Frederick Wong, made a numbered time(fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar months, valued at US$20,000,000.00,(Twenty Million
United States Dollars) in my branch. Uponmaturity, I sent a routine
notification to his forwarding address but got no reply. After a
month, I sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract
employers, Asea Brown and Boveri (ABB, the Energy giants), that Mr. Frederick Wong died from a Plane Crash. He died along with his entire family in the plane crash of 31 October, 1999 on board the
Egyptian Airline 990 alongside other passengers. Please consult the BBC WORLD NEWS.
WEBSITE. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm
On further investigation, I found out that he died Inter-state without making a WILL and all attempts to trace his next of kin was fruitless. I therefore made further investigation and discovered that Mr. Frederick Wong did not declare any next of kin or relations in all his official documents, including his Bank Deposit paperwork in our Bank. Due to the funds being temporarily unclaimable, the funds were moved out of our bank (as sundry funds/Treasury Bills) on the 30th of November 2004
to an offshore Deposit Company in the Europe.
From past experiences, I know that no one will ever come forward to
claim the deceased funds. In accordance with Australian Law, at the expiration of 5 (Five) years, the funds will be Unclaimable and
revert to the ownership of the Australia Government if nobody applies
to claim the funds.
In order to avert this negative development, I in conjunction with a
colleague (the Chief Operating Officer in the bank) now seek your
permission to allow my attorney effect a CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP/REASSIGNMENT OF CREDIT of stated funds from the "deceased" to your name, so that the funds (US$20million) would be released to you as the new owner (on behalf of me and my colleague).
We are writing you because, as public servants, we cannot operate a foreign account or have an account exceeding the monetary value of
AUS$160,000:00. Consequently, you will be presented as the owner of
the funds in the Deposit Company so you can claim the funds after all
Necessary paperwork has been effected. For us to commence, I will like you to provide the following information immediately vis:
1. Full names
2. Contact address
3. Telephone and fax numbers
As soon as I receive this information, I will prepare the necessary documents which will put you in place as the new owner of the funds.
The money will then be released to your custody by the Deposit Company, for us to share in the ratio of 88.5% for us and 11.5% for you.
There is no risk at all as all the paperwork for this transaction will be done by the solicitor and this will guarantees the successful execution of this encumbrance-free transaction.
If you are interested, please reply via my email address. Upon your response, I shall then provide you with more details, and further explanation that will help you understand the transaction.
No doubt this proposal will make you apprehensive, please we implore you to observe utmost confidentiality and be rest assured that this transaction would be most profitable for both of us because we shall require your assistance to invest our share in your country (Real estate and any other ideas you may have), this is why your urgent action and response is of great essence which will enable us conclude this transaction in a timely and professional manner.
I await your swift response hoping you accept my proposal, as time is of equal essence in this project as well as is confidentiality.
Your response should be to my fax line: +61-399-236-468 or to my private email address: forestanderson1@netscape.net
Thank you and have a nice day.
Respectfully yours,
Mr. Forest Anderson.
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