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From: ogoralph@zipmail.com.br
Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 16:23:55 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?URGENT=20REPLY?=
FROM THE DESK OF,MR OGO RALPH
ACCOUNT DEPARTMENT WARMART BANK PLC
mailto:ezekiel_okoh2002@yahoo.dk
TO: THE MANAGING DIRECTOR/CEO
DEAR SIR,
RE:TRANSFER OF THE SUM OF US$45.5M DOLLARS INTO YOUR ACCOUNT FIRST,I
MUST SOLICIT YOUR CONFIDENCE IN THIS TRANSACTION.THIS IS BY VIRTUE OF IT'S
NATURE AS BEING UTTERLY CONFIDENTIAL AND TOP SECRET.THOUGH I KNOW THAT A
TRANSACTION OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL MAKE ANY ONE APPREHENSIVE AND WORRIED.BUT
IAM ASSURING YOU THAT ALL WILL BE WELL AT THE END OF THE DAY.WE HAVE DECIDED
TO CONTACT YOU THROUGH THIS MEDIUM DUE TO THE URGENCY OF THIS TRANSACTION
AS WE HAVE BEEN RELIABLY INFORMED OF YOUR DISCRETENESS AND ABILITY.LET ME
START BY INTRODUCING MYSELF TO YOU.
I'AM MR OGO RALPH, ACCOUNTANT WITH THE WARMART BANK PLC LAGOS .I CAME TO
KNOW ABOUT YOU IN MY PRIVATE SEARCH FOR A RELIABLE AND REPUTABLE PERSON
TO HANDLE THIS CONFIDENTIAL TRANSACTION AS WE ARE STILL IN ACTIVE SERVICE.THE
PROPOSITION.AN AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL,LATE ENGINEER BUTCH R.MIGUEL,AN OIL MERCHANT/CONTRACTOR
WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA,UNTIL HIS DEATHTHREE YEARS AGO IN
A GHASTLY AIR CRASH IN AN EGYPT AIR, FLIGHT 990 WHICH OCCURED ON 2ND NOVEMBER
1999,BANKED WITH US HERE AT WARMART BANK PLC LAGOS AND HAD A CLOSSING BALANCE
OF US$45.5M(FOURTY FIVE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS)IN
A FIXED DEPOSIT ACCOUNT,WHICH THE BANK UNQUESTIONABLY EXPECTS IT TO BE CLAIMED
BY ANY AVAILABLE FOREIGN NEXT-OF-KIN TO THE LATE BENEFICIARY OR ALTERNATIVELY
BE DONATED TO A DISCREDITED TRUST FUND FOR THE PURCHASE OF ARMS AND AMMUNITIONS
AT THE MILITARY WAR COLLEGE IN KADUNA STATE HERE IN NORTHERN NIGERIA.SEQUEL
TO THIS,FERVENT VALUABLE EFFORTS WERE MADE BY WARMART BANK PLC.TO GET IN
TOUCH WITH ANY OF THE MIGUEL'S FAMILY OR RELATIVES BUT PROVED TO NO AVAIL.IT
IS BECAUSE OF THE PERCEIVED POSIBILITY OF NOT BEING ABLE TO LOCATE ANY OF
THE LATE ENGR.BUTCH R.MIGUEL'S NEXT-OF-KIN(HE HAD NO KNOWN WIFE AND CHILDREN)
THAT THE MANAGEMENT UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF OUR HONOURABLE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS
OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS,MAJOR-GENERAL KALU UKE KALU(Rtd), THAT AN ARRANGEMENT
BE MADE FOR THE FUND TO BE DECLARED"UN-CLAIMABLE" AND SUBSIQUENTLY BE DONATED
TO THE TRUST FUND FOR RELESED OF ARMS AND AMMUNITON TO FURTHER ENHANCE THE
COURSE OF WAR IN AFRICA AND THE WORLD IN GENERAL. IN ORDER TO AVERT THIS
CRUDE ANEGATIVE DEVELOPMENT,SOME OF MY TRUSTED COLLEAGUES AND I NOW SEEK
YOUR PERMISSION TO HAVE YOU STAND AS THE NEXT-OF-KIN TO LATE ENGR.BUTCH
R.MIGUEL, SO THAT THE FUNDUS$45.5M WOULD BE RELEASED AND PAID INTO YOUR
ACCOUNT AS THE BENEFICIARY'S NEXT-OF KIN. ALL DOCUMENTS AND PROVES TO ENABLE
YOU RECIEVE THIS FUND WILL BE CAREFULLY WORKED OUT AND MORE SO AS PROFESSIONAL
BANKERS, WE ARE ASSURING YOU OF 100% RISK FREE INVOLVEMENT. YOUR SHARE STAYS
WHILE THE REST WILL BE FOR MYSELF AND MY COLLEAGUES FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES
IN YOUR COUNTRY.NOTE THAT THIS TRANSACTION WILL STRICTLY BE BASED ON THE
FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS I HAVE STATED BELOW, AS WE HAVE HEARD
CONFIRMED CASES OF BUSINESS ASSOCIATES RUNNING AWAY WITH FUNDS KEPT IN THEIR
CUSTODY WHEN IT IS FINALLY REMITTED INTO THEIR BANK ACCOUNTS.A VERY GOOD
EXAMPLE IS THE ONE OF MR. PETER HOPWOOD,THE PRESIDENT OF MILEAGE TRADING
AND INVESTMENT COMPANY AT NUMBER 121,WEST 55TH STREET,21st FLOOR,NEW YORK
10022, AND THE FORMER CHAIRMAN OF OMPADEC(MR PATRICK OPIA)WHOM WE WERE RELIABLY
INFORMED THAT AFTER THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN BOTH PARTNERS IN WHICH HE WAS
TO TAKE 15% OF THE MONEY WHILE THE REMAINING 85% FOR THE NIGERIAN OFFICIALS.
WITH ALL THE REMAINING DOCUMENTS SIGNED,THE MONEY WAS DULY TRANSFERED INTO
MR HOPWOOD'S ACCOUNT,ONLY TO BE DISAPPOINTED ON THEIR ARRIVAL IN NEW YORK
AND WERE INFORMED THAT MR PETER HOPWOOD WAS NO LONGER ON THAT ADDRESS,WHILE
HIS TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS HAD BEEN RE-ALLOCATED TO SOME BODY ELSE.THIS
WAS HOW THEY LOST US$18.5M TO MR HOPWOOD.THIS IS A VERY RECENT STORY HERE
IN MY COUNTRY AND EVERYBODY IS AWARE OF THIS.SOME OF THE OFFICIALS DECIDED
TO CRY OUT AND FACE THE LAW,BECAUSE THEY FELT<BR>THEY HAD LOST SO MUCH TO
A STRANGER,WHILE THE CHAIRMAN OF OMPADEC(MR PATRICK OPIA)IS NOW HIDDING
IN A FORIEGN COUNTRY.SO RIGHT NOW, IAM TAKING ALL PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES
TO GUARD AGAINST RE-OCCURENCE OF SUCH ACT IN OUR CASE.THIS IS WHY WE HAVE
DECIDED THAT THIS<BR>TRANSACTION WILL BE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING:(a) OUR
CONVICTION OF YOUR TRANSPARENCY, HONESTY AND DILIGENCE.(b) THAT YOU WILL
TREAT THIS TRANSACTION WITH UTMOST SECRECY AND CONFIDENTIALITY.(c)YOU MUST
BE READY TO PRODUCE US WITH ENOUGH INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF TO PUT OUR
MINDS AT REST.(d) THAT UPON RECIEPT OF THE FUND,YOU WILL PROMPTLY RELEASE
OUR SHARE ON DEMAND AFTER YOU HAVE DEDUCTED YOUR 20%.YOUR URGENCY WILL BE
HIGHLY APPRECIATED AS WE ARE ALREADY BEHIND SCHEDULE FOR THIS FINANCIAL
QUATER.IF THIS PROPOSAL IS ALRIGHT BY YOU,THEN KINDLY GET TO ME IMMEDIATELY
THANK YOU IN ANTICIPATON OF YOUR COOPERATION.YOURS FAITHFULLY,
MR. OGO RALPH
Chief Accountant
WARMART BANK PLC LAGOS
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