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From: Alex Bowen <alex300_bowen@yahoo.co.in>
Reply-To: alex500bowen@walla.com
Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 05:13:47 +0100 (BST)
Subject: ATTN: HONORABLE BENEFICIARY!!!! John Gahringer
Barrister Alex Bowen
99 Bishops Gate, 10th Floor
London EC2R 7DH, England.
Tel: +44 7040120138
Fax: +44 8701316485
Email: alex300_bowen@yahoo.co.in
Dear Partner,
REQUEST FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP
This mail will definitely be coming to you as a surprise, but I must crave your indulgence to introduce myself to you, am Barrister Alex Bowen, Legal Practitioner, based in London.
However I got your contact through the International web directory. During a
recent investigation, reconciliation and auditing of Barclays Bank Plc's account, they discovered a dormant account with a huge amount of Money Valued
US$50,000,000.00 (Fifty Million US Dollars Only) that belongs to one of my late
Clients, Mr. Norman R. Vinsen, from Beverwijk, Netherlands, who died with his family in a plane crash 14 years ago. So the fund has been dormant in his
account with The Barclays Bank Plc Head Office in London without any claim of the fund, from his family or relation before now. Their discovery to this
development warranted them to contact my chamber as Attorneys to the their late customer. The Banking law here stipulates that if such money remains unclaimed all these years, it will be forfeited to the Bank Treasury as an unclaimed bill. It is only a foreigner that can stand as a next of kin and it is upon this discovery that I decided to contact you to collaborate with you to pull out this dormant fund. In order to avert this negative development, going through my archives, I now remembered and brought out the last will of my late client where he was yet to fix in the name of the next of kin to the account. I now seek your permission to fix in your name in the WILL which I will redraft and have you stand in as next of kin to Norman R. Vinsen, so that the fund will be released and paid into your account as next of kin since the bank has
requested me to present his WILL for transfer of funds to his next of kin. I could have done this deal alone but because of my position as his Attorney and due to the need to have a confidential dealing with someone far away from United Kingdom as any thing otherwise would eventual raise an eye brow on my side during the time of transfer.
I will also get a Letter of Administration/Affidavit in your name for the legal
transfer of the funds to you.
However, on smooth conclusion of this transaction, you will be entitled to 40% of the total fund, while the remaining 60% will be for me. What I want from you is for you to act as the deceased next of kin. Bear in mind that this proposal is 100% risk free and transfer will be legally done. kindly forward the following
information in your reply mail:
1. Your full legal names, contact address, direct phone and fax numbers
2. Your occupation, date of birth, sex and marital status as well as copy of your identification (International passport or driver's lisence copy).
Further information will be given to you as soon as I receive your positive
response. Please reply me to
Email: alex500bowen@walla.com
Best Regards,
Barrister Alex Bowen
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