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From: Desmond Johnson <johnsondesmond85@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: desmond07johnson@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:43:13 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Your Urgent Response is Needed
Legal Attache Department
Desk of Ms. Anita Shakelford
Lagos Island Branch,Nigeria
West Africa.
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL & URGENT
I approach you today with due respect and honor. And crave your sincere indulgence and patience to go through this letter. First, I must apologize to you for infringing on your privacy and solicit your confidence and understanding as we have not truly known or met each other before.
I am DESMOND JOHNSON, a Canadian Assistant legal attaché at the CANADIAN HIGH COMMISSION IN NIGERIA. I reliably got your contact through personal enquiry and as a matter of urgency. Frankly, I took my time before contacting you because of the confidential nature of this letter as well as my sensitive position in office. Though I know that a proposal like this will make anyone apprehensive and worried. This is by virtue of its unfamiliar and sudden approach.
But after going through your profile, I could no longer doubt your credibility and capability as regards this task. This is why I am convinced and willing to seek your assistance and total cooperation on this golden opportunity.
However, I write in respect of a letter of enquiry we received from SECURITY COMPANY. The letter requested contact information of the closest surviving relative of one JIM BROWN .According to the letter Mr. Brown was a Canadian and client of the SECURITY COMPANY who died in a local plane crash (EAS AIRLINE 2002) in Ndoni village near jOS, Nigeria. Based on the strength of the report, late Brown was a real estate investor and had deposited the sum of US$35.5 Million with the SECURITY COMPANY for investment in the capital (stock) market before his death three months ago.
The letter further stated that all meaningful efforts made to get response from his family through his agent (lawyer) for the completion of the transaction was a failure.After various unsuccessful attempts to reach the late investor's family through the Nigerian-Canadian Chambers of Commerce, the SECURITY COMPANY decided to contact the Canadian High Commission on this regard. Since then, my female colleague Ms. Anita Shakelford, head of immigrants record department had been working with our home office to contact the late investor's family at the request of security company. Unfortunately, the home office was unable to contact anyone related to the late investor. Confirming our record, the deceased was believed to have spent greater part of his life outside Canada. At this point, it became clear that the deceased origin status could not be ascertained. Since we could not locate the deceased relatives and considering the prevailing circumstance, we deliberately decided to
delay our reply letter of findings to the security company to enable us search for a neutral and reliable person for a possible replacement.
This is why I decided to contact you on behalf of my female colleague because of the deceased's unknown origin status to enable us claim this free fund. I now seek your permission to have you stand as the next of kin to the late investor so that the fund could be claimed by you being the late beneficiary’snext of kin. The security company had stated in the letter conditions for the release of the fund should the next of kin decides not to complete the investment plans with them amongst which is that the next of kin must be duly certified by the High Commission. And a letter to that effect must be tendered.
Interestingly, all documented information of the late investor’s transactions is available to us in strict confidence. And my female colleague would be ready to draft a letter of certification in your favor. I must assure you that there is nothing to fear or worry about as everything had been perfected.Your interest had also been placed above all and guaranteed.
The urgent need of this transaction is because as a Commission with proven integrity and esteemed values, we are expected to forward to the security company the fact-finding report that includes the next of kin’s comprehensive personal information to enable them reach him/her. We have decided to take this seriously because of a similar incident that occurred some years ago. Referring to Ms. Shakelford’s official survey, which shows that more than Ten million United States dollars have been claimed in similarcircumstances.
To this end, we once more appeal for your willingness and co-operation. Note that this proposal is entirely risk free and without hitch. Upon completion of this assignment, we will be happy to offer you 30% of this total sum as compensation for your humanitarian assistance. 10% for the expensess spent during this transaction. You would also be informed of further details based on your response. If this proposal is acceptable by you, we appeal that you don’t make undue advantage of the trust we have bestowed on you. This letter is strictly for your consumption alone as we wait patiently to hearing from you.
PLEASE NOTE WITH URGENT IMPORTANCE TO CONTACT ME ON THIS EMAIL ADDRESS: desmond07johnson@hotmail.com
Yours sincerely,
Desmond Johnson.
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