FROM MR.WILLIAMS GEORGE EKE.
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING UNIT
FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT
UNION BANK PLC
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
TEL: +234-807-4055021
Dear Friend,
I am highly delighted to be in contact with you and sorry for the embarrassment
this mail might be to you as we have not met or known each other before.
Firstly,Let me introduce myself. My name is Mr. Williams George Eke, I am the
auditing and accounting officer of Union Bank Plc .I got your contact over the
Internet in my search for the relatives of one of our numerous customers who
died alongside with his family in an air crash. During the routine check in my
branch, I discovered an abandoned sum of Twelve million Five hundred united
states dollars,(USD$12.5m). in an account belonging to an expatriate customer
Mr.Lynn Roy, a mining consultant/contractor with one of the leading oil company
in Federal Republic of Nigera before his accidental death on Saturday 4Th May
2002 in Nigeria via the ill-fated EAS Airline crash.
Ever since then, valuable efforts have been made to get to his people but to no
avail, as he had no known relatives and more so, he used his wife's name as
his next of kin in his account opening forms. I have been expecting his
relatives to come over to claim his money as it cannot be claimed unless
somebody applies officially for it as his next of kin as indicated in our
banking guide but no avail. Unfortunately, I discovered that his supposed next
of kin (his wife and children) died with him over the plane crash incident.
Over the years, I decided to look for the necessary papers relating to the
deposit in order to make business out of it as the deposit was made in my
branch. Now that all papers are ready, I am asking for your assistant to release
the money to you as his relation/next of kin for safekeeping and subsequent
disbursement. I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one
apprehensive but I am assuring you of the Security of us all as modalities have
been perfected for a swift and smooth operation.
You are being contacted because Since nobody showed up for his money and I
don't want it to go back into Federal Republic Of Nigeria account as
unclaimed bill when the next audit is conducted. The banking law and guideline
here stipulates that such money if remain unclaimed, will be transferred into
banking treasury as unclaimed effect. The request of a foreigner to act as next
of kin in this business is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a
foreigner and a citizen of Federal Republic Of Nigeria cannot stand as next of
kin to a foreigner. I am ready to negotiate the mode of sharing with you. I will
visit your country for the disbursement/investing of my share according to the
percentages we shall agree upon after the successful transfer of the money to
your account. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is
100% hitch-free and that there is absolutely no risk in it, having concluded the
modalities for a smooth operation and my position in the bank guarantees its successful execution
All I require is your honest co-operation, a guarantee of your sincerity and
capability to enable us conclude this deal. Note however that the sensitive
nature of this transaction demands that you have to keep it absolutely
confidential. Please accept my apologies, keep my confidence and disregard this
letter if you do not appreciate this proposition.
Thank you very much for your time.
Trusting to hear from you immediately,
Best regards,
Mr.Williams Eke
