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From: "ibrahim martins" <ibrahim_martins@fastermail.com> (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 04:35:41 +0100
Subject: NEED UR URGENT BUSINESS ASSISTANCE{MONEY TRANSFER}

Union Bank Of Nig.
Plc Union House Marina Lagos State Nigeria.FROM THE DESK OF:
DR.IBRAHIM MARTINS POSITION: SENIOR MANAGER, BILLS AND EXCHANGE REPLY
: un_bank_plc@crapmail.com.com


Dear Sir,
I sincerely write to seek your co-operation and trust to enable
my colleagues and I carry out an urgentbusiness opportunity in my
department. I work with the Union Bank of Nigeria PLC, currently I am
the senior manager of bills and exchange at the foreign remittance
department of my bank. I have an urgent and confidential business
proposal for you. On June 6, 1998, an Australian
oil consultant/contractor with via National Petroleum co-operation
(NNPC)MR.JUSTIN WARDS made a numbered time (fixed) deposit for
twelve calenderer month valued at US$50,500.00(fifty Million Five
Hundred Thousand US Dollars) in my branch. On maturity, I sent a
routine
notification to his forwarded address but got no reply after months we
send a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract employee
(Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation) that MR. JUSTIN WARDS died
from
an auto mobile accident. On further investigation, it was clear that
he
died without making a WILL. All attempts by the Australian to trace
his
next of kin were fruitless. I therefore made further investigation and
discovered that MR. JUSTIN WARDS Bush did not declare any next of kin
or
relations in all his official documents including his deposit document
in my bank. The total sum US$50,500,000.00 is still in my bank as
dormant acct. No one will ever come forward to claim it. According to
Nigerian banking law, after five years, the money will revert to the
ownership of the Nigerian Government.If the account owner is certified
death and nobody comes forward to claim it. This is the situation ,
and
my proposal is that I am looking for a foreigner who will stand in as
the beneficiary/next of kin. This is simple. All you have to do is to
immediately send me the details of abank account anywhere in the world
for me to arrange the proper moneytransfer document. The money will
then be transferred into the account for us to share in the ratio of
60%
for me 30% for you while the remaining 10% will be set aside for
expenses incurred with here and there. Thereis no risk involved. I am
using my position and connection in the bank here to do all the
document
work for the transaction. We shall employ the services of an attorney
to
draft the will and obtain all necessary documents and letter of
administration in your favor for the transfer.This transaction is risk
free guaranteed. If you are interested,I will send to you the text of
the application that you will send to the Union Bank authority for an
approval to submit your claims. Send your reply through my direct and
private emailaddress (ibrahim_martins@fastermail.com

) indicate
your direct Fax and telephone numbers for effective
communication that this transaction needs. Do not reply through
the union bank email address because it belongs to the senior staffs
for public use.Please note that you are not to appear in person,
as every thing regarding this project will be strictly
on documentations and every banking documents needed for this
transaction will be taken care of by my self.Looking forward to
hearing from you.

Yours Faithfully
DR. IBRAHIM
MARTINS

:ibrahim_martins@fastermail.com







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