419 scam: "Thomas Cole" <thomas_cole247@msn.com> HELLO, CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY

FROM THE DESK OF THOMAS COLE
Private / Highly Confidential
Subject Matter: Invitation to act as Next-of-Kin.

Dear ,

I write this august letter in confidence, believing that it will reach
you in high spirit and I believe you will maintain the level of
confidence and trust matters of this nature requires.Though, I know that
this proposal may make you apprehensive and worried, but I assure you that
all will be well at the end.

I am an Account Officer with ZENON BANK PLC ,My name is Thomas Cole ,a Banker. I am the personal Account Manager to a foreigner, Late Engineer Johnson Basich, a National of your country, who used to work with an Oil servicing Firm in Nigeria Here in after shall be referred to as my client,my client passed on as a result of a heart attack. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his last name over the Internet, to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you.

I need a reputable person to handle this confidential transaction which
involves the transfer of a huge sum of money to a foreign account.
Since the demise of my client I personally have watched with keen
interest to see the next of kin but all has proved abortive as no one has
come to claim his funds of US$10.5M(Ten Million,Five Hundred Thousand United
States Dollars Only) and all the relevant documents in the bank has no
record of any next of kin. On this note, I decided to seek for whom his name
shall be used as his next of kin so i have contacted you to assist in
repatriating most especially, the money left behind by my client before they
get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where the huge
deposits were lodged. Particularly, the Zenon Bank Plc where the
deceased had an account valued at about Usd 10.5 million dollars has issued
me a notice to provide the Next of kin, or have the account confiscated.

Valuable efforts has being made by me to get in touch with any of the
family or relatives but there has been no success. It is
because of the perceived possibility of not being able to locate any of
Late client next-of-kin, The bank wants the funds to be declared UNCLAIMABLE in another 5 months from now, if nobody stands as the next of kin before then, and
subsequently donated to the Red Cross and the Trust Fund for the Brain Child
of Mrs.Stella Obasanjo, Nigerian? First Lady which to us is fraudulent, In
order to prevent this,The management under the influence of a director Sir
Frank Willy some of my trusted colleagues and I now seek your permission to
have you stand as a next-of-kin to Late Client so that the
funds US$10.5M would be released and paid into your account as the
beneficiary? next-of-kin. All documents to enable you get this fund will be
carefully worked out by us.

This proposal is 100% risk-free.We have agreed that, the funds be
shared thus, after it must have been transferred into your account.

1. 30% of the money will go to you for acting as the beneficiary of the
funds.

2. 10% will be setaside for reimbursement to both parties for any
incidental expenses that may be incurred in the course of the transfer.

3. 60% to us the originators of the transaction. If this proposal is
acceptable to you, then take advantage of the trust we have bestowed on
you,kindly get to me immediately.Note that all cumentations and
information to enhance this transaction is in perfect order. Please furnish
me with your most confidential telephone, fax number so that I can use
these information to apply for the release and subsequent transfer of the
funds in your favour.

I seek your consent to present you as the Next of kin of the deceased
since you bear the same last name so that the proceeds of this account
valued at Usd10.5 million dollars can be paid to you, as my clients Next
of Kin, and then we can share the amount on a mutual agreed percentage.
All legal documents to back up your claim as the deceased Next of Kin
will be provided.

All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal
through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law and you should
endeavor to keep it confidential.

As soon as I receive your acceptance in principle, I will furnish you
with the necessary modalities for commencement. Thank you in advance for your anticipated co-operation.

Yours faithfully,

Thomas Cole.

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