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From: "Info Zone" <info@informationsworldzone.com>
Reply-To: priwilliam@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 09:33:07 +0000
Subject: From Prince Tony Yobo William, Await your urgent Assistance.
Dearest Partner,
This letter might surprise you because we have met neither in person nor by
correspondence, but I believe that it
takes just one day to meet or know someone either physically or through
correspondence.
I got your contact through my personal search, you were revealed as being
quite astute in private Entrepreneurship, one has no doubt in your ability
to handle a financial business transaction.
However, I am the first son of His Royal Majesty Pepple Y. William, the
traditional ruler of Bonny province in the
Oil rich area of Rivers state in Nigeria. I am making this contact to you in
respect of USD45, 000,000.00 (Forty Five
Million United States Dollars), which I inherited from my late father.
As You may be aware that my country is the third largest oil producing
country in the whole world. My father is the
ruler of the richest community in Nigeria. My community produce 5.8% of the
total annual Oil production in Nigeria
and 0.5% of the Dollar value of each barrel is paid to my father as royalty
by the Federal Government to our
community. In his position as the royal head and chairman of the Bonny Oil
trust fund.
Foreigners often refer to his kingdom as the Gas/Oil Land. This is because
the island floats atop one of the largest
gas and oil deposits anywhere in the world. This explains is why the island
is home to several Multinational oil
companies, such as Shell, Exxon-Mobil, Chevron and one of Nigeria's most
expensive ventures in recent time, Nigeria
Liquefied Natural Gas Company (NLNG), these companies also offers my father
a lot of gratifications as the royal
father of the kingdom where they operate.
Some of this money was accumulated from royalties paid to my father as
compensation by the Oil firms located in our
area, for hampering Agriculture which is our main source of livelihood.
Unfortunately my father died from
protracted diabetes. Before his death secretely he willed the sum of USD45,
000,000.00 (Forty Five Million United
States Dollars) and he safely deposited this money in cash into a
consignment and kept it in the custody of a
security company without the security company knowing the content.
I have the certificate of Deposit and any information you wish to have as a
proof to show for it. My problem actually started when my stepmother said
that the next king must be her son instead of me as the heir apparent to the
throne. I am the first son of my father but my stepmother has used her
position and influence to convince some members of the council of elders
that my
biological mother was not properly married to my father because my mother is
not living in the palace due to some
problems within the family before the death of my father. This action by my
step mother is just a bid to deny me of
my right, which I challenged. In the process there was confusion that
divided the communi ty into two factions. This led to a revolution by the
youths and women who are solidly behind me. Consequently, my international
passport
was seized just to stop me from traveling outside the country.
Now I need help. I need someone who will claim the fund my father deposited
with the financial security company and
deposit it in his/her personal account pending when I will be free again.
Please, help me to salvage the only hope of
survival that I now have of which my step mother and the children do not
know about this money.
I am in need of help to safe guide this money so as to settle down and fight
for my rightful throne. Right now, I am in hiding and I do not want this
money to stay much more in the security company because I don't want to
incur extra cost on the deposit since I don't know how long my problem will
last.
If you can help me in this my time of need, I will give you 40% of the total
sum, while 60% will be kept for me. I look forward to your helping me.
Yours sincerely,
Prince Tony Yobo William.
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