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From: etuk william <etukwilly42@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 02:57:40 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: I ASSURE YOU THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH.
Dear Amarjit Singh,
How are you doing? Thank you very much for your mail received. The contents
were understood.
Firstly, be rest assured that this our mutual benefit transaction is absolutely risk free now and in the future, as all the original documents that will be needed in a transaction of this nature ascertaining you as the bona fide beneficiary next of kin will duly and legally be issued and obtained in your name and favour thereby making this transaction legitimate.
This transaction is legitimate and in essence it will undergo normal procedures as stipulated in the banking and allied matters act and all legal documents will be issued in your name. I contacted you because you share the same last name with Mr. Charles Singh (blessed memory)and so you can lay claims to this huge amount he left behind as his next of kin.
It may interest you to know that I have used our good office in the bank to perfect all the internal arrangement for the 100% smooth success of this transaction as it took me two years to reach this stage.
Meanwhile let me go straight to explain more on the event that led to this before I expatiate on the project proper. The deceased customer, Mr. Charles Singh was a big customer of this bank(where I work).He operated a coded account with us and died in a bomb blast along with his wife and only son in Sierra-leon crisis in 1998. He was born in 1935 of American parents. The name of his company was FIRST TEAM LTD but folded up after his demise.
The above is quite a few of his bio-data but if you need some more specific
information on him or clarification please go ahead and ask as I just cannot figure out the precise information or details that you would want to know. You will follow my advice and instructions. I have gone through a lot and spent a lot to get all the required information about this transaction. Right now I have every information and I am contacting you to be my partner based on the fact that I am a Togolaise and still in active service and only wish to retire after this transaction must have been consummated and also there is no way I can stand as the next of kin to this deceased. My duty is to guide you, give you all necessary information and update you to get the approval and transfer of the funds to your account.
You must understand that in the banking industry, chances or opportunities like this are common but not heard. People put their monies in banks and some of these accounts are either coded or confidentially operated, therefore, when such people die what do you think that happens to these monies when nobody comes for their claims? Well, this is one of the numerous avenues good "free" monies are made within and amongst the bankers. I did not mastermind Mr. Charles Singh's death and I did not operate or manage his account, if there was something that I could have done officially to have this money sent to his real relatives independent of the bank management,
believe me, I would have done it.
Normally, when something like this happens in the bank, it is reported to the management. The Management can only wait for 9years for a next of kin to show up without publishing it or making it public because of course, false claimants must definitely show up. Therefore, it is not published and the bank only waits for the real heir to show up as the availability of such funds are expected to be in the late "customers will" which would be the only source of knowledge of it by anybody who is entitled to such estate. So the bank gives 9years for this, and if no claimant comes forward then the Management sends the money to the Debt Re-conversion Department of the national government as unclaimed revenue.
Now the question is, who runs the Debt Re-conversion department and who is
the Management? The answer is simple. The Chairman, Managing Director and
Board Members. These are individuals and these monies are shared by them and
nobody asks questions period. In fact, these issues are not even discussed outside board meetings.
I have fully put everything in place and since this is an opportunity open to anybody, I do not see anything wrong in what we are doing as long as we are not hurting who should not be hurt period. I can only tell you that it is just destiny that brought us together. You are a human being, and you can draw your own judgement from the above explanations.
Because I am quite sure of what I am doing that is why I am committing myself in this project because I know what the catch is and it is worth it, my conscience is clear and I have no genuine reason to worry about the dead.It is therefore with absolute confidence that I wish to inform you more of the details of this transaction of great mutual benefit. Now be advised my friend that in line with my operational master plan for the success of this our mutual benefit business, what you are required to do now is to tender an application to the bank as next of kin to this deceased customer putting
claim over his balance with this bank.
This application will then be faxed to the bank for immediate action and processing to start. As soon as the bank receives this application, documentation for the claim will automatically start. It will be tendered to the board of directors of the bank for approval. As soon as the approval is obtained, you will be issued an approval letter, approving your application as the next of kin to the deceased. Business starts from there. You will also notify the bank in your application that you wish your deceased cousin's fund inherited and transferred into your designated account as you will state.
For doing this, that is why we resolved to offer 30% of the total sum to you as gratification in helping us champion this business proposal while 70% will be mine.
This project remains absolutely confidential as I am still in active service and only wish to retire after this transaction must have been consummated successfully. You only have to listen to my advice before taking any decision in relation to this transaction. As soon as you give me your hand of co-operation, I will send to the specimen of the application that you will tender to the bank for the official commencement of this transaction.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
My regards to you and your family and God bless.
Mr Etuk Willy.
Is this a spam or is this the real thing. I need to know for sure, I don't want to get scammed again.
What do I need to do
Amarjit Singh
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