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From: "ray jimk" <ray_jimk_05@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 09:35:39 +0000
Subject: l WANT YOU TO HANDLE THIS
AUDIT AND ACCOUNTS UNIT.
FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPT.
ECOBANK-INTL
B.P 359
LOME,REPUBLIC OF TOGO,
WEST AFRICA
MY DEAR,
COMPLIMENTS,MY NAME IS MR RAY JIM.K THE MANAGER CREDIT AND FOREIGN BILLS OF
ECOBANK INTERNATIONAL,LOME -TOGO.
I AM WRITTING IN RESPECT OF A FOREIGN CUSTOMER OF MY BANK(MR GENE BILLINGS
OF AMERICA,WITH ACCOUNT NUMBER ADB100144986-00 WHO PERISHED IN THE PLANE
CRASH OF 31 OCTOBER 1999[IN EGYPTIAN AIRLINE 990] WITH OTHER PASSENGERS
ABOARD AS YOU CAN COMFIRM IT YOURSELF THROUGH THIS WEB-SITE.
(www.cnn.com/us/9911/02/egyptair990.list/index.html).
SIR,SINCE MR GENE BILLINGS DEAD,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 USD30M,[THIRTY MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS]WHICH HAS
BEEN WITH OUR BANK HERE FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
ON THIS NOTE I DECIDED TO SEEK FOR WHOM HIS NAME SHALL BE USED AS THE NEXT
OF KIN,AS NO ONE HAS COME UP TO PUT CLAIM AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO THIS FUNDS
AND THE BANKING ETHICS HERE DOES NOT ALLOW SUCH MONEY TO STAY MORE THAN
EIGHTYEARS,BECUASE AFTER EIGHT YEARS THE MONEY WILL BE CALLED BACK TO THE
BANK TREASURY AS UNCLAIMED BILL.
IN VIEW OF THIS I GOT YOUR CONTACT THROUGH MY COUNTRY'S FOREIGN TRADE
MISSION AFTER I WAS CONVEINCED IN MY MIND THAT YOUR NAME COULD BE USED AS
THE NEXT OF KIN TO THIS CLAIM.THE REQUEST OF THE FOREIGNER AS A NEXT OF KIN
IN THIS BUSINESS IS OCCASIONED BY THE FACT THAT THE CUSTOMER WAS A FOREIGNER
AND A TOGOLAISE CAN NOT STAND AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO A FOREIGNER.
I AGREED THAT $9M USD OF THIS MONEY WILL BE FOR YOU AS A FOREIGN PARTNER IN
RESPECT OF PROVIDING AN ACCOUNT WHILE 5% WILL TAKE CARE OF ANY EXPENSES THAT
MIGHT BE INCURED IN THE PROCEES OF EXECUTING THE TRANSFER AND THE REST WILL
BE FOR ME.THEREAFTER I WILL VISIT YOUR COUNTRY FOR DISBURSEMENT AS I AM
ALMOST DUE FOR RETIREMENT.
THEREFORE TO ENDEAVOUR THE IMMEDIATE TRANSFER OF THIS FUNDS TO YOUR
ACCOUNT,YOU HAVE TO APPLY FIRST TO THE BANK AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO THE
DECEASED INDICATING YOUR BANK NAME,YOUR BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER, YOUR PRIVATE
TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS FOR EASY COMMUNICATION AND LOCATION WHERE THE
MONEY WILL BE REMITTED.
UPON THE RECEIPT OF YOUR MAIL I WILL SEND TO YOU BY FAX OR E-MAIL A DRAFT
APPLICATION OF CLAIM WHICH YOU WILL SEND TO THE BANK AND THE NEXT STEP TO
TAKE.I WILL NOT FAIL TO BRING TO YOUR NOTICE THAT THIS BUSINESS IS HITCH
FREE AND THAT YOU SHOULD NOT ENTERTAIN ANY FEAR AS THE WHOLE REQUIRED
ARRANGEMENT AS BEEN PERFECTED FOR THE TRANSFER.
YOU SHOULD CONTACT ME AS A MATTER OF FACT IMMEDIATELY ON MY PRIVATE LINE
00228 906 30 41 OR ray2006_jimk@myself.com PURPOSELY ACQUIRED FOR THIS
BUSINESS FOR ITS CONFIDENTIALITY AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS LETTER.
HOPING TO HEAR FROM YOU.
KIND REGARDS,
MR RAY JIM.K
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