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From: Babylon Bank <contactbabylonbank12@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: Abbasshakir16@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 05:19:33 -0800 (PST)
Subject: urgent please
Babylon Bank
Baghdad / Alsadoon street /
District 101/ St.No. 91 /
Building No. 91/ on 91
Baghdad Iraq.
Attn: Sir/Madam
REQUEST FOR URGENT TRANSFER
In my quest for a reliable and trusted partner for a highly important and lucrative venture investment, I came across your contact as a reliable partner for this venture.
I am Abbas A. Shakir, one of the senior Accountants of Babylon Bank Iraq. To highlight you on this proposal, there is an account opened in this bank since 1990 till 1999 after which, nobody has operated on this account again till date. After going through some old files in the records, I discovered that if I do not remit this money out urgently it would be forfeited for nothing. The owner of this account is Dr. Walter Hoffman, a foreigner and an oil businessman by profession who died in a succide bomb plast in Baghdad since 1999. No other person knows about this account or anything concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary and my investigation further proved to me that his company does not know anything about this account and the amount involved as he made it his personal account. The money outstanding before his death was (USD 18 Million) Eighteen Million United States Dollars.
I am now contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot be approved to a national with a local bank account here. But can only be approved to any foreign account because the money is in US dollars and the former owner, a foreigner. I implore you to act as foreigner and beneficiary to the fund as I will then intimate you on the processes abound as well as procure all the necessary documents required to lay claim to the money. If you are capable and willing to handle such amount in strict confidence and trust according to my instructions and advice for our mutual benefit I shall highly appreciate. I need trusted person in this business because I do not want to make mistakes; I need your strong assurance and trust. With my position now in the office I can effect transfer of this money to any foreigner's reliable account, which you can provide with assurance that this money will be intact pending my arrival in your country for disbursement. On the alternative, you can
come down here to Baghdad Iraq for us to meet one on one after which I will effect the remittance in your presence and two of us will then proceed to your country, at least two days ahead of the money prior to it's reflect into the account as provided by you.
Send me your private telephone and fax numbers upon receipt of this proposal, if you genuinely want to assist and be a co-partner. I will also want us to meet face to face, to enable us sign a binding agreement. As soon as you receive this money into a foreign account or any account of your choice where the fund will be safe. I will proceed to your country for onward percentage distributions and investment. I need your full co-operation to make this work because the management is ready to approve this payment to any foreigner, who has correct information of this account, which I will give to you later immediately. I will use my position and influence to effect legal approvals and onward transfer of this money to your account with appropriate clearance forms of the ministries and foreign exchange departments. At the conclusion of this business, for your assistance, 30% of the total amount will be accrue for you, 65% for me, while 5% will be for expenses both parties might
have incurred during the process of the transfer.
I implore you to maintain the absolute confidentiality of this transaction.
I await your swift response.
Respectfully,
Mr. Abbas A. Shakir.
Email: Abbasshakir16@hotmail.com
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