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From: "Mr.Williams Wong" <williams_444_wong@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: williams_wong111@yahoo.it
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 06:17:19 -0800
Subject: From : BANK OF AMERICA (ASIA)LTD.
BANK OF AMERICA (ASIA)LTD.
17/F DEVCON HOUSE
979 KING'S ROAD HONG KONG.
Dear Friend,
I am Mr.Williams Wong, credit officer of Bank of America(Asia) Ltd,
Hong Kong.I have an urgent and very confidential business proposition
for you.
On october 6, 2001, an American Engineer/Consultant with the Chinese
Solid Minerals Corporation,Mr. Mr. Steinmetz Horst made a (Fixed)
Deposit fortwelve calendar months,valued at US$40,500,000.00
(Forty Million Five Hundred thousand UnitedStateDollars only) in my branch.
Upon maturity,I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address
but got no reply.After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we
discovered from his contract employers,the Hong Kong Solid Minerals
Corporation that Mr. Mr. Steinmetz Horst died from a recurrent heart
disease.
On further investigation,I found out that he died without making a
will, and all attempts to trace his next of kin was fruitless.
I therefore made further investigation and discovered that Mr. Mr.
Steinmetz Horst did not declare any next of kin or relations in all his
official
documents,including his Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank.
This sum of US$40,500,000.00 is still lingering in my Bank and the
interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each
year. No one will ever come forward to claim it.
According to the Hong Kong Law,under china's foreign and defense
affairs,at the expiration of 5 (five)years,such funds will revert to the
ownership
of the chinese Government for financing military operations,such as
purchasing of arms
and ammunitions or the military.
In order to avert this negative development,i will like to seek for
your permission as a foreigner tostand as the next of kin to Mr. Mr.
Steinmetz Horst so that the fruits of this old man's labor will not be use
for
financing weapons which will further enhance the courses of war in the world
in
general.
The money will be paid into your account for us to share in the ratio
of 60% for me and 30% for you and 10% for Expenses Incurred in the
course of the transaction.There is no risk at all as all the paperwork for
this
project will be done by my attorney and with my position as the credit
officer
guarantees the successful execution of this project.If you are
interested,please reply
immediately.
Upon your response, I shall then provide you with more details and that
will help you understand the transaction.
You should observe utmost confidentiality,and rest assured that this
project would be most profitable for both parties because I shall require
your assistance to invest my share in your country.
Awaiting your urgent reply.
Thanks and regards.
Mr.Williams Wong.
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