419 scam: "Mr. Andy Smith" <mr6andy@hotmail.com> STAND AS NEXT OF KIN

Dear friend,

Good day,

With warm heart I offer my friendship, and greetings, and I hope this mail meets you in good time. However strange or surprising this contact might seem to you, as we have not met personally or had any dealings in the past, I humbly ask that you take due consideration of its importance and immense benefit.

I must apologize to you for using this medium to communicate to you about this project. I am sorry if this letter comes to you as an embarrassment but be rest assured that your particulars of contact was given to me after a due search, for reliable and capable foreigner that will handle confidentially a transfer of huge sum of money, from union bank world plc, to a foreign bank account.

I am Mr. Andy Smith an African born Nigerian citizen and account officer to a foreign nationality, who used to work with Julius Berger Nigeria Plc in Nigeria. On 19th August 2002, our late customer was involved in a ghastly motor accident with his family northwards, during which he lost his life with his wife and two children.

Unfortunately, since we got the information about his sudden death and the ugly incident that occurred, the management of my bank made several enquiries on locating any of his extended relatives who can stand as his next of kin to inherit an estate he left behind in our custody but all these several efforts also proved unsuccessful and yielded no results. As his personal account officer/mentor, I also made concerted efforts aimed at locating a possible next of kin to my deceased client. What I actually want to do is to present you to my bank as a next of kin to the deceased client of mine to enable us place claims on a total sum of (USD18, 500,000.00), he deposited in my good bank for safe keeping before his untimely death.

I am contacting you to assist in repatriating the stated sum he left behind before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank. That was why I decided to see if I can get anybody who has the same surname or last name with him via internet preferably some one of the same nationality with him which i believe you have all the qualities we need. This intension becomes very urgent due to the fact that the banking laws and policy here in Nigeria stipulates and provides that if such funds remains unclaimed after five years, that the bank is legally empowered to freeze such accounts and the fund transferred into the federal reserve account as unclaimed fund.

Recently the Union Bank Nigeria plc issued a notice of confiscation, as the account had remained unserviceable since 2001, I was subsequently given a mandate of 21 official banking days to produce a next of kin to the deceased or consider the account frozen. Due to time constrain and the fact that I was unsuccessful in locating any relative to my client, I then wish to seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased client of mine. So that the proceeds of this account valued at (USD18, 500,000.00) can be released through you for our general benefit instead of allowing his sweat get lost in the bank.

Be informed that I have in my possession all necessary information that we shall require to back-up our claims. I shall furnish you with further details as soon as you have indicated your interest to render the desired assistance.

Feel free to contact me on my private email address stated as follows, (mrsmith1902@yahoo.com.au) to enable us commence actions on this deal instantly. Your genuine/honest cooperation is required to enable us achieve this purpose; I guarantee that the entire transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangements.

Thanks,
Yours truly,
Mr.Andy Smith.

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