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From: "James Obi" <jameslinks27@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: jameslinks@terramail.com.sv
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 11:40:23 +0100
Subject: Attention:Konings
BARRISTER JAMES OBI (SAN)
LEGAL PRACTITIONER, SOLICITOR & ADVOCATE
LAGOS NIGERIA
Dear Konings
I am Barr. James Obi (SAN) personal attorney to Engineer Scott Konings a
national of your country, who used to work with Eleme Construction &
Development Company here in Nigeria herein, after shall be referred to as my
client.
My client with his entire family (The wife and three Children) were involved
in the explosion in Lagos, Nigeria, on January 27, 2002 which, claim many
lives and property. Unfortunately, my client and the family lost their lives
in that disaster that needed not to have happened. Since then I have made
several enquiries to your embassy to locate any of my clients extended
relatives this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several
unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track his last name over the Internet,
to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you.
My purpose of contacting you is to assist in repatriating the money and
property left behind by my client prior to his death before they get
confiscated or declared unserviceable by the company where this huge
deposits were lodged in, where the deceased had an account valued at about
US$3,100,000.00 Million dollars. The company had issued me a notice to
provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated within the next 14
official working days. Since I have been successful in locating the
relatives for over one year now I seek your consent as the next of kin of
the deceased since you have the same last name/surname so that the proceeds
of this account valued at US$3,100,000.00 Million dollars can be paid to
you. I have all the necessary official and legal documents that can be used
to back up your claim.
All I require is your honest co-operation to enable me as the legal attorney
to the deceased in seeing that you receive your inheritance fund. I
guarantee that this will be executed legitimately to protect you from any
breach of the law.
See the below website for more informations regarding the bomb explosion.
http://www.uneptie.org/pc/apell/disasters/lagos/home.html
Please get in touch with me through my private email address
(jameslinks@terramail.com.sv) to enable us discuss further.
Best regards,
Barr. James Obi (SAN)
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