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From: "vanessa pratt"<vanessa_pratt03@myway.com>
Reply-To: vanessa_pratt302@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 11:14:08 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: hello
DEAR SIR / MADAM.
I KNOW THAT THIS EMAIL MAY COME TO YOU AS A SUPPRISE, I GOT YOUR
CONTACTS WHILE I WAS SEARCHING FOR A RELIABLE AND A HONEST PERSON THAT
CAN HANDLE THIS PROJECT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE LESS PREVILAGED CHILDREN AND THE OPHANAGE WHICH I SINCERELY BELIEVE IN MY HEART THAT YOU WILL BE TRUSTED TO HANDLE THIS TRANSACTION.
WELL, MAY I USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE MYSELF. MY NAME IS
VANESSA PRATT A CANADIAN CITIZEN AND THE HEAD OF ACCOUNTS AND CREDITING OF THE GULF TRUST SECURITIES HERE FOR FIVE YEARS NOW OF EFFECTIVE SERVICES TO THIS HONOURABLE TRUST BANK.
THERE WAS A CLIENT OF THIS BANK AND A RELIABLE EXPATRIATE CUSTOMER OF
THE BANK THAT HAS BEEN BANKING WITH US FOR OVER TEN YEARS AND HE WORKS
WITH SHELL PETROLEUM AND UNFORTUNATELY WHEN HIM AND HIS FAMILY WERE
GOING FOR A HOLIDAY THREE YEARS AGO THE HAD A PLANE CRASH AT EWEKORO
BURKINA FASO WITH THE ADC AIRLINES AND THIS ISSUE WAS HIGHLY PUBLICISED BY THE CNN, VOA AND SO MANY INTERNATIONAL MEDIA AND THERE WAS NO OCCUPANT OF THE PLANE THAT CAME OUT ALIVE. AND EVER SINCE THEN, WE HAD BEEN TRYING TO GET ACROSS TO ANYBODY THAT KNOWS HIM BUT THERE WAS NONE AS THE NEXT OF KIN HE SUBMITTED TO US THE BANK WAS HIS WIFE WHO DIED ALONGSIDE WITH HIM TOGETHER WITH THEIR FIVE YEAR OLD CHILD, AND THE BANK HAD MADE SERIES OF SEARCH TO LOCATE ANY OF HIS RELATIONSHIP THROUGHOUT THIS PERIOD BUT ALL THE ADDRESS HE GAVE HAS BEEN VISITED BY THE BANK IN OVERSEAS BUT THERE WAS NOBODY THAT IDENTIFIED HIMSELF WITH THIS MAN. AND IT IS IN THE BANKING RULE THAT INCASE OF DEATH TO ANY CUSTOMER THAT HIS OR HER NEXT OF KIN WILL BE CONTACTED TO TAKE OVER HIS FUND AFTER TWO YEARS OF SUCH DEATH BUT IN THIS CASE THE BANK HAS DONE EVERYTHING HUMANLY POSSIBLE TO LOCATE THE RELATIONS OF THIS MAN ABROAD BUT THERE WAS NOBODY THAT CLAIM TO KNOW HIM WHICH WAS WHY THE BANK DECIDED LAST YEAR
NOVEMBER TO MOVE THE MONEY TO THE COUNTRY RESERVE WHICH I AND THE MANAGER OF OPERATIONS DECIDED THAT WE WILL NOT ALLOW THIS FUND INTO THE GOVERNMENT RESERVE WHICH WILL NOT BE USEFUL TO THE LESS PRIVILLAGE OR THE OPHANAGE INSTEAD WE AGREED TO KEEP THIS FUND IN AN ISOLATED ACCOUNT
UNTILL WE FIND A GOOD AND HONEST PERSON THAT CAN RECEIVE THIS FUND AS THE NEXT OF KIN AND USE PART OF IT TO MOVE THE WORK OF ALMIGHTY GOD FORWARD BY TAKING CARE OF THE LESS PRIVILLAGE AND THE OPHANAGE AND ALSO INVEST THE OTHER PART INTO A LUCRETIVE BUSINESS THAT WILL BE YIELDING PROFITS AS TO CONTINUE IN THE CHARITY ORGANIZATION OF TAKING CARE OF ABANDON OR NEGLECTED CHILDREN OR THOSE WHOM THEIR PARENTS CANNOT AFFORD THEIR EDUCATION. THIS IS OUR VISION OF TRYING TO DO THIS BUSINESS.
WE WILL APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINGNESS TO ASSIST US IN THE SUCCESSFUL
CONCLUSSION OF THIS PROJECT AND TRANSFER OF TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS($2,500.000.00) INTO YOUR ACCOUNT
INFORMATIONS, AND I WISH TO INFORM YOU THAT I HAVE SET ALL MECHINARY
INTO PLACE TO ENSURE 100 % RISK FREE COMPLETION OF THIS PROJECT WITHOUT FUSS NOR DELAY ONCE YOU CAN ASSURE ME OF YOUR TRUST AND CONFIDENCE NEVER TO BETRAY THE TRUST I AM IMPOSING ON YOU.
AS A SENOIR STAFF OF THIS SECURITY TRUST, I WILL PROVIDE ALL VITAL
INFORMATION AND CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS OF THE DECEASED CLIENT OF THE BANK THAT WILL POSITION YOU AS THE LEGITIMATE NEXT OF KIN TO THE DEAD CLIENT OF THE BANK ONCE YOU SUBMIT APPLICATION AS THE ACCLIAMED NEXT OF KIN TO THE DEAD CLIENT OF THE BANK.
TO MAKE CLAIM EASY AND SMOOTH, I WILL RECOMMEND AND DIRECT YOU TO AN
ACCREDITED ATTORNEY OF THE BANK,WHOM YOU ARE GOING TO CONTACT USING THE CONTACT INFORMATION OF HIS CHAMBER WHICH I WILL GIVE TO YOU, I WILL ALSO GIVE TO YOU A SPECIMEN OF THE POWER OF ATTORNEY WHICH YOU ARE GOING TO SIGN THAT WILL AUTHORISE THE ATTORNEY AND GIVE HIM THE LEGAL BACKING TO REPRESENT YOU IN THIS CLAIM SO THAT BANK WILL TRANSFER THE FUNDS INTO YOUR NOMINATED ACCOUNT.
YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE YOUR DIRECT PHONE AND FAX NUMBER FOR
EASY COMMUNICATION AND AN ACCOUNT OF YOUR CHOICE WHERE YOU WANT THE
MONEY TO BE TRANSFERED INTO AFTER THE BANK MUST HAVE APPROVED YOUR
APPLICATION FOR PAYMENT WHICH WILL BE DONE WITH THE HELP OF THE
ATTORNEY WHICH I WILL DIRECT YOU TO CONTACT.
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I ANTICIPATE YOUR QUICK RESPONSE TO ENABLE ME SWING INTO ACTION.
YOURS TRULY,
VANESSA PRATT
GULF TRUST SECURITIES.
Cotonou-Benin Republic.
Email;- vanessa_pratt302@yahoo.com
Roaming;- +234 805 851 8919
NB:THIS PROJECT IS TO CHANGE THE LIFE OF THE LESS PRIVILLAGE CHILDREN
AND THE OPHANGE DESTINY AND THAT OF OURS FOR BETTER AND IS NOT DESIGNED TO EXTORT MONEY OR PUT ANY OF US INTO RISK BUT IT IS GUIDED BY TRUST AND CONFIDENCE IN EACH OTHER, I HAVE SET EVERY MECHINARIES INTO PLACE TO ENSURE SAFETY AND SPEED TO SUCCESS,PLEASE GET BACK FAST SO WE CAN DISCUSS BUSINESS.RESPOND TO THIS EMAIL ADDRESS BELOW;-
vanessa_pratt302@yahoo.com or call my direct roaming number above
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