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From: "richard_mazi@terra.es" <richard_mazi@terra.es>
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:51:17 +0100 (MET)
Subject: LATE MR. EDWARD PEARSON'S ESTATE CLAIM
LATE MR. EDWARD PEARSON'S ESTATE CLAIM
Strictly Confidential
Date: 17th December, 2007=20
Dear friend,
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A certain Mr.Edward Pearson was a first generation immigrant to Niger Delta=
Region. Edward Pearson became very successful here in Niger Delta, as a bi=
g time contractor to the successive Oil Drilling companies in Niger Delta a=
nd he has banked with a certain commercial bank here in Niger Delta, for de=
cades. Today I am the Head of the Treasury Department of this same bank, wh=
ere Edward has been banking with. I have worked with this same bank, which =
is a commercial bank located here in Niger Delta, for the last 15years and =
have been Edward's account manager in this bank for the last 10 years. My n=
ame is Mr. Richard Mazi, and I am a citizen of Nigeria
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Painfully and unfortunately too, Mr. Edward Pearson, his wife Jennifer and =
only son Jeff, all died in Thailand, where they were on holiday, on 26th De=
cember 2004, as victims of the unfortunate Indian ocean Tsunami of that yea=
r. Before his death,Edward had a substantial amount of money left in his ac=
count with our bank and unfortunately he died without a will, or survivor. =
As a result of these two facts, his account has remained inactive ever sinc=
e and nobody has come forward to ask for this money, whether as either his =
next of kin, or the administrator of his estate, or anything. As things sta=
nd now, if nobody asks for this money very soon, then my bank will legally =
appropriate to itself the whole money in this account, as a fund, whose own=
er has been untraceable.
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Therefore, my purpose of writing you this letter, in your position and capa=
city as a foreigner and a non-resident, and non-citizen of Nigeria, is to r=
equest for your cooperation and collaboration with me, for you and I to dem=
and for and indeed claim the money in this his bank account with my bank to=
ourselves, instead of allowing the bank to do same. Our moral justificatio=
n for doing so is that if we fail to do so, the bank will certainly claim t=
he money, as it?s own. However, the best thing would have been to pay the m=
oney to any living relation of the deceased customer, to whom it would righ=
tly have belonged to, but there is absolutely no such known existing relati=
on, { haven searched for same in vain, since January 2005}; thus leaving th=
e money now at the mercy of whoever is able to claim it first, between you =
and I on one hand and the bank on the other hand, as we are the only two p=
arties that know about anything surrounding the said fund.
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Friend, your cooperation/collaboration with me in this venture is inevitabl=
e to it?s success, because this money can only be released to a claimant th=
at is not a Nigerian citizen and one that is domiciled outside Nigeria. No =
doubt, you fit the criteria perfectly well. My idea here is that our two si=
des will share this amount with the accrued interests, in agreed ratios, af=
ter it is paid to you as the supposed authentic next-of-kin to the Edward, =
because we need each other to make this happen. We may also choose to reinv=
est the money too and own such investments jointly upon agreed ratios too.
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Please take notice and get the understanding that I never wrote, implied, o=
r insinuated that the late Edward was your dead relation, or related to you=
in any other way, or even known to you, as I have no such evidence, or any=
reason to suggest that. I am simply, confidently telling you that the co=
mbination of the fact that your are a foreigner domiciled outside the Repub=
lic of Nigeria and my strategic position in the subject bank, are more than=
sufficient for me to cause the above money that he left in his account sin=
ce 2004, to be legitimately, genuinely and lawfully paid in your favour, as=
if you were indeed related to him actually; the fact that you are not, not=
withstanding. I am also guaranteeing that this project will be done accordi=
ng to internationally accepted standards of practice and morals only.
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Essentially I need you to organize the reception and custody of the money =
in any country outside Nigeria, which may, or may not be your home country,=
or country of your normal domicile. My own duty is to arrange and cause ou=
r bank to effect, the hitch-free movement of the funds from the bank here t=
o such your chosen destination and doing so in the most legitimate, lawful =
and ethically acceptable way. To do this effectively, I have also gotten th=
e cooperation of the Director in charge of the International banking Dept o=
f this our bank, whom I have co-opted in this project and who is already wo=
rking with me here on the project now. What is even more interesting about =
this project is that you are not required to put up, or pay even a dime of =
your own money in the project. Therefore, what else can you ask for, or cou=
ld one wish for, better than this?
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There is currently $12,150,002.00, (Twelve million, one hundred and fifty t=
housand, two US Dollars) in the said account , plus the compounded interest=
s that have accrued to it since January 2005, all of which we will move to=
your instructed bank, or chosen destination outside Africa, by Swift trans=
fer, or cashier?s cheques. This US$12,150,002.00 plus interests, is the amo=
unt I am telling you that we have to move over to you and share, or re-inve=
st and own upon mutually agreed ratios. The above amount will be to our mut=
ual benefits and be ours legitimately too . Out of this amount, I am propo=
sing for your consideration, that you will be entitled to one third of the =
$12,150,002.00, (Twelve million, one hundred and fifty thousand, two US Dol=
lars), which is US$4,050,000? Four million, fifty thousand Dollars, {Plus1/=
3 of all interests that have accrued on this sum from January 2005 to date}=
, as your commission/share, on the completion of the project. Again, in ord=
er not to run foul of the Patriot Act, or any other such laws that may be i=
n force anywhere, we can as well move this fund in many installments of sma=
ller bits of say $2.0m, or less at a time, if you want. However,appropriate=
documentations and clearance will accompany any sum being sent to you, to =
show the legitimacy and legality of the payment.
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Moreover everything about this transaction will be done in a most civilized=
and non-criminal way, which must be according to internationally acceptabl=
e standards of practice and morals. In addition there is no risk of failure=
, or legal, or security problems, or prosecutions etc, for anybody in this =
transaction both now and in the future. Therefore, need I say again that yo=
u will indeed not regret your choice of doing this transaction with me at a=
ll?
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I therefore very earnestly solicit your sincerest cooperation in this proje=
ct and I will be very glad to give you some specifics as you may demand fro=
m me, as soon as you have confirmed your interest in this proposal. Please =
give me your urgent reply in very strict confidence, by email first and we =
will proceed from there.
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Yours very Sincerely
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Mr.Richard Mazi
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