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From: Tina Lanternat <easy.riche@yahoo.fr>
Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2008 15:35:50 +0000 (GMT)
Subject:
rom
The
Office
Of
Donald
Wilson.
Phone:
00234-8029021253.
!!!COMPLIMENT
OF
THE
SEASON!!!
I
apologize
if
the
contents
in
this
are
contrary
to
your
moral
ethics,
which
I
feel
may
be
of
great
disturbance
to
your
personal
life,
But
please
treat
with
absolute
secrecy
and
personal.
I
pray
that
this
reaches
you
in
the
best
of
health.
My
name
is
Mr.Donald
Wilson.
I
work
with
the
Citizens
Int'l
Bank
(Nig)
Plc.
bill
and
exchange
of
the
foreign
remittance
department.
I
am
the
personal
Accountant
to
late
Engr.(DAVIS)
a
National
of
your
country,
who
was
a
contractor
with
the
DEPARTMENT
OF
PETROLEUM
RESOURCES
VICTORIA
ISLAND,LAGOS.
Here
in
after
shall
be
referred
to
as
my
client
On
30
JANUARY
2000,my
client,
his
wife,
and
their
three
children
were
involved
in
the
Kenya
airways
flight
with
registration
number
5Y-BEN
which
departed
from
Nairobi
to
destination
Lagos
and
the
all
family
died
in
this
fatal
air
crash
on
30
JANUARY
2000
Since
then
I
have
made
several
inquiries
to
your
embassy
to
locate
any
of
my
clients
extended
Relatives,this
has
also
proved
unsuccessful.
After
these
several
unsuccessful
attempts,
I
decided
to
get
in
touch
with
the
consul-General
of
your
Embassy,
In
the
person
of
Ms.
Donna
Blair,
to
locate
any
member
of
my
late
client
family
hence
I
contacted
you.
I
have
contacted
you
to
assist
in
repatriating
the
money
and
property
left
behind
by
my
client
before
they
get
confiscated
or
declared
un
serviceable
by
the
bank
where
these
huge
deposits
were
lodged,
particularly
the
CITIZENS
INT'L
BANK
(NIG.)
PLC.
Where
the
deceased
had
an
account
Valued
at
($19.5
million
us
dollars)
has
issued
me
a
notice
to
provide
the
next
of
kin.
Or
have
the
account
confiscated
within
the
next
ten
official
working
days.
On
further
investigation,I
found
out
that:-
(A)
He
has
no
other
living
declared
relative
(B)
He
had
died
intestate
(without
making
a
will)
(c)
He
was
into
Real
Estate
Venture
(Realtor)
Since
I
have
been
unsuccessful
in
locating
the
relatives
till
date,
I
seek
your
consent
to
present
you
as
the
next
of
kin
of
the
deceased
since
you
have
the
same
last
name
so
that
the
proceeds
of
this
account
valued
at
($19.5
million
US
Dollars)
can
be
paid
to
you
and
then
you
and
me
can
share
the
money.50%
to
me
and
50%
to
you
and
all
expenses
will
be
shared
equally
after
tax
is
deducted
by
the
(IRS)
in
your
country.
On
your
soonest
reply,I
will
tell
you
all
you
need
to
know
about
the
money
and
operational
method
we
can
use
to
effect
remittance
into
your
account
for
our
mutual
benefit.Also
include
your
full
name,address
and
phone
number.Please
endeavor
to
reply
me
on
my
confidential
address
as
soon
as
possible
of:
denshens@yahoo.de
NOTE:
I
recommend
that
you
send
your
response
together
with
your
most
private
telephone
number
to
enable
me
call
you
for
more
explanation
if
the
need
arises.
Yours
Sincerely,
Donald
Wilson.
_____________________________________________________________________________
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