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From: tonynovia80@hotmail.com
Reply-To: tonynovia78@hotmail.com
Date:
Subject: DEAR ONE CLAIM NEEDED URGENT!!
DEAR ONE CLAIM NEEDED!! {URGENT}=20
PLEASE THIS LETTER IS WRITTEN TO YOU BASED ON CONTACT INFORMATION I CAM=
E=20
ACROSS ON WEB WHILE SEARCHING FOR INVESTMENT OPTIONS OVERSEAS. TO CUT T=
HE=20
LONG STORY, MY NAME IS BARRISTER TONY NOVIA; I AM A LAWYER TO ONE MR. M=
ORRIS=20
THOMPSON WHO DIED IN THE YEAR 2000. LATE MORRIS WORKED WITH CHEVRON=20
PETROLEUM COMPANY AS A CONSULTANT HERE IN NIGERIA AND HAS A FIXED DEPOS=
IT OF=20
{US$3,000,000.00} WITH UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA {UBA} TO RUN FOR A PERIOD=
OF 6=20
YEARS FROM 1999 TO 2005. AS A MATTER OF FACT, MR. MORRIS LEFT NIGERIA S=
OME=20
YEARS BACK AND DID NOT COME BACK. I TRIED TO LOCATE HIM AFTER SEVERAL M=
ONTHS=20
ONLY TO DISCOVER THAT HE WENT TO MEXICO FOR A VACATION WITH HIS WIFE AN=
D=20
DAUGHTER AND UNFORTUNATELY LOST THEIR LIFE IN THE PLANE CRASH OF ALASKA=
=20
AIRLINES FLIGHT 261 WHICH CRASHED ON 31ST JANUARY 2000, YOU SHALL READ =
MORE=20
ABOUT THE CRASH ON VISITING THE SITE BELOW WHICH I GOT DURING MY=20
INVESTIGATION;=20
http://www.cnn.com/2000/us/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/=20
NOW, THE FIXED DEPOSIT HAS MATURED BUT NO ONE TO STAND FOR THE CLAIM. T=
HE=20
BANK HAS MANDATED ME AS HIS LAWYER TO PROVIDE ANY OF HIS RELATIVE TO ST=
AND=20
=46OR THE CLAIM WITHIN TWO MONTHS SINCE THE DEPOSITOR DIED WITH HIS WIF=
E WHOM=20
HE INDICATED AS HIS NEXT OF KIN IN THE CRASH. TO THIS EFFECT, I HAVE DE=
CIDED=20
TO LINK ANYBODY TO STAND AS MR. THOMPSON=A2S NEXT OF KIN IN ORDER TO CL=
AIM=20
THIS MONEY SINCE IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THE BANK DID NOT KNOW ANY OF HIS=20
RELATIVE. IF YOU ACCEPT TO STAND AS MR. THOMPSON=A2S NEXT OF KIN TO CLA=
IM THIS=20
INHERITANCE, I AM WILLING TO SPLIT THE FUNDS EQUAL.=20
ONCE YOU FILE FOR THE CLAIM, I WILL DO THE REST FOR YOU IN THE INSIDE A=
ND=20
GET THE PAYMENT RELEASED IN YOUR NAME. I SHALL COME OVER TO YOUR COUNTR=
Y FOR=20
MY OWN SHARE ONCE THIS TRANSACTION IS CONCLUDED. THANKING YOU IN ADVANC=
E FOR=20
YOUR ANTICIPATED CO-OPERATION
TRULY,=20
BARRISTER TONY NOVIA (ESQ.)=20
=46ROM CITY EXPRESS
CHAMBERS NO 5 BOMBAY
CRESCENTS APAPA
LAGOS NIGERIA
EMAIL; tonynovia77@hotmail.com=20
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