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From: ibrahim musa<ibrahimmusa1@freenet.de>
Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 03:57:03 +0100
Subject: URGENT REPLY
First Inland Bank Plc
Mainland Nasco building,
29 Burma Road,
Apapa,
Lagos - NIGERIA.
phone:- +23414370774
Dear Sir/Madam
I Am
Mr.Ibrahim Musa in charge of bills and foreign
exchange remittance
Department of First inland Bank
Plc.
I am writing you this letter to ask
for your support
and co-operation to carry out this business
opportunity
in my department.
We discovered an unclaimed sum of $10 Million
(ten
million dollars) in an account belonging to one of our
customer,
who died in a plane crash with the entire
family in year 2003.
Since we
got information about his death we have been
expecting his next of kin
to come over and claim his
money.
Unfortunately, neither the family nor
the relation has
appeared to claim this money. We cannot release
this
moneyunless somebody applies as the next of kin or
relation to the
deceased.
Our banking guidelines indicated that if such money
remained
unclaimed for a period of four (4) years, it
would be transferred into
the First inland Bank
Treasury as unclaimed fund.
Another officer and I
in the department now decided to
transfer this money into your account
as the next of
kin or relation of the deceased for easy collection
since
nobody is coming for it and we don¢t want this
money to go back into the
bank treasury as an
unclaimed fund.
Infact it is my friend that advised
me to urgently
arrange to transfer out this money through
another
foreign beneficiary outside the country.
Upon your acceptance to
this proposal, we have also
agreed on a sharing Ration:
1.40% for you as
the account owner
2.60% for I and my colleagues.
Furthermore we shall be
coming over to your country
when themoney is finally in your account and
we shall
be relying on your advise as regards, to investment of
our
share, be informed that this transaction is
genuine and 100% risk free
considering the top level
bank officials involved.
As you know that I
enjoy good office here with the
bank and I will use my personality to
make the
official application on your behalf for approval of
this money
into your nominated account thereby having
the bank transfer this money
into your bank account.
I will advice that you furnish me with the
necessary
details for me to make the official application of
claim on
your behalf as the next of kin and
beneficiary of this money with out
wasting time.
Here are the details I will need to make
the
application.
(1)Your Full Name.
(2)Your Contact Address.
(3Your
phone & Fax Number for effective communication.
(4)Age, &
Occupation.
This is to effect the swifttransfer of this fund into
your
account in less than (7) working days.
Waiting for your urgent
response.
Regards.
Mr. Ibrahim Musa
reply to my email box with
this
ibrahimmusa_3@myway.com
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