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From: "Mr.Joe Mathew" <mrjoemathew3@msn.com>
Reply-To: <mrjoemathew@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:07:10 +0000
Subject: URGENT....
From: Mr joe mathew.# 9-10 Obrafour avenueLegon districtAccra - Ghana.{HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL} (RE: TRANSFER OF ($ 72,000.000.00 USD} {SEVENTY TWO MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS) We want to transfer to overseas ($ 72,000.000.00 USD)from a bank here in Ghana, I want to ask you toquietly look for a reliable and honest person who willbe capable and fit to provide either an existing bankaccount or to set up a new Bank a/c immediately toreceive this money, even an empty a/c can serve toreceive this money, as long as you will remain honestto me till the end of this important business trustingin you and believing in God that you will never let medown either now or in future. I am Mr joe mathew,Director of International Relationwith a bank here in Ghana,during the course of ourauditing I discovered a floating fund in an accountopened in the bank in 1990 and since 1993 nobody hasoperated on this account again, after going throughsome old files in the records I discovered that theowner of the account died without a [heir] hence themoney is floating and if I do not remit this money outurgently it will be forfeited for nothing. the owner of this account is Mr.Chris Marco , aforeigner, and a sailor, and he died since 1993. andno other person knows about this account or any thingconcerning it, the account has no other beneficiaryand my investigation proved to me as well that ChrisMarco was the manager of Chris Coy.(Gh). LTD.We will start the first transfer with Twenty Twomillion [$22,000.000.00] upon successful transactionwithout any disappoint from your side, we shallre-apply for the payment of the remaining amount toyour account,The amount involved is (USD 72M) I wantto first transfer $22,000.000 [Twenty Two millionUnited States Dollar from this money into a safeforeigners account abroad before the rest, but I don'tknow any foreigner in my life, I am only contactingyou as a foreigner because this money can not beapproved to a local person here, without validinternational foreign passport, but can only beapproved to any foreigner with valid internationalpassport or drivers license and foreign a/c becausethe money is in US dollars and the former owner of thea/c Mr. Chris Marco is a foreigner too, [and the moneycan only be approved into a foreign a/c.Arrange your A/c and send it to me as follows for theprocessing of the payment: 1]A/C NUMBER:............... 2]A/C NAME:................... 3]BANK NAME:................. 4]BANK ADDRESS:.............. 5]SWIFT CODE:..................I got your contact address from my secretary whooperates computer and I am revealing this to you withbelieve in God that you will never let me down in thisbusiness, you are the first and the only person that Iam contacting for this business,so please replyurgently so, that I will inform you the next step totake.Send also your private telephone and fax numberincluding the full details of the account to be usedfor the deposit as started above. I need your full co-operation to make this workfine.because the management is ready to approve thispayment to any foreigner who has correct informationof this account, which I will give to you, upon yourpositive response and once I am convinced that you arecapable and will meet up with instruction of a keybank official who is deeply involved with me in thisbusiness. I need your strong assurance that you will never letme down,With the influence and the position of the keybank official we can transfer this money to anyforeigner's reliable account which you can providewith assurance that this money will be intact pendingour physical arrival in your country for sharing. Thebank official will destroy all documents oftransaction immediately we receive this money leavingno trace to any place and to build confidence, you cancome immediately to discuss with me face to face afterwhich I will make this remittance in your presence andthree of us will fly to your country at least two daysahead of the money going into the account.I will apply for annual leave to get visa immediatelyI hear from you that you are ready to act and receivethis fund in your account.I will apply for the legalapprovals for onward transfer of this money to youraccount with appropriate clearance from the relevantministries and foreign exchange departments. At theconclusion of this business, you will be given 30% ofthe total amount, 60% will be for me,5% will be forexpenses both parties might have incurred during theprocess of transferring and 5% will be for orphanagehomes. I look forward to hear from you as soon as possible ifyou are interested. Yours Sincerely,Mr joe mathew.
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