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From: =?utf-8?B?Ikx1ZO+/vWsgRGxvdWjvv70i?= <strix@iol.cz>
Reply-To: s.lile90@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:55:50 GMT
Subject: Business Proposition
Good Day=2C It is understandable that you might be a little bit appreh=
ensive because you do not know me but I have a lucrative business propos=
al of mutual interest to share with you=2ELet me start by introducing my=
self again=2EI am MR=2E SONG LI LE I work with the Hang Seng Bank Ltd=2E=
Before the U=2ES and Iraqi war our client Colonel Sadiq Uday who was wit=
h the Iraqi forces and also businessman=2C made a numbered fixed deposit=
for 18 calendar months=2C with a value of Nineteen millions Five Hundre=
d Thousand United State Dollars only in my branch=2EUpon maturity severa=
l notices was sent to him=2C even during the war which began in 2003=2E =
Again after the war another notification was sent and still no response =
came from him=2E We later found out that the Colonel along with his wife=
and only daughter had been killed during the war in a bomb blast that h=
it their home=2E After further investigation it was also discovered tha=
t Colonel Sadiq Uday did not declare any next of kin in his official pap=
ers including the paper work of his bank deposit=2E And he also confided=
in me the last time he was at my office that no one except me knew of h=
is deposit in my bank=2E So=2C Nineteen millions Five Hundred Thousand U=
nited State Dollars is still lying in my bank and no one will ever come =
forward to claim it=2E What bothers me most is that according to the law=
s of my country at the expiration 5 years the funds will revert to the o=
wnership of the Hong Kong Government if nobody applies to claim the fund=
s=2E Against this backdrop=2C my suggestion to you is that I will like y=
ou as a foreigner to stand as the next of kin to Colonel Sadiq Uday so t=
hat you will be able to receive his funds=2E MODALITIES=3A I want you t=
o know that I have had everything planned out so that we shall come out =
successful=2E I have an attorney that will prepare the necessary documen=
t that will back you up as the next of kin to Colonel Sadiq Uday=2C all =
that is required from you at this stage is for you to provide me with yo=
ur Full Names and Address so that the attorney can commence his job=2E A=
fter you have been made the next of kin=2C the attorney will also fill i=
n for claims on your behalf and secure the necessary approval and of pro=
bate in your favour for the move of the funds to an account that will be=
provided by you=2EThere is no risk involved at all in this matter=2C as=
we are going to adopt a legalized method and the attorney will prepare =
all the necessary documents=2E Please endeavor to observe utmost discret=
ion in all matters concerning this issue=2E Once the funds have been tra=
nsferred to your nominated bank account we shall then share in the ratio=
of 70=25 for me=2C 30=25 for you=2E =
Should you be interested you can reach me on my private email=3A =7Bs=2E=
lile90=40yahoo=2Ecom=2Ehk=7D please send me your=2C 1=2CFull names=2C =
2=2Cprivate phone number=2C =
3=2COccupation =
4=2Ccurrent residential address=2C And finally after that I shall provid=
e you with more details of this operation=2E =
Your earliest response to this letter will be appreciated=2E =
Kind Regards=2C =
Mr Song Lile
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