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Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2008 4:24 PM
Subject: I Await Your Response Urgently.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mr. Michael Uba" <michaeluba105@earthlink.net>
Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2008 4:24 PM
Subject: I Await Your Response Urgently.
Michael Uba
Union Bank of Nigeria Plc
Lagos Nigeria
Dear Friend,
I am Michael Uba Branch Manager Union Bank of Nigerian Plc; I have an
urgent and very profitable business Proposition for you that should be
handled with extreme Confidentiality On January 12, 1997 a Consultant and
contractor with the British Water Corporation Mrs. Wendy Bunten by name
made a Numbered time Fixed Deposit for twelve calendar months Valued at
US$11.9M (eleven Million, Nine Hundred thousand United States Dollars
Only) in my branch.
Upon maturity I sent a routine notification in accordance With the Bank
Policies to her forwarding address but got No reply. After a month we sent
a reminder and finally we discovered from her contract employers British
Water Corporation that Mrs. Wendy Bunten died in the Korean Air Flight
{801}, which crashed in Guam, on August 6, 1997.
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9708/06/guam.passenger.list
On further investigation, we found out that she died without making a Will
and all attempts to trace her next Of kin were fruitless. I therefore made
further Investigations and discovered that Mrs. Wendy Bunten did not
declare any next of kin or relations in her entire Official documents
including her Bank Deposit paperwork in My Bank. This sum of US$11.9M has
been carefully moved out of my Bank to a Financial and Security Company in
Malaysia for safekeeping. No one will ever come forward to claim it and
according to The Law of Malaysian Government, at the expiration of 15
years, the Money will revert to the Ownership of the Malaysia Government,
If nobody applies to claim the Fund. We decided to contact you to assist
me in claiming this money for safe Keeping and investments on her behalf
as everything will be taken over by the government as provided in section
129 sub 63(N), Africa Banking Edit of 1961.This prompted us to contact
you. We want to front you as the next of kin of our late client thereby
making you the
Legal beneficiary of the sum of $11.9 million U.S Dollars Presently I have
moved the fund to HSBC security company in Malaysia. I contacted you
because it is against the civil service Code of ethics to own and operate
foreign accounts and your assistance would be needed to claim the money in
the Financial and Security Company. The Transaction is 100% Legal and
totally free of risks as all modalities has been Perfected to ensure the
hitch free success of the Transaction.
Upon my receipt of your reply confirming your willingness to assist me of
this transaction, I will immediately arrange all the rights of ownership
of this Fund to your name to facilitate your easy clearance and claim of
the complete funds to your country. You have nothing to worry about, as I
will be there to assist you in anyway necessary with all proper
Documentation. If you are interested, send all possible Suggestions and
interest. Reply as soon as possible so That we can proceed.
I Await Your Response Urgently.
Yours Faithfully,
Michael Uba
Tel: +234 70 392 917 67
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Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.4.9/1548 - Release Date: 7/12/2008
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