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[from:] => wilma manns
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[subject:] => Fw: I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO REACH YOU
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--- On Wed, 4/23/08, Mr Douglass Brown <mm.d438@aliceadsl.fr> wrote:
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--- On Wed, 4/23/08, Mr Douglass Brown <mm.d438@aliceadsl.fr> wrote:
From: Mr Douglass Brown <mm.d438@aliceadsl.fr> Subject: I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO REACH YOU To: Date: Wednesday, April 23, 2008, 12:03 PM
FROM THE OFFICE OF MR. DOUGLASS BROWN,
GENERAL ACCOUNTS OFFICER
AUDITING CONTROL UNIT
CITIZENS INTERNATIONAL BANK
119,ADEOLA ODEKU V/I
LAGOS NIGERIA
DEAR RESPECTED FRIEND,
I AM AN ACCOUNTANT WITH CITIZENS INTERNATIONAL BANK; MY NAME
IS MR. DOUGLASS BROWN, A BANKER. I AM THE ACCOUNTS OFFICER
TO ENG (HARRISON) A NATIONAL OF YOUR COUNTRY, WHO IS A
CONTRACTOR WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF PETROLEUM RESOURCES
VICTORIA ISLAND, LAGOS.
HEREIN AFTER SHALL BE REFERRED TO AS MY CLIENT ON THE 30TH
JANUARY, 2000, MY CLIENT, HIS WIFE AND THEIR THREE CHILDREN
WERE INVOLVED IN THE KENYAN AIRWAYS FLIGHT CRASH WITH
REGISTRATION NUMBER 5Y-BEN WHICH DEPARTED FROM NAIROBI TO
DESTINATION LAGOS AND ALL THE FAMILY DIED IN THIS FATAL AIR
CRASH ON 30TH JANUARY 2000. SINCE THEN, I HAVE MADE SEVERAL
INQUIRIES TO YOUR EMBASSY TO LOCATE ANY OF MY CLIENT'S
EXTENDED RELATIONS, THIS HAS PROVED UNSUCCESSFUL.
AFTER THESE SEVERAL UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS, I DECIDED TO
TRACE THE LAST NAME OVER THE INTERNET TO LOCATE ANY MEMBER
OF HIS FAMILY HENCE I CONTACTED YOU. I HAVE CONTACTED YOU TO
ASSIST IN REPATRIATING THE MONEY AND PROPERTY LEFT BEHIND BY
MY LATE CLIENT BEFORE THEY GET CONFISCATED OR DECLARED
UNSERVICABLE BY THE BANK WHERE THIS HUGE DEPOSIT WAS LODGED,
PARTICULARLY THE CITIZENS INTERNATIONAL BANK, WHERE THE
DECEASED HAD AN ACCOUNT VALUED AT ABOUT (US$14.6 MILLION)
HAS ISSUED ME A NOTICE TO PROVIDE THE NEXT OF KIN OR HAVE
THE ACCOUNT CONFISCATED WITHIN THE NEXT TEN WORKING DAYS.
SINCE I HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL IN LOCATING THE RELATIONS FOR
OVER TWO YEARS, I SEEK YOUR CONSENT TO PRESENT YOU AS THE
NEXT OF KIN OF THE DECEASED SINCE YOU HAVE THE SAME LAST
NAME SO THAT THE PROCEEDS OF THIS ACCOUNT VALUED AT (14.6
MILLION US DOLLARS) CAN BE PAID TO YOU AND THEN, YOU AND I
CAN SHARE THE MONEY. 50% FOR YOU AND 50% TO ME AND ALL THE
EXPENSES WILL BE SHARED EQUALLY.
ALL I REQUIRE OF YOU IS YOUR HONEST COOPERATION TO ENABLE US
SEE THIS DEAL THROUGH. I GUARANTEE THAT THIS WILL BE
EXECUTED UNDER A LEGITIMATE ARRANGEMENT THAT WILL PROTECT
YOU AND I FROM ANY BREACH OF THE LAW.
N.B
I SINCERELY RECOMMEND YOU SEND YOUR PHONE NUMBER WHEN
RESPONDING TO ENABLE ME CALL AND GIVE YOU FURTHER EXPLANATION.
BEST REGARDS,
MR. DOUGLAS BROWN.
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