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DR.GUMASSI HAMIDOUFINANCIAL DIRECTOR ECOWAS SECRETATRIAT BUILDING , HQ BENIN REPUBLIC. ATTENTION: MY FRIEND. I CRAVE YOUR INDULGENCE AS I CONTACT YOU IN SUCH A SURPRISING MANNER. BUT I RESPECTFULLY INSIST YOU READ THIS LETTER CAREFULLY AS I AM OPTIMISTIC IT WILL OPEN DOORS FOR UNIMAGINABLE FINANCIAL REWARDS FOR BOTH OF US. THIS BUSINESS TRANSACTION MIGHT NOT FALL WITHIN THE WIDE SPECTRUM OF YOUR BUSINESS ACTIVITIES, BUT I PLEAD YOUR ASSISTANCE, AS YOUR FLAIR FOR PROFITABLEBUSINESS IS NEEDED.YOU MAY HAVE COME ACROSS PROPOSITIONS SIMILAR TO THIS BUT DO NOT LIKEN THIS TO ANY OF SUCH AS THE END SHALL SURELY JUSTIFY. I AM GUMASSI HAMIDOU, THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE - ECOWAS. PRESENTLY I AM IN BENIN REPUBLICOFFSETTING ECOWAS CONTRACTORS' PAYMENTS. I AM MAKING THIS PROPOSAL TO YOU OPEN AND CONFIDENTIAL. A MAN OF MY STATUS WITH VERY HIGH POSITION IN ECOWAS I WOULD NOT WANT ECOWAS OR HER STAFFS TO TRACE FUND IN MY ACCOUNT. FOR THE ABOVE REASON I DECIDIED TO CONTACT YOU SECRETLY. I WOULD HOWEVER WANT TO USE THIS OPPORTUITY TO TRANSFER THE SUM OF $20 MILLION AMERICA DOLLARS WHICH I GENERATED FROM OVER ESTIMATED VARIOUS ECOWAS PROJECTS. AS THE FINANCIAL DIRECTOR IN CHARGE OF PAYMENT, I AM THE MAIN AND LAST SIGNATORY TO THE RELEASE OF CONTRACTORS FUNDS. I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT ALL LEGAL GROUNDS HAVE BEEN ARRANGED WAITING FOR THIS OPPORTUITY TO COME. ALL I WANT FROM YOU IS: 1. CONFIDENTIALITY: NO OTHER EAR OR EYE MUST HEAR ABOUT THIS BUSINESS OR SEE THIS EMAIL DUE TO THE THREAT ON MY JOB. 2. I NEED A PROMISSORY NOTE FROM YOU STATING THAT YOU WILL NOT RUN AWAY WITH MY MONEY OR BACK OUT WHEN NEEDED AND ALSO YOU WILL GIVE ME YOURFULL CO-OPERATION. 3. FULL NAME AND YOUR CONTACT DETAILS OF WHICH THE FUND WILL BE WIRED. AS SOON AS I SIGN THE FUND RELEASE DOCUMENT IN YOUR FAVOUR, A TRANSFER TO YOURACCOUNT WILL TAKE PLACE. YOU SHOULD BE AWARE THAT NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT THIS EXCEPT YOURSELF AND MYSELF. FOR THE SHARING, AS SOON AS YOU COMFIRM THE FUND - I AM NOT GREEDY, YOU WILL KEEP HALF OF THE MONEY AND I WILL KEEP HALF. FORWARD TO ME THE REQUIRED DETAILS (PROMISORY NOTE AND FULL NAME AND CONTACT DETAILS) BY EMAIL:,,( drgumassihamidou@gawab.com),, IMMEDIATELYNUMBER(0022997726544)
REMEMBER THAT A BUSINESS OF THIS NATURE NEEDS TO BE KEPT CONFIDENTIAL. BEST REGARDS DR.GUMASSI HAMIDOU _________________________________________________________________http://www.msn.fr/newhotmail/Default.asp?Ath=f