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An Email with the Subject "DEAR FRIEND (MONEY TRANSFER GET BACK TO ME)" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:08:58 -0800 and has been classified as a Advance Fee Fraud/419 Scam Email. The sender shows as "Femi Iyanda" <barr.femiiyanda@yahoo.com>.
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FROM: ANDREW FEMI IYANDA SURPREME CHAMBERS LAGOS-NIGERIA. DEAR FRIEND, PLEASE DON’T BE SURPRISE TO RECEIVE THIS LETTER. I DECIDED TO CONTACT YOU BY EMAIL DUE TO THE URGENCY OF THIS BUSINESS AT HAND. I AM SEEKING YOUR ASSISTANCE FOR YOU TO STAND AS A FOREIGN NEXT-OF-KIN OF MY LATE CLIENT WHO DIED IN AN AIR CRASH. I AM BARRISTER ANDREW FEMI IYANDA OF SUPREME CHAMBERS, A BARRISTER AND A LEGAL PRACTITIONER. I AM A LAWYER TO LATE MR. ANDREAS SCHRANNER, A FOREIGNER AND AN INTERNATIONAL CONTRACTOR WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA,WHO DIED ON CONCORDE PLANE CRASH WITH ALL HIS FAMILY MEMBERS INCLUDING 113 PESSENGERS ON BOARD WITH FLIGHT NUMBER AF4590 ON THE 25TH JULY,2000. PLEASE VISIT THE PLANE CRASH WEBSITE FOR CONFIRMATION http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm LATE MR.ANDREAS SCHRANNER,AN OIL MERCHANT,UNTIL HIS SUDDEN DEATH HAS A DOMICILLARY ACCOUNT WITH UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC AND HAS A BALANCE OF FIFTEEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS($15.5M). SINCE AFTER HIS DEATH SEVEN YEARS AGO, ALL THE EFFORTS BEEN MADE BY THE BANK TO LOCATE ANY OF HIS FAMILY MEMBER WAS NOT SUCESSFUL BECAUSE HE LOST ALL HIS FAMILY IN THE AIR CRASH AND NONE OF HIS EXTENDED FAMILIES KNOWS THAT HE HAS THIS AMOUNT DEPOSITED WITH THE UNION BANK PLC IN NIGERIA. BECAUSE OF THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF THE BANK TO FIND ANY OF HIS FAMILY MEMBER, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE BANK HAVE DECIDED TO DECLARE HIS FUND UNCLAIMABLE BUT I HAVE BEEN GIVEN ONE MONTH AS HIS LAWYER TO LOOK FOR ANY OF HIS FAMILY MEMBER BEFORE DECLARING HIS FUND UNCLAIMABLE AND WILL BE FORFEITED TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THAT WILL BE THE END OF THIS MONEY BECAUSE NIGERIA LAW SAYS THAT, ANY MONEY THAT BELONGS TO A DECEASED PERSON THAT IS NOT CLAIMED AFTER FIVE YEARS SHALL BE DECLARED UNCLAIMABLE AND SHOULD BE PAID INTO GOVERNMENT TRESSURY ACCOUNT. TO AVOID THIS NEGATIVE MOVE BY THE BANK AND PLEASE FOR US NOT TO LOSE THIS GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY IN LIFE, I WANT YOUR ASSISTANCE TO STAND AS THE NEXT-OF-KIN SO THAT THIS MONEY WILL BE PAID INTO YOUR ACCOUNT OTHERWISE WE WILL LOSE EVERYTHING. I WILL INTRODUCE YOU TO THE BANK AS MY LATE CLIENT COUSIN AND I WILL ALSO PROVIDE ALL THE DOCUMENTS NEEDED TO PROVE TO THE BANK THAT YOU ARE A TRUE FAMILY MEMBER OK. I WOULD HAVE CLAIMED THIS MONEY ALONE BY MYSELF IF I AM A WHITE FOREIGN LADY BUT I AM A BLACK LADY AND THE BANK KNOWS ME AS THEIR CUSTOMER’S LAWYER SO,I NEED A FOREIGN PARTNER THAT WILL ASSIST ME TO CLAIM THIS MONEY OTHERWISE IT WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME. OUT OF THIS FIFTEEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, YOUR SHARE WILL BE 40% FOR STANDING AS THE NEXT-OF-KIN WHILE 60% WILL BE FOR ME. I AM ASSURING YOU THAT THIS BUSINESS IS 100% RISK FREE AND ALL THE DOCUMENTS THAT WILL PROVE TO THE BANK THAT YOU ARE A TRUE FAMILY MEMBER WILL BE CAREFULLY PROVIDED WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM. IF YOU ARE A TRUSTHWORTHY PERSON THAT WILL NOT RUN AWAY WITH THIS MONEY AFTER IT HAS BEEN PAID INTO YOUR ACCOUNT PLEASE CONTACT ME SO THAT WE CAN PROCEED IMMEDAITELY. YOURS FRIEND BARRISTER ANDREW FEMI IYANDA. SUPREME CHAMBERS