From: SOLOMON WILLIAMS <solowills@ecplaza.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July .., 2002
Subject: URGENT BUSINESS TRANSACTION
Wema Bank Plc
Lagos - Nigeria.
I am the manager of bill and exchange of the Foreign Operations Department of Wema Bank of Nigeria. I am writing following the impressive information about you through one of my friend who run a consultancy firm.
He assured of your capability and reliability, although I did not tell him the details of the business I want to do with you.
In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of $15million dollars (fifteen million United States Dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers who died along side with his entire family in October 1996 in a plane crash. Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of kin or relation to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it unless somebody applies for it as next of relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines.
Unfortunately we learn that all his supposed next of kin or relations died along with him at the plane crash leaving nobody with the knowledge of this fund behind for the claim. It therefore upon this discovery that I and two other officials in the department now decided to make business with you and release the money to you as the next of kin or relation of the deceased for safety keeping and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and we don't want this money to go back into Federal Government account as unclaimed bill.
The banking law and guidelines here stipulates that such money remained after six years the money will be transferred into banking treasury as unclaimed fund .
The request of a foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a Nigerian cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner. We agreed that 35% (negotiable) of this money will be for you as foreign partner.
Therefore me and my two colleagues will visit your country for the disbursement according to the percentages indicated.
Please be honest to me.
Therefore to enable the immediate transfer of the fund to you as arranged you must apply first to the bank as next of kin of the deceased. Upon receipt of your response I will send to you a text of the application with the name of the deceased and his country and other information about him. Note this transaction is confidential and risk free.
As soon as you receive this mail you should contact me through my e-mail address(solowills@ecplaza.net)
Best Regards
MR SOLOMON WILLIAMS.
Dear Sir:
Thank you for your email. My late reply is due to my busy schedule in office for the past couple of days. I noticed that your English speaking is very little, but we can once in a while manage and talk gently on Telephone.
This business is very confidential. Infact I had been planning the execution of this transaction for the past four years since I actually discovered that the funds had since not been withdrawn or tampered with. I had for the past many years motivated this abandoned deposit and discovery why this transaction is very possible and successful, without any risk because of the following reasons:
1. I worked in the Department that verifies and recommends for payment.
2. You will not be required to send in your real identity and particulars, but I will obtain the necessary legal document for the release of the claims which I had already concluded half way through the normal official, regular process.
3. As soon as we agreed on mutual trust, truth and principles, I will obtain through an Attorney, relevant documents such as: Affidavit of claim from the Federal High Court, Deed of Transfer to the Beneficiary/Next of Kin, Payment Authorization to the Next of Kin and payment will be affected to you through a correspondent Bank overseas.
4. Payment will not come straight unto your Country. There are certain Banks that most government official normally use when ever they want to siphoned money into their private use. These bank are hardly traceable. I know all these things as a banker. It is not difficult the moment you co-operate with a high level of confidentiality.
5. The fund will first get to a Nostro account overseas. For security reasons you will first set up an account with any correspondence bank that receives your funds. You will do installmental withdrawals until you are sure of how to finally safeguard the funds into investments abroad.
6. I intend to send a reliable Representative to your country to meet with you, discuss investment related issues. This will afford me the opportunity to know whom I am dealing with to safeguard my own share of the funds before investment ventures. You may leave the fund with correspondence Bank overseas for some time to enable you transfer by installments into your other designated bank account.
7. All documents needed for this transaction will be obtained here locally to facilitate the payment to you. The most important issue is confidentiality and honesty from you.
Please treat as urgent, include in your reply email your direct private telephone and Fax number to enable us communicate daily as the transaction commences.
I await your response.
Sincerely yours.
Mr. Solomon
Dear Sir:
Than you for your email. Everything is okay from here. There is very ggod news about the transaction.
I am happy that I have been able to obtain vital relevant document of affidavit from the Federal High Court giving orders and approval for payment to you as the beneficiary of USD 15million and another additional payment of 11.25 million whixh I discovered to be floating as a result of interest accured plus some other money abandoned along in a subsidiary account of the transaction.
Right now the Foreign Exchange department of the Bank has given a standing order for the immediate telegraphic transfer of these payments to you as the rightful beneficiary.
1. USD 15 million
2. USD 11.25 million.
The second payment is to be effected through a commercial correspondence bank in Accra, Ghana while the first payment will be effected through a correspondent Bank in Europe or Asia.
Before this transact get to this successful stage, I have spent so much money as tips, legal fees, consultation of attorneys etc on your behalf as the rightful next of kin.
It is important for us to update our expenses from both ends, since expenses such as telephone bills, documents, etc money will be deducted first before actual sharing of funds.
As at now I have expended not less than eighteen thousand dollars (USD 18,000) to obtain legal documents, and also money as tips to officials who helped to facilitate the approvals of these payment in the various departments, ministry and the Federal High Court in order to make the first payment of USD 15million possible.
The second payment of USD 11.25 million which has been confirmed in a Nostro account in a Commercial Bank in Accra, Ghana as at today this morning may likely get to you first, followed by the other one.
Now you have to be alert on standby for any relevant information from the bank. Remember about Honesty and confidentiality is our bond in this business. Your confidential assistance is highly needed for this transaction to succeed. I think a word is enough for the wise.
I await your response.
May Allah bless you.
Best Regards
