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From: "Edwin Bennett" <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2018 23:44:28 +0100
Subject: Soliciting Your Partnership
Edwin Bennett
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL & URGENT
I approach you today with due respect and honour. First of all, am
sorry for intruding on your privacy by sending you this letter which
is unsolicited for .But I will implore you to read through this letter
with all diligence and attention, at the end, I leave you to draw your
own conclusion on what line of action to take, but I positively
believe the proposal will be of great interest to you, because every
data and information given to you in this letter are verifiable and
true.
I am Edwin Bennett, a Canadian Assistant legal attach at the High
Commission of Canada to Nigeria. I took my time before contacting you
because of the confidential nature of this letter as well as my
sensitive position in office. Though I know that a proposal like this
will make anyone apprehensive. This is by virtue of its unfamiliar and
sudden approach. But after going through your profile; I could no
longer doubt your credibility and capability as regards this task.
This is why I am convinced and willing to seek your assistance and
total cooperation on this golden opportunity.
PREAMBLE: However, I write in respect of a letter of inquiry we
received from the SECURITY STORAGE HOUSE. The letter requested contact
information of the closest surviving relative of one MICHAEL SEKHON
.According to the letter Mr SEKHON was a Canadian and client of the
SECURITY STORAGE HOUSE who died in a local plane crash (EAS AIRLINE
2002) Based on the strength of the report, late SEKHON was a real
estate investor and crude oil business man and had deposited the sum
of US$17.500 Million with the security company, this was not disclose
because this fund is in a trunk box for investment before his death.
The letter further stated that all meaningful efforts made to get
response from his family through his agent (lawyer) for the completion
of the transaction was a failure. After various unsuccessful attempts
to reach the late investor's family through the Canadian Chambers of
Commerce, the company decided to contact the Canadian High Commission
on this regard. Since then, my female colleague Ms' Anita Shakelford,
head of immigrants' record department had been working with our home
office to contact the late investor's family at the request of the
Security Company. Unfortunately, the home office was unable to contact
anyone related to the late investor. Confirming our record, the
deceased was believed to have spent greater part of his life outside
Canada.
At this point, it became clear that the deceased origin status could
not be ascertained. Since we could not locate the deceased relatives
and considering the prevailing circumstance, we deliberately decided
to delay our reply letter of findings to the Security Company to
enable us search for a neutral and reliable person for a possible
replacement.
THE DEAL: This is why I decided to contact you on behalf of my female
colleague because of the decease's unknown origin status to enable us
claim this fund. I now seek your permission to have you stand as the
next of kin to the late investor, so that the fund could be claimed by
you being the late beneficiary's next of kin. The Company had stated
in the letter conditions for the release of the fund, should the next
of kin decides not to complete the investment plans with them amongst
which is that, the next of kin must be duly certified by the High
Commission, and a letter to that effect must be tendered.
Interestingly, all documented information of the late investor's
transactions is available to us in strict confidence. To this end, we
once more appeal for your willingness and co-operation.
RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS: To this end, we once more appeal for your
willingness and co-operation. Note that this proposal is risk free.
Upon completion of this assignment, we will be happy to offer you 40%
of this total sum as compensation for your assistance. We have also
set aside 10% of the total sum for the settlement of all likely
expenses that would be incurred during this transaction. You would
also be informed of further details based on your response. If this
proposal is acceptable by you, we appeal that you don't make undue
advantage of the trust we have bestowed on you. This letter is
strictly for your consumption alone.
Please give this a favourable consideration as it is for our mutual
benefit. Send a copy of your responds to my E-mail:
[email protected]
Thank you,
Edwin Bennett.