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From: "Mr. Richard Jin Tan"<[email protected]>
Reply: <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2018 10:17:21 -0700
Subject: From Mr. Richard Jin Tan.

Good day to you and family and with hope this message finds you in a good state of mind.

I will start by properly introducing my self, i am Mr. Richard Jin Tan, a Finance lawyer and I work as Financial adviser/ fund Manager, among my clients is Late Mr. Andreas Schranner, a businessman with a sizable portfolio, he died in the plane crash on Monday, 31 July 2000, (an air France jet liner) with his entire family and other passengers on board as you can confirm it yourself via the website:

My Reason for contacting you is to seek your assistance/ Partnership in securing his funds made as a fixed deposit which has been long overdue, due to my inability to locate any living relative, the bank has sent notification that the funds will be confiscated and moved to the government treasury if no Next of Kin/ Beneficiary is presented.

For security and safety reasons, i will not be able to give you more details until am sure you are with me in this lucrative venture, and i hope you do understand that.

You can be rest assured that this will be a legal transaction, I will secure documents to present you as the next of kin and protect us from any breach of law, Home and abroad.

Upon your willingness to partner with me, the following information will be made available to you:

1: Total amount involved in this transaction.
2: Prof of funds.
3: Certificate of Deposit.
4: Name of Financial Institution.

After presenting you with this prof then i will detail out to you the steps we will be taken toward securing this goal, We will be equal partners and your input will be appreciated should you have any.

Please i am sure you must have noticed that this is a private communication, so i will appreciate this is kept between us, 3rd parties are usually where problems arise from.

Thanks for your understanding and patience and i will look forward to your reply.

Best regards,
Mr. Richard Jin Tan
[email protected]