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From: "Ms Sonia Fallen," <[email protected]>
Reply: [email protected]
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2020 11:53:48 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Hello Dear ,
Hello Dear ,
I am the director in charge of the auditing and accounting section of BANK OF AFRICA (BOA) BENIN, with due respects and regard. I have decided to contact you on a business transaction that will be beneficial to both of us at the end of the transaction.
During our investigation and auditing in this bank, my department came across a very huge sum of money belonging to a deceased person who died on fatal Car accident with his wife and three children in (Auto Crash) on July 26, 2013 with his entire family, since this incident his fund has been dormant in his account with this Bank without any claim of the fund in our custody either from his family or relation before our discovery to this development. Although personally, I kept this information secret within myself to enable the whole plan and idea to be profitable and successful during the time of execution.
The said amount is $18.5M USD (Eighteen million Five hundred thousand united states dollars).
As it may interest you to know, I got your contact information from my searching for a reliable person and after I prayed for GOD’S divine direction, I decided to contact you over this enterprising transaction that both of us must benefit from this transaction of such magnitude without any problem.
Meanwhile all the whole arrangement to put claim over this fund as the bonafide next of kin to the deceased, get the required approval and transfer this money to a foreign account has been put in place and directives and needed information will be relayed to you as soon as you indicate your interest and willingness to assist me and also to benefit yourself to this great business opportunity. In fact I could have done this deal alone but because of my position in this country as a civil servant, we are not allowed to operate a foreign account it would eventually raise an eyebrow on my side during the time of transfer because I work in this bank.
This is the actual reason why it will require a second party or fellow who will forward claims as the next of kin with affidavit of trust of oath to the Bank and also present a foreign account where he will need the money to be re-transferred into on his request as it may be after due verification and clarification by the correspondent branch of the bank where the whole money will be remitted from to your own designation bank account. May I at this point emphasize that this transaction is 100% risk free as I have made arrangements for a successful deal before contacting you.
On the smooth conclusion of this transaction, you will be entitled to 35% of the total sum as gratification, 50% for i and my colleague, while 15% will be used to help the less privileges, to help the motherless , the poor.
Please, you have been advised to keep top secret as I’m still in service and intend to retire from service after I conclude this deal with you. I will be monitoring the whole situation here in this bank until you confirm the money into your account and ask me to come down to your country for subsequent sharing of the fund according to percentages previously indicated and further investment, either in your country or any country you advise us to invest in. All other necessary information will be sent to you when I hear from you.
I suggest you get back to me as soon as possible via telephone and also through email, stating your wish in this deal.
Yours Sincerely,
Ms Sonia Fallen