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LOOKING FOR HELP!!!
ATTENTION: SIR/MADAM
I AM MRS
ANNA, A WIDOW, AND AN EX-WIFE TO LATE MR. MIKE DAVID SMITH, WHO DIED IN
A PLANE CRASH, ON NOVEMBER 1997. BEFORE HIS DEATH, WE HAD A FAMILY
PROBLEM THAT ENDED UP IN DIVORCE, AND BEFORE OUR DIVORCE, I ALREADY HAD
TWO CHILDREN FOR HIM, AND STILL HE LEFT ME WITH THE CHILDREN, AND HE
NEVER BORDERED TO KNOW HOW WE FEED, OR HOW WE ARE LIVING. SO HE GOT
MARRIED TO ANOTHER WOMAN, WHO HAD THREE KIDS FOR HIM. HE WAS THE
DIRECTOR OF A STEEL COMPANY, NAMED MDSMITH STEEL COMPANY. ON NOVEMBER
1997, HE HAD A PLANE CRASH WITH HIS SECOND WIFE AND THREE CHILDREN.
I
AM WRITING THIS LETTER TO ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND COOPERATION TO CARRY
OUT THIS BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY. MY LATE HUSBAND DEPOSITED SUM OF
$15,000.000.00 (FIFTEEN MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY) IN HIS
ACCOUNT WITH UNION BANK OF NIGERIA. SINCE HE DIED, I NEVER KNEW ABOUT
THIS HIS FUND THAT HE DEPOSITED WITH THE UNION BANK OF NIGERIA, UNTIL
HIS PERSONAL ATTORNEY CONTACTED ME AND TOLD ME ABOUT THIS DISCOVERY, I
WAS SO SHOCKED, AND AT THE SAME TIME I THANK GOD BECAUSE SINCE MY
HUSBAND DIED I NEVER RECEIVED ANY HELP FROM ANYBODY, NONE OF HIS CLOSED
AND GOOD FRIENDS SHOWED CONCERN TO KNOW HOW I THE POOR WIDOW AND MY
CHILDREN ARE FEEDING, WE WHERE ABANDONED, NO HOUSE, NO WORK, MY
CHILDREN ARE NO MORE SCHOOLING BECAUSE OF THE FINANCIAL CRISIS WE HAVE
HERE IN MY COUNTRY. OUR LEADERS ARE SO WICKED AND HEARTLESS, THEY DO
NOT CARE FOR THE WIDOWS. I AM SO MUCH IN PAIN AND AGONY, I HAVE PRAYED
AND CRIED TO GOD EVERYDAY TO HEAR MY HUMBLE CRY OF A WIDOW, BUT ATLAST
HE ANSWERED.
NOW THE ATTORNEY MADE ME UNDERSTOOD THAT THE BANK IS
LOOKING FOR THE NEXT-OF-KIN TO PUT CLAIMS FOR HIS MONEY AS THE HEIR,
BECAUSE THEY CANNOT RELEASE THE FUND FROM HIS ACCOUNT UNLESS SOMEONE
WHO IS THE NEXT OF KIN APPLIES FOR CLAIM AS THE NEXT-OF-KIN TO THE MY
LATE HUSBAND AS INDICATED IN THE BANKING GUIDELINES.
UNFORTUNATELY,
THE LAWYER KNOWS THAT I AM NOT CAPABLE OF HANDLING THIS FUND, KNOWING
MY CONDITION AND POSITION, AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ME AND MY
CHILDREN TO ESCAPE FROM POVERTY AND MOVE AWAY FROM THIS WICKED COUNTRY,
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING IS A FOREIGNER WHO WILL HELP US RECEIVE THIS FUND
INTO HIS BANK ACCOUNT, SOMEONE THAT IS CAPABLE AND TRUST WORTHY, WHO
WILL NOT RUN AWAY WITH THIS MONEY.
WE NEED TO ACT FAST, OTHERWISE THE
FUND WILL BE RETURNED TO THE BANKS TREASURY AS UNCLAIMED FUND.WE HAVE
AGREED THAT OUR RATIO OF SHARING WILL BE AS STATED THUS: 35% FOR YOU AS
FOREIGN PARTNER,55% FOR ME AND MY CHILDREN AND 10% FOR THE SETTLEMENT
OF ALL LOCAL AND FOREIGN EXPENSES INCURRED BY YOU DURING THE COURSE OF
THIS BUSINESS.
UPON THE SUCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THIS TRANSFER, I AND
MY TWO CHILDREN WILL COME TO YOUR COUNTRY FOR OUR SHARE, AND I WILL
INVEST PART OF OUR SHARE THROUGH YOU IN YOUR COUNTRY, WE REQUIRE YOU TO
IMMEDIATELY INDICATE YOUR INTEREST BY A RETURN E- MAIL AND ENCLOSE YOUR
PRIVATE CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBER, FAX NUMBER FULL NAME AND ADDRESS AND
YOUR DESIGNATED BANK COORDINATES TO ENABLE THE ATTORNEY TO FILE LETTER
OF CLAIM.
TO THE APPROPRIATE DEPARTMENTS FOR NECESSARY APPROVALS
BEFORE THE TRANSFER CAN BE MADE. (ATTORNEY) IS IN POSITION TO MAKE THIS
TRANSACTION SUCCESSFUL. OR CONTACT THIS E-MAIL
(peter2000_2006@fastermail.com)
NOTE ALSO, THIS TRANSACTION MUST BE
KEPT STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL BECAUSE OF ITS NATURE.I LOOK FORWARD TO
RECEIVING YOUR PROMPT RESPONSE.REMAIN BLESSED.
MRS ANNA SMITH