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From:Mr.Joe Ukpoma
{Executive Director,Int Operations
Group(South)}IBTC Chartered Bank Plc,
Email:(joejoeukpoma_201@yahoo.com.hk)
Dear Friend,
First I must solicit your confidence in this letter to you, this is by virtue of its nature as
being utterly confidential and top secret.Though I know that a proposal letter of this magnitude
will make any one apprehensive and worried due to the spam/scam mails that goes across the
globe,but I am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the day. I decided to contact you
due to the urgency needed, as I have been reliably awared of your discreetness and ability in
transaction of this nature.
My name is Mr.Joe Ukpoma, Head, Int Operations Group(South)}IBTC Chartered Bank Plc,I came to know
about you in my private search for a reliable person to handle a confidential transaction on my
behalf.l write in respect of a foreign customer with Current A/C number:14-2558-2004,who
nfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 which crashed on
January 31 2000,including his wife and only daughter leaving nobody to claim the money.You shall
read more news about the crash on visiting this site;
http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/.
The owner of this account Mr. Morris Thompson an American and great industrialist and a resident
of Alaska.Since the death of this our customer Mr. Morris Thompson, I have kept a close monitoring
of the deposit records and accounts since then. Nobody has come forward to claim the money in this
A/C as next of kin to the late Mr. Morris Thompson. The total amount in the account US$18.5
million and it is a domiciliary escrow bank account.It is only an insider,the account owner or a
next of kin who has information about the account that could produce the Code or password of the
deposit particulars. Also the funds can only be released to a foreigner. I am willing to share
this money with you in the ratio of 65-35%. You shall have 35% of the funds and I shall share the
rest with my partner at the bank.I hope this is a fair sharing?
If you are willing and ready to assist with this business then confirm to the following
information of yours below for further proceedings:
Full Name...............Contact Address...................
Date of Birth............Occupation.......................
Phone number............Mobile phone......................
Fax......................
I wait for your urgent response.this is my private e-mail
(joejoeukpoma_201@yahoo.com.hk)
Thanks and best Regards.
Mr.Joe Ukpoma