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FROM: REV MIKE
To: YOU
Subject:Urgent Confidential
RE: TRANSFER OF ($20,000.000.00 USD)
Dear
In order to transfer out (USD 20 MILLION) twenty million United States Dollars from the leading BANK in Nigeria, UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC. I want to ask you to quietly look for a reliable and honest person who will be capable and fit to provide either an existing bank account or to set up a new Bank a/c immediately to receive this money, even an empty a/c can also serve for this purpose.
I am Rev MIKE, the Auditor General of late mr allans p seaman, during the course of our auditing I discovered a floating fund in an account opened in the bank in 2000 and since 2001 nobody has operated on this account again, after going through some old files, from the records I discovered that the owner of the account died without a [heir]hence the money is floating and if I do not remit this money out urgently it will be forfeited for nothing.
The owner of this account is Mr. Allan P. Seaman, a foreigner, and an industrialist, and he died, since 2001 and no other person knows about this account or any thing concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well that Allan P. Seaman until his death was the manager Diamond Safari [pty]. SA.
I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot be approved to a local person here, but can only be approved to any foreigner with valid information about Mr. Allan P. Seaman who is a foreigner too.
However, I am revealing this to you with believe in God that you will never let me down when the money enters your A/C. Send also the information, including the full details of the account to be used for the deposit.
I need your full understanding and co-operation to make this work fine because the management of the Bank is ready to approve this payment to any foreigner who has correct information of this account, which I will give to you, upon your positive response. Two of us will fly to your country at least two days ahead of the money going into the account.
I will use my position and influence to obtain all legal approvals for onward transfer of this money to your account with appropriate clearance from the relevant ministries and foreign exchange departments for easy and smooth transfer of the fund into your account without question.
At the conclusion of this business, I will give to you 40% of the total amount, while 60% will be for me. I am looking forward to hear from you.
Yours truly
Rev MIKE
Auditor General