Subject: REPLY

From: "edward" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 21:12:33 -0700

Edward Offor
 Orient Bank Nig plc,
 Victoria Island Branch,
 Lagos, Nigeria.
 ATTN: MD/CEO
 I am Edward Offor a Branch Manager with Orient Bank Nig plc 
 , Victoria Island Branch, Lagos, Nigeria.
 I have an urgent and very profitable business
 proposition for you that should be handled with
 extreme confidentiality.
 On January 6,1998 a Foreign Oil Consultant and
 contractor with the Nigerian National Petroleum
 Corporation (NNPC) Mr. James Herbert by name made a
 numbered time Fixed Deposit for twelve calendar months
 valued at US$38.6M (Thirty Eight Million, Six Hundred
 United States Dollars Only) in my branch
 Upon maturity I sent a routine notification in
 accordance with the Bank policy to his forwarding
 address but got no reply.
 After a month we sent a reminder and finally we
 discovered from his contract employers the Nigerian
 National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) that Mr. James
 Herbert died from an automobile accident.
 On further investigation, we found out that he died
 without making a Will and all attempts to trace his
 next of kin was fruitless. I therefore made further
 investigations and discovered that Mr. James Herbert
 did not declare any next of kin or relations in all
 his official documents including his Bank Deposit
 paperwork in my Bank.
 This sum of US$38.6M has been carefully moved out of
 my bank to a Security Company in Europe for
 safekeeping.
 No one will ever come forward to claim it and
 according to Nigerian Law, at the expiration of 5
 years the money will revert to the ownership of the
 Nigerian Government if nobody applies to claim the
 fund.
 This prompted us to contact you.We will like to front
 you as the next of kin of our late client thereby
 making you the legal beneficiary of the sum of $38.6
 million U.S Dollars that is presently in a Security
 Company in Europe.
 I contacted you because it is against our code of
 ethics to own and operate foreign accounts and your
 assistance would be needed to claim the money in the
 Security Company in Europe.
 We have unanimously agreed that 25% of the entire sum
 would be for you if you agree to take part in this
 profitable transaction,70% for me and 2 of my
 colleagues while the remaining 5% would be used to pay
 back the expenses that may be incurred during the
 course of the transaction by both parties after the
 fund has been claimed and lodged in your account.
 In the event that you are genuinely interested in the
 transaction,the following information would be needed
 from you to expedite action.
 1) Your Full Name and Address that would be used to
 establish you as the next of kin of our late client
 thereby making you the legal beneficiary of the fund.
 This would ensure that the Security Company in Europe
 releases the Consignment/Fund to you.
 2) Your Private Mobile,Telphone and Fax numbers where
 you can be reached at all time because this
 transaction entails constant communication.
 The transaction is 100% risk free as all modalities
 has been perfected to ensure the hitch free success of
 the transaction.
 If you are interested, send the requested information
 via email that we can proceed .
 I await your response urgently.
 Regards,
 Edward Offor