NIGERIAN SCAM LETTER FROM

DELE MARTINS

> FROM: THE DESK OF MR DELE MARTINS,
> DIRECTOR, CREDIT CONTROL,
> UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC.
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UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC
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LAGOS NIGERIA
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BIG, STRONG, RELIABLE
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> EMAIL:delemartins@indiatimes.com
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>                                                    STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
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> DEAR SIR,
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> I KNOW THIS PROPOSAL WILL COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE EXPECIALLY WHEN YOU DO
NOT KNOW THE WRITER, CONDSIDERING, THE HUGE SUM OF MONEY INVOLVED WHICH
COULD MAKE ANY APPREHENSIVE.
>
> LET ME START BY INTRODUCING MYSELF TO YOU, I AM MR.DELE MARTINS DIRECTOR
CREDIT CONTROL, UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC. LAGOS. I SAW YOUR CONTACT DURING
MY PRIVATE SEARCH AT THE INFORMATION CENTRE HERE IN NIGERIA CHAMBER OF
COMMENCE AND INDUSTRY AND I WANT TO BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL BE VERY HONEST,
COMMITTED AND CAPABLE OF ASSISTING IN THIS BUSINESS VENTURE.
>
> FIRSTLY, LET ME EXPLAIN THE SOURCE OF THIS FUNDS AND WHAT YOU ARE EXPECTED
TO DO. A FORIGNER LATE ENGINEER THEOPHILUS BAKER, AN OIL MERCHANT/CONTRACTOR
WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA, UNTIL HIS DEATH, OVER A YEAR AGO, WAS A
VICTIM OFA KENYA AIRWAYS: BUS (A310-300) FLIGHT KQ430 PLANE CRASH. THE
DECEASED, ENGNIEER THEOPILIUS BAKER, BANKED WITH US AND HAS A CLOSING
BALANCE AS A JULY 2000 WORTH $9.5M (NINE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOSAND USD).
WHICH MY BANK, NOW EXPECTES A NEXT-OF-KIN TO CLAIM AS THE BENEFICIARY OF THE
FUNDS, EFFORTS HAS BEEN MADE BY UNION BANK OF NIGERIA TO GET IN TOUCH WITH
THE BAKER'S FAMILY OR RELATIVE BUT TO NO SUCCESS.
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> BASED ON THE PERCEIVED POSSIBILITY OF NOT BEING ABLE TO LOCATE ENGNIEER
THEOPILUS'S NEXT-OF-KIN, THE MANAGEMENT UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF OUR CHAIRMAN
AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ARE MAKING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE FUNDS TO BE
DECLARED UNCLAIMED AND CHANNELED TO AN UNKNOWN ACCOUNT.
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> IT IS BASED ON THIS THAT WE HAVE CONTACTED YOU TO STAND AS THE NEXT-OF-KIN
OF LATE ENGR. THEOPILUS BAKER SO THAT THE FUNDS, WILL BE RELEASED AND PAID
INTO YOUR ACCOUNT
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> AS THE BENEFICIARY AND THE NEXT-OF-KIN TO THE DECEASED.
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> ALL DOCUMENTS, AND PROOF TO ENABLE YOU GET THE FUNDS HAVE BEEN CAREFULLY
WORKED OUT AS WE HAVE SECURED FROM THE DIFFERENT OFFICES CONCERNED FOR THE
SMOOTH TRANSFER OF THE FUND TO YOUR NOMINATED ACCOUNT.IT HAS BEEN AGREED
THAT THE OWNER OF THE ACCOUNT WILL BE COMPENSATED WITH 20% OF THE REMITTED
FUNDS, WHILE WE KEEP 75% AND 5% WILL BE SET ASIDE TO OFFSET EXPENSES AND PAY
THE NECESSARY TAXES.
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> IF THIS PROPOSAL SATISFIES YOU, PLEASE REACH US ONLY BY MAIL , FOR MORE
INFORMATION.
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> YOURS FAITHFULLY,
>
> MR. DELE MARTINS

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