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From: "james martins duru" 
Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2001 6:43 PM
Subject: URGENT/CONFIDENTIAL CALL ME !!!


ATTN,DEAR.

MY NAME IS MR JAMES MARTINS, THE MANAGER CREDIT AND FOREIGN BILLS OF
ECOBANK LOME TOGO [ECB] .
I AM WRITING IN RESPECT OF FOREIGN CUSTOMER OF MY BANK WITH ACCOUNT NUMBER
14-255-2004/utb/t WHO PERISHED IN A PLANE CRASH[ETHIOPIAN AIRLINE 961] WITH
OTHER PASSENGERS ABOARD .

SIR, SINCE THE DEMISE OF THIS OUR CUSTOMER, I PERSONALLY HAVE WATCHED WITH
KEEN INTEREST TO SEE THE NEXT OF KIN BUT ALL HAS PROVED ABORTIVE AS NO  ONE
HAS COME TO CLAIM HIS FUNDS OF USD.10.5 M, TEN MILLION
FIVE HUNDRED  THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS] HAS BEEN WITH MY BANK FOR A
VERY LONG TIME .  ON THIS NOTE I DECIDED TO SEEK FOR WHOM HIS NAME SHALL BE
USED AS THE NEXT OF KIN AS NO ONE HAS COME UP TO BE THE NEXT OF KIN. AND THE
BANKING  ETHICS HERE DOES NOT ALLOW SUCH MONEY TO STAY MORE THAN FOUR
YEARS,BECUASE  AFTER FOUR YEARS THE MONEY WILL BE RECALLED TO THE BANK
TREASURY AS  UNCLAIMED.

IN VIEW OF THIS I GOT YOUR CONTACT THROUGH MY COUNTRY'S FOREIGN TRADE
MISSION AFTER I WAS CONVINCED IN MY MIND THAT YOUR NAME COULD BE USED AS THE
NEXT OF KIN. THE REQUEST OF THE FOREIGNER AS A NEXT OF KIN IN THIS BUSINESS
IS OCCASIONED BY THE FACT THAT THE CUSTOMER WAS A FOREIGNER AND A TOGOLESE
CAN NOT STAND AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO A FOREIGNER.

I AGREED THAT USD 3.5 M OF THIS MONEY WILL BE FOR YOU AS A FOREIGN PARTNER
IN RESPECT OF PROVIDING AN ACCOUNT,WHILE THE REST WILL BE FOR ME,
THEREAFTER I WILL VISIT YOUR COUNTRY FORDISBURSEMENT .

THEREFORE TO ENDEAVOUR THE IMMEDIATE TRANSFER OF THIS FUND TO ACCOUNT AS
ARRANGED, YOU MUST APPLY FIRST TO THE BANK AS A RELATION TO THE DECEASED .
UPON THE RECEIPT OF YOUR REPLY, I WILL SEND YOU BY FAX  OR E-MAIL THE
APPLICATION AND THE NEXT STEP to TAKE .I WILL NOT FAIL TO  BRING TO YOUR
NOTICE THAT THIS BUSINESS IS HITCH FREE AND THAT YOU SHOULD  NOT ENTERTAIN
ANY FEAR AS THE WHOLE REQUIRED ARRANGEMENT AS BEEN MADE FOR  THE TRANSFER.

YOU SHOULD CONTACT ME AS A MATTER OF FACT IMMEDIATELY AS SOON  AS YOU
RECEIVE THIS LETTER.

TRUSTING TO HEAR FROM YOU.

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,

REGARDS

MR.JAMES MARTINS
TEL:+228(03-33-18.)