Here is my reply:
Dear Mark,
As much as I would love your recipe for those munchy morcels of delicious mouthwatering double chocolet yummies, things are a bit tight over here in Cairo at the moment, with the US bombing etc. Let me introduce myself, I AM Dr.Wasdee Kofi, THE MANAGER, MISR EXTERIOR BANK,ZAMALEK BRANCH,CAIRO EGYPT.
FOR REASONS WHICH WILL COME TO LIGHT AS YOU READ ON, I OBTAINED YOUR ADDRESS PARTICULARLY FROM INTERNET LISTING. PLEASE EXERCISE SOME PATIENCE AND READ THROUGH MY MESSAGE.
THIS IS NOT A SPAM MAIL!!!
I HAVE A VERY URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS TO
PROPOSE TO YOU.ON JUNE 6TH 1997, AN OIL
CONSULTANT/CONTRACTOR WITH THE EGYPTIAN OIL
MINISTRY, MR. AHMED YOUSEFF MUSTAPHA, AN IRAQI
NATIONAL,MADE A NUMBERED TIME FIXED DEPOSIT FOR
TWELVE CALENDAR MONTHS, VALUE US$18 MILLION
DEPOSIT IN MY BRANCH. ON MATURITY,WE SENT A ROUTINE
NOTIFICATION TO HIS FORWARDING ADDRESS BUT GOT NO
REPLY.AFTER A MONTH, WE SENT A REMINDER AND FINALLY
HIS EMPLOYERS WROTE TO INFORM US THAT MR.MUSTAPHA
DIED IN AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT. THAT HE DIED WITHOUT
MAKING A WILL WHILE ATTEMPT TO TRACE HIS NEXT OF KIN
THROUGH THE IRAQI EMBASSY PROVED FRUITLESS.
AT FIRST, I WAS SURPRISED THAT I DID NOT RECEIVE MUCH
OFFICIAL CO-OPERATION; IN MY ENQUIRIES IN ORDER TO
TRACE HIS KIN IN IRAQ AND INFORM THEM ABOUT MR.
MUSTAPHA’S DEPOSIT OF US$18 MIILLION PLUS ACCRUED
INTEREST.
FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT MR. MUSTAPHA WAS
ACTIVELY OPPOSSING TO THE GOVERNMENT OF PRESIDENT
SADDAM HUSSEIN OF IRAQ, AS A RESULT, HE WAS DRIVEN
INTO EXILE. BEING AN OIL EXPERT,MR.MUSTAPHA
SUBSEQUENTLY
OBTAINED A JOB IN EGYPT HERE, AND SETTLED IN EGYPT.
THEREAFTER HE WALKED INTO MY OFFICE TO MAKE THE
AFFORMENTIONED DEPOSIT OF US$18 MILLION. HE DID NOT
DECLARE HIS KIN IN HIS APPLICATION PAPER WORK. WHEN I
ASKED HIM, HE INFORMED ME THAT HE WISHED IT SO. IN
THE CONSERVATIVE MANNER OF OUR BANK. I DID NOT TURN
DOWN HIS WISH BUT RATHER HONOURED IT ESPECIALLY GIVEN
HIS HIGH NET WORTH.IN REALITY, NO ONE KNOWS THE SOURCE
OF HIS MONEY SINCE APPARENTLY, THE TIME FRAME OF HIS
EMPLOYMENT HERE DOES INDEED PRECLUDE SUCH A LARGE
AMOUNT OF MONEY.IT IS THEREFORE PRESUMED THAT HE
BROUGHT IN HIS MONEY FROM IRAQ ALTHOUGH THIS IS OPEN
TO SPECULATION.
THE POINT HOWEVER IS THAT THE EMPLOYERS ARE NOT AWARE
OF HIS MONEY,THEREFORE ONE CAN SAFELY INFER THAT NO
ONE WILL EVER COME FOR THIS MONEY.
THIS FUND, TOTALLING US$18.9M(INCLUSIVE OF ACCRUED
INTEREST) IS STILL SITTING IN MY BANKS DORMANT ACCOUNT
PORTFOLIO.
ACCORDING TO EGYPTIAN BANKING LAWS AND ACT OF 1993,
THE MONEY WILL AUTOMATICALLY REVERT TO THE EGYPTIAN
GOVERNMENT TREASURY AFTER FIVE YEARS, ESPECIALLY IF
THE ACCOUNT OWNER IS A FOREIGNER WHO HAS BEEN ERTIFIED
DEAD AND THERE IS NO VALID CLAIM, THIS INDEED, IS THE
SITUATION.I AM THUS LOOKING FOR A FOREIGNER WHO WILL
STAND-IN AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO MR. MUSTAPHA. IT IS NOT
NECESSARY TO BE A BLOOD RELATION TO MR.MUSTAPHA,
NEITHER IS IT NECESSARY TO BEAR THE SAME SURNAME
WITH HIM.IT IS EVEN NOT IMPORTANT FOR THE STAND-IN
NEXT OF KIN TO BE AN IRAQ NATIONAL.
ALREADY, I HAVE WORKED OUT MODALITIES FOR ACHIEVING MY
AIM OF APPOINTING A NEXT OF KIN AS WELL AS TRANSFER
THE MONEY ABROAD FOR US TO SHARE.
IT IS MY INTENTION TO ACHIEVE THIS TRANSFER IN A
LEGITIMATE WAY BY SIMPLY USING AN
ATTORNEY(REPRESENTING YOU AS BENEFICIARY) TO EXECUTE
A
SERIES OF AFFIDAVITS IN SUPPORT OF YOUR CLAIM.THIS
WILL BE APPROVED.THE MONEY TRANSFER PAPER WORK ITSELF
WILL INCLUDE A CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN SO THAT THE
ECEIVING BANK DOES NOT ASK QUESTIONS OR WORSE STILL
REFUSE THE FUND ACCEPTANCE ON GROUND OF
LAUNDERING.ALSO, THE PAPER WORK WILL INCLUDE PROPER
CERTIFICATION THAT THE FUND BEING
TRANSFERRED IS FROM NON-CRIMINAL SOURCES. IN SHORT
THIS WILL BE A PROPER AND LEGAL MONEY TRANSFER WITH
APPARENTLY NO RISK INVOLVED! THE ATTORNEY WILL HAVE TO
PROCESS THE INITIAL PAPER WORK TO OBTAIN APPROVAL FROM
THE PROBATE REGISTRY OF THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE FOR
THE LETTER OF ADMINISTRATION EMPOWERING YOU AS THE
SOUL TRUSTEE/EXECUTOR TO THE ESTATE OF MR.MUSTAPHA.
IF YOU THEREFORE AGREE TO BE THE OFFICIAL BENEFICIARY,
THEN BUT WOULD SIMPLY BE REQUIRED TO FURNISH THE
ATTORNEY AT THE RIGHT TIME WITH THE
FOLLOWING:
1. A BANK ACCOUNT (AN ACCOUNT WITH ZERO CREDIT BALANCE
IS OKAY)
2. THE COMPLETE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE BANK
3. THE RELEVANT ACCOUNT NUMBER OF THE ACCOUNT IN (1)
ABOVE I WILL ALSO NEED THE ABOVE INFORMATION ONCE I
HAVE THE REQUIRED INFORMATION AS ABOVE, I WILL
INITIATE THE PROCESSING OF THE TRANSFER, AND IN ABOUT
EIGHT (8)WORKING DAYS, THE FUND WILL BE IN YOUR
NOMINATED BANK ACCOUNT FOR US TO SHARE IN THE RATIO
OF: 80% FOR ME 15%FOR YOU . THE TRANSACTION IS
GUARANTEED TO SUCCEED WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS. IF YOU
SEND ME THE INFORMATION REQUESTED ABOVE, I SHALL
PROVIDE YOU WITH MY DETAILED ADDRESS, INCLUDING
PHONE/FAX ETC PLUS ANY FURTHER CLARIFICATION THAT YOU
MAY NEED.
I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR URGENT REPLY.
BEST WISHES,
Dr.Wasdee Kofi |
