Subject: urgent reply

From: IFEJIKA OSSY <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 24 May 2003 03:19:13 -0400

From the Desk of: 
MR.IFEJIKA OSSY. 
ACCOUNT DEPARTMENT 
CITY EXPRESS BANK PLC. 
MARINA- BRANCH, LAGOS. 
FAX:234-1-759 3339 DIRECT. 
EMAIL:[email-masked]
TO: THE MANAGING DIRECTOR/CEO 

DEAR SIR, 

RE:TRANSFER OF THE SUM OF US$30.5M DOLLARS INTO YOUR
ACCOUNT 

FIRST,I MUST SOLICIT YOUR CONFIDENCE IN THIS
TRANSACTION.THIS IS BY VIRTUE OF IT'S NATURE AS BEING
UTTERLY CONFIDENTIAL AND TOP SECRET.THOUGH I KNOW THAT
A TRANSACTION OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL MAKE ANYONE
APPREHENSIVE AND WORRIED.BUT I AM ASSURING YOU THAT
ALL
WILL BE WELL AT THE END OF THE DAY.WE HAVE DECIDED TO
CONTACT YOU THROUGH THIS MEDIUM DUE TO THE URGENCY OF
THIS TRANSACTION AS WE HAVE BEEN RELIABLY INFORMED OF
YOUR DISCRETENESS AND ABILITY. 

LET ME START BY INTRODUCING MYSELF TO YOU. I AM MR.
IFEJIKA OSSY,AN ACCOUNTANT WITH THE CITY EXPRESS BANK
PLC BRANCH OFFICE LAGOS.I CAME TO KNOW ABOUT YOU IN MY
PRIVATE SEARCH FOR A RELIABLE AND REPUTABLE PERSON TO
HANDLE THIS CONFIDENTIAL TRANSACTION AS WE ARE STILL
IN ACTIVE SERVICE. 

THE PROPOSITION. 

AN AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL,LATE ENGINEER BUTCH
.R.MIGUEL,AN OIL MERCHANT/CONTRACTOR 
WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA,UNTIL HIS DEATH
THREE YEARS AGO IN A GHASTLY AIR CRASH IN AN EGYPT
AIR, FLIGHT 990 WHICH OCCURED ON 2ND NOVEMBER
1999,BANKED WITH US HERE AT CITY EXPRESS BANK PLC .
MARINA BRANCH LAGOS,AND HAD A CLOSSING BALANCE OF
US$30.5M(THIRTY MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED
STATES DOLLARS)IN A FIXED DEPOSIT ACCOUNT,WHICH THE
BANK UNQUESTIONABLY EXPECTS IT TO BE CLAIMED BY ANY
AVAILABLE FOREIGN NEXT-OF-KIN TO THE LATE BENEFICIARY
OR ALTERNATIVELY BE DONATED TO A DISCREDITED TRUST
FUND FOR THE PURCHASE OF ARMS AND AMMUNITIONS AT THE
MILITARY WAR COLLEGE IN KADUNA STATE HERE IN NORTHERN
NIGERIA. 

SEQUEL TO THIS,FERVENT VALUABLE EFFORTS WERE MADE BY
CITY EXPRESS BANK TO GET IN TOUCH WITH ANY OF THE
MIGUEL'S FAMILY OR RELATIVES BUT PROVED TO NO 
AVAIL.IT IS BECAUSE OF THE PERCEIVED POSIBILITY OF NOT
BEING ABLE TO LOCATE ANY OF THE LATE ENGR.BUTCH R.
MIGUEL'S NEXT-OF-KIN(HE HAD NO KNOWN WIFE AND
CHILDREN) THAT THE MANAGEMENT UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF
OUR HONOURABLE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS,MAJOR-GENERAL KALU UKE KALU(Rtd), 
THAT AN ARRANGEMENT BE MADE FOR THE FUND TO BE
DECLARED"UN-CLAIMABLE" AND SUBSIQUENTLY BE DONATED TO
THE TRUST FUND FOR THE PURCHASE OF ARMS AND 
AMMUNITON TO FURTHER ENHANCE THE COURSE OF WAR IN
AFRICA AND THE WORLD IN GENERAL.IN ORDER TO AVERT THIS
CRUDE AND NEGATIVE DEVELOPMENT,SOME OF MY TRUSTED 
COLLEAGUES AND I NOW SEEK YOUR PERMISSION TO HAVE YOU
STAND AS THE NEXT-OF-KIN TO LATE ENGR. BUTCH
R.MIGUEL,SO THAT THE FUND US$30.5M WOULD BE RELEASED
AND PAID INTO YOUR ACCOUNT AS THE BENEFICIARY'S
NEXT-OF KIN.ALL DOCUMENTS AND PROVES TO ENABLE YOU
RECIEVE THIS FUND WILL BE CAREFULLY WORKED OUT AND
MORESO AS PROFESSIONAL BANKERS, WE ARE ASSURING YOU OF
100% RISK-FREE INVOLVEMENT. YOUR SHARE STAYS WHILE THE
REST WILL BE FOR MYSELF AND MY COLLEAGUES FOR
INVESTMENT PURPOSES IN YOUR COUNTRY. 

NOTE THAT THIS TRANSACTION WILL STRICTLY BE BASED ON
THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS I HAVE STATED
BELOW, AS WE HAVE HEARD CONFIRMED CASES OF 
BUSINESS ASSOCIATES RUNNING AWAY WITH FUNDS KEPT IN
THEIR CUSTODY WHEN IT IS FINALLY REMITTED INTO THIER
BANK ACCOUNTS.A VERY GOOD EXAMPLE IS THE ONE OF MR. 
PETER HOPWOOD,THE PRESIDENT OF MILEAGE TRADING AND
INVESTMENT COMPANY AT NUMBER 121, WEST 55TH
STREET,21st FLOOR,NEW YORK 10022, AND THE FORMER
CHAIRMAN OF OMPADEC(MR PATRICK OPIA)WHOM WE WERE
RELIABLY INFORMED THAT AFTER THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN
BOTH PARTNERS IN WHICH HE WAS TO TAKE 15% OF THE MONEY
WHILE THE REMAINING 85% FOR THE NIGERIAN
OFFICIALS.WITH ALL THE REMAINING DOCUMENTS SIGNED,THE
MONEY WAS DULY TRANSFERED INTO MR HOPWOOD'S ACCOUNT,
ONLY TO BE DISAPPOINTED ON THEIR ARRIVAL IN NEW YORK
AND WERE INFORMED THAT MR PETER HOPWOOD WAS NO LONGER
ON THAT ADDRESS,WHILE HIS TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS
HAD 
BEEN RE-ALLOCATED TO SOME BODY ELSE. 

THIS WAS HOW THEY LOST US$18.5M TO MR HOPWOOD.THIS IS
A VERY RECENT STORY HERE IN MY COUNTRY AND EVERYBODY
IS AWARE OF THIS.SOME OF THE OFFICIALS DECIDED TO CRY
OUT AND FACE THE LAW,BECAUSE THEY FELT THEY HAD LOST
SO MUCH TO A STRANGER,WHILE THE CHAIRMAN OF OMPADEC(MR
PATRICK OPIA)IS NOW HIDDING IN A FORIEGN COUNTRY.SO
RIGHT NOW, I AM TAKING ALL PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES TO
GUARD AGAINST RE-OCCURENCE OF SUCH ACT IN OUR
CASE.THIS IS WHY WE HAVE DECIDED THAT THIS TRANSACTION
WILL BE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING:- 
(a) OUR CONVICTION OF YOUR TRANSPARENCY, HONESTY AND
DILIGENCE. 

(b) THAT YOU WILL TREAT THIS TRANSACTION WITH UTMOST
SECRECY AND CONFIDENTIALITY. 

(c) YOU MUST BE READY TO PRODUCE US WITH ENOUGH
INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF TO PUT OUR MINDS AT REST. 

(d) THAT UPON RECIEPT OF THE FUND,YOU WILL PROMPTLY
RELEASE OUR SHARE ON DEMAND AFTER YOU HAVE DEDUCTED
YOUR 20%.YOUR URGENCY WILL BE HIGHLY APPRECIATED AS WE
ARE ALREADY BEHIND SCHEDULE FOR THIS FINANCIAL QUATER.

IF THIS PROPOSAL IS ALRIGHT BY YOU,THEN KINDLY GET TO
ME IMMEDIATELY ON MY CELLULAR PHONE
NUMBER:234-802-338-3499 FOR CONFIDENTIALITY OR REPLY
TO 
EMAIL:[email-masked]

THANK YOU IN ANTICIPATON OF YOUR COOPERATION. 

YOURS FAITHFULLY, 

MR. IFEJIKA OSSY
(Chief Accountant) 
CITY EXPRESS BANK PLC. 
MARINA BRANCH LAGOS