CAPITAL VENTURE

[Horace Greeley]

Hi,

These things are generally recognized as hoaxes and should be treated as 
such.  I have forwarded this one to the local FBI office.

Horace


At 12:45 PM 10/8/2001 -0700, you wrote:

>Attn: President/CEO
>
>Dear Sir,
>
>First, l must solicit your confidence in this
>transaction, this is by virtue if its nature as being
>utterly CONFIDENTIAL and TOP SECRET. Though l know
>that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one
>apprehensive and worried, but l am assuring you that
>all will be well at the end of the day. We have
>decided to contact you due to the urgency of this
>transaction, as we have been reliably informed of your
>discreteness and ability in transactions of this
>nature.
>
>Let me start by first introducing myself properly to
>you. I am GARBA YAKASAI, an accountant with the Union
>Bank Plc. Lagos. I came to know of you in my private
>search for a reliable and reputable person to handle
>this confidential transaction, which involves the
>transfer of a huge sum of money to a foreign account
>requiring maximum confidence.
>
>THE PROPOSITION
>A foreigner, Late Engineer Jacques Monroe, an Oil
>Merchant/contractor with the Federal Government of
>Nigeria, until his death in a ghastly air crash,
>banked with us here at Union Bank Plc, Lagos, and had
>a closing balance as at the end of March, 2000 worth
>USD$23.5Million (Twenty Three Million, Five Hundred
>Thousand United States Dollars) which the bank now
>expects a next-of-kin to claim as beneficiary.
>Valuable efforts are being made by the Union Bank Plc
>to get in touch with any of the Monroe=92s family or
>relatives but there has been no success.
>
>It is because of the perceived possibility of not
>being able to locate any of late Engr. Jacques Monroe
>next-of-kin (he had no wife nor children that is known
>to us). The management under the influence of our
>Chairman and member of the board of directors, retired
>Major General Umar shelling, that an arrangement has
>been made for the funds to be declared "UNCLAIMABLE"
>and subsequently be donated to the Trust Fund for Arms
>and Ammunition to further enhance the course of war in
>Africa and the world in general.
>
>In order to avert this negative development, some of
>my trusted colleagues and l now seek your permission
>to have you stand as a next-of-kin to the late Engr.
>Jacques Monroe so that the fund USD$23.5Million would
>be released and paid into your account as the
>beneficiary next-of-kin. All documents and proves to
>enable you get this fund will be carefully worked out.
>We have secured from the probate an order of mandamus
>to locate any of the deceased beneficiaries, and more
>so we are assuring you of a 100% risk free
>involvement. Your share stays while the rest would be
>for myself and my colleagues for investment purposes
>in your country.
>
>We have agreed that, the funds will be shared thus,
>after it has been transferred into your account.
>
>1. 30% of the money will go to you for acting as the
>beneficiary of the fund.
>
>2. 10% will be set aside for reimbursement to both
>parties for any incidental expenses that may be
>incurred in the course of the transfer.
>
>3. 60% to us the originators of the transaction. If
>this proposal is accepted by you. Do not take undue
>advantage of the trust we have bestowed on you and
>your company, then kindly get to me immediately via
>Tel/Fax: +01-5016948361 furnishing me with your most
>confidential telephone, fax number and exclusive bank
>/account. Particulars so that l can use this
>information to apply for the release and subsequent
>transfer of the funds in your favour.
>
>Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation.
>
>Yours faithfully,
>
>GARBA YAKASAI
>
>Accountant (UNION BANK PLC)
>
>
>
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