DR.PETER PAUL.
ACCOUNT DEPARTMENT
UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC.
MARINA- BRANCH, LAGOS..
TO: PRESIDENT/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
DR.PETER PAUL,AN ACCOUNTANT WITH THE UNION BANK OF NIGERIA 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 UNION BANK OF NIGERIA . 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 UNION BANK OF NIGERIA 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 PROV!
ES 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 M!
R 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 ANDDILIGENCE.
(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 ALREDY BEHIND SCHEDULE FOR THIS FINANCIAL QUATER. IF THIS PROPOSAL IS ALRIGHT
BY YOU,THEN KINDLY GET TO ME IMMEDIATELY ON MY EMAIL ADDRESS.PLEASE NOTE THAT MY EMAIL
WOULD BE USED SO AS TO AVOID TAPPING THROUGH OUR TELEPHONE CONVERSATIONS BY UNKOWN
INDIVIDUAL TILL WHEN CONVIENENT TO USE THE TEL-LINES.
THANK YOU IN ANTICIPATON OF YOUR COOPERATION.
YOURS FAITHFULLY,
DR.PETER PAUL.
( Chief Accountant)
UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC.
MARINA BRANCH LAGOS.
