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From: "Phillips Hicks (Esq.)"<[email protected]>
Reply: <[email protected])>
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2017 10:53:21 -0800
Subject: Happy New year,


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FROM BARRISTER PHILLIPS HICKS CHAMBERS
LEGAL PRACTITIONER AND PUBLIC NOTARY
& HIGH COURT REPRESENTATIVE
SUITE 202 OMEGA PLAZA, APAPA
LAGOS -NIGERIA.
 
Dear Sir/Ma,
 
It is obvious that this proposal will come to you as a surprise. This
is because we have not met before but i am inspired to sending you
this email by the huge fund transfer opportunity that will be of
mutual benefit to two of us.
 
However, I am Barrister Phillips Hicks (Esq.), the personal Attorney
to the late Engr. Steve Moore, who used to work with Shell Petroleum
Development Company (SPDC) in Nigeria. On the 21st of April 2010, my
client, his wife and their three children were involved in a fertile
car accident along Sagamu/Lagos Express Road.
 
Unfortunately they all lost their lives in the event of the accident,
since then I have made several enquiries to several Embassies to
locate any of my clients extended relatives, this has also proved
unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to
trace his relatives over the Internet to locate any member of his
family but of no avail, hence I contacted you.
 
I contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and property left
behind by my client, I will present your data’s to the Bank as the
only surviving relatives of my Client and with the power invested in
me as the only Legal Attorney to my late client It will be easily to
convince the bank with my legal practice that you are the only
surviving relation of my client. Otherwise the huge amount and the
Estate he left behind will be confiscated or declared unserviceable by
the bank where this huge deposit was lodged.
 
Particularly, the Bank where the deceased had an account valued at
about USD$27million U.S Dollars (Twenty Seven Million U.S. America
Dollars). Consequently, the bank issued me a notice to provide the
next of kin or have the account confiscated within the next ten
official working days. Since i have been unsuccessful in locating the
relatives for over several years now, I seek your consent to present
you as the next of kin of the deceased, so that the proceeds of this
account valued at USD$27million U.S Dollars can be paid to your
account and then you and me can share the money. 55%to me and 40% to
you, while 5% should be for expenses or tax as your government may
require.
 
I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any
claim we may make. All I require is your honest cooperation and total
commitments to enable us see this deal through. I guarantee that this
will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you
from any breach of the law. Please get in touch with me by my email
([email protected]) to enable us discuss further.
And please fill free to call me through direct phone Number (+234-
8060313093)
 
1, Your Name
2, House Address
3, Your Phone/Fax Number
4, Your Age and Gender
5, Your occupation
 
_Yours Faithfully,_
 
Barrister Phillips Hicks (Esq)
 

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