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From: <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2018 11:28:54 +0300
Subject: Re: OFFICE OF LEGAL SOLICITORS AND LAWYERS OF THE SUPREME COURT OF BENIN
BENIN BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL LAW ATTORNEYS
J. KUTA CHAMBERS & ASSOCIATES, L.L.B, L.L.M
LEGAL SOLICITORS AND LAWYERS OF THE SUPREME COURT OF BENIN,
404 ADOGLITTA, AKPAKPA COTONOU, BENIN REPUBLIC.
Hello my friend,
I am Barrister Johnson Kuta, English speaking Beninoise, Solicitor and
Financial Attorney/Consultant. I was moved to contact you based on the
present condition of things here. There was a foreigner who registered
with my Legal firm as his personal Attorney and he was a stock broker
as
well as a one time secret agent for importing oil from overseas for
our
former Ministers and also a construction contractor.
So, on June 2003 my client made a fixed deposit for US$9,500,000.00
(Nine
Million, Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars Only) in a Bank here in
Benin
with standing statement/agreement with the bank that all
correspondence in
respect to the fixed deposit contract must be sent to him through my
humble chambers. Upon maturity, the routine notification was sent to
me,
which I dispatched to his forwarding address as usual without a reply.
After a month, I sent a reminder which I received from the bank
without
any reply again. Finally, I discovered from my client's contract
employee
that he died with his family in the Benin Republic December 26, 2003
plane
crash. He died without making any WILL and all attempts to trace his
relatives were fruitless.
I also discovered that he did not declare any kin or relations in all
his
official documents, including his fixed deposit contract with the
bank.
Hence I seek your consent to present you to this bank as the next of
kin
based on the official letter I just received from his bankers
reminding me
that BENINOISE LAW states that at the expiration of fourteen (14)
years
the money will be reverted to the ownership of the BENINOISE
Government if
I do not confirm the next of kin to claim the fund.
Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a foreigner to
stand
in as the next of kin to my deceased client since you share the same
surname and a foreigner so that the fruits of this old man's labor
will
not go into the hands of some corrupt government officials.
Note that this transaction is simple and risk free because I will
provide
expert legal services that will guarantee the successful execution of
this
deal. If you are interested, please contact me as soon as possible
through
phone, I shall provide you with more details and how we shall proceed
with
the claims. I expect you to observe utmost confidentiality and be rest
assured that this transaction would be profitable for both of us.
Thanks
as I wait for your reply.
Best regards,
Hon. Barrister J. Kuta (Esq)