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From: "MARTINEZ MORRIS" To: Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 16:36:54 -0700 Subject: VERY URGENT DEAR SIR, MY NAME IS MARTINEZ MORRIS JNR.THE CHIEF FINANCIAL/LEGAL ADVISER TO LATE HEAD OF STATE OF NIGERIA, GENERAL SANI ABACHA . I GOT YOUR CONTACT FROM A SCEARCH INTO THE INTERNET AND OPTED FOR IT AS A RESULT OF MY QUEST TO DO THE BUSINESS AT HAND WITH YOU AND WISH TO USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO NOTIFY YOU OF AN EXISTING AMOUNT OF MONEY WE WILL LIKE TO TRANSFER OVERSEAS FOR THE PURPOSE OF INVESTMENT IN YOUR COUNTRY. AS YOU MUST HAVE KNOWN,THE FAMILY OF THE LATE HEAD OF STATE IS CURRENTLYGOING THROUGH ALL SORTS OF PROBES UNDER THE CURRENT HEAD OF STATE, GENERAL OLUSEGUN OBASANJO, AND THEY HAVE BEEN MADE TO REFUND TO THE GOVERNMENT THE SUM OF $625,263.187.00 (SIX HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE MILLION, TWO HUNDREDAND SIXTY THREE THOUSAND, ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY SEVEN UNITED STATES DOLLARS AND £75,306,884.00 (SEVENTY FIVE MILLION, THREE HUNDRED AND SIX THOUSAND, EIGHT HUNDRED AND EIGHTY FOUR POUNDS STERLING) AND ALSO MILLIONS OF MONEY IN OUR LOCAL CURRENCY AND PROPERTIES TOO, OF WHICH YOU CAN READ FROM THE NEWSPAPER PUBLICATION THAT I WILL SEND TO YOU AS SOON AS I HEAR FROM YOU. BASED ON THIS AMOUNT RECOVERED FROM THEM,THEY HAVE MANDATED METO FIND A FOREIGNER WHO CAN HELP THEM MOVE THE MONEY THEY SECURED WITH A SECURITYCOMPANY IN NIGERIA TO OVERSEAS. A CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT AND CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN AND OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU TO PROVE THE REALITY OF THE TRANSACTION. IF YOU THEREFORE AGREE TO ASSIST US NOTE THAT YOU WILL NOT BE REQUIREDTO SIGN ANY MONEY TRANSFER DOCUMENTS AS OUR APPOINTED ATTORNEY WILL DO ALL THAT. ALSO YOU WILL NOT BE REQUIRED TO VISIT NIGERIA BUT WOULD SIMPLY BE REQUIRED TO FURNISH THE ATTORNEY AT THE RIGHT TIME, YOUR BANK DETAILS,WHEREYOU WANT THE MONEY TO BE TRANSFERRED. ONCE I HEAR FROM YOU, I WILL INITIATE THE PROCESSING OF THE TRANSFER,ANDIN ABOUT TEN WORKING DAYS THE FUND WILL BE IN YOUR NOMINATED ACCOUNT,FOR US TO SHARE IN THE RATIO OF 75% FOR US AND 25% FOR YOU OF WHICH YOU WILL HELP US INVEST OUR OWN SHARE IN YOUR COUNTRY. ALSO I WILL TELL YOU HOW MUCH WE INTEND TO TRANSFER FIRST AS SOON AS I HEAR FROM YOU. I WILL NEED YOUR PRIVATE PHONE AND FAX NUMBERS FOR EASY COMMUNICATION. BEST REGARDS, MARTINEZ MORRIS JNR.