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An Email with the Subject "ATTENTION !" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Thu, 15 Jul 2004 13:24:50 -0400 and has been classified as a Advance Fee Fraud/419 Scam Email. The sender shows as "sobande f s" <sobande@stribmail.com>.
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DEAR FRIEND, COMPLIMENTS, MY NAME IS MR.F.S.SOBANDE,HEAD, INVESTMENT BANKING AND TREASURY OF STANBIC BANK OF NIGERIA PLC LAGOS STATE BRANCH. I AM WRITING IN RESPECT OF A FOREIGN CUSTOMER OF MY BANK(MR.PHILLIP MORGAN)WITH ACCOUNT NUMBER SB1022002-109 WHO PERISHED WITH HIS FAMILY IN AN AUTO CRASH IN ABUJA EXPRESWAY,IN NIGERIA, ON THE 30TH OF NOVEMBER 2000. SINCE THE DEMISE OF MR PHILLIP MORGAN,I PERSONALLY HAVE WATCHED WITH KEEN INTEREST TO SEE THE NEXT OF KIN BUT ALL HAS PROVED ABORTIVE AS NO ONE HAS COME TO CLAIM HIS FUNDS OF USD8.5M,[EIGHT MILLION,FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS]HAS BEEN WITH OUR BANK HERE FOR A VERY LONG TIME, WHICH HAS ACCUMULATED SOME INTEREST. ON THIS NOTE I DECIDED TO SEEK FOR YOU, YOUR NAME SHALL BE USED AS THE NEXT OF KIN,AS NO ONE HAS COME UP TO PUT CLAIM AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO THIS FUNDS AND THE BANKING ETHICS HERE DOES NOT ALLOW SUCH MONEY TO STAY MORE THAN FIVE YEARS,BECUASE AFTER FIVE YEARS THE MONEY WILL BE CALLED BACK TO THE BANK TREASURY AS UNCLAIMED BILL.. I AM CONVINCED IN MY MIND THAT YOUR NAME COULD BE USED AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO THIS CLAIM.THE REQUEST OF THE FOREIGNER AS A NEXT OF KIN IN THIS BUSINESS IS OCCASIONED BY THE FACT THAT THE CUSTOMER WAS A FOREIGNER AND A NIGERIAN CANNOT STAND AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO A FOREIGNER. I HAVE AGREED TO SHARE THIS MONEY WITH YOU IN THE MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING OF 50%/50%.YOU KEEP 50% WHILE I KEEP 50%,THEREAFTER I WILL VISIT YOUR COUNTRY, FOR DISBURSEMENT AS I AM ALMOST DUE FOR RETIREMENT. THEREFORE TO ENDEAVOUR THE IMMEDIATE TRANSFER OF THIS FUNDS TO YOUR ACCOUNT,YOU HAVE TO APPLY FIRST TO THE BANK AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO THE DESEASED INDICATING BY SENDING AN APPLICATION AND LOCATION WHERE THE MONEY WILL BE REMITTED. I WILL NOT FAIL TO BRING TO YOUR NOTICE THAT THIS BUSINESS IS HITCH FREE AND THAT YOU SHOULD NOT ENTERTAIN ANY FEAR AS THE WHOLE REQUIRED ARRANGEMENT AS BEEN PERFECTED FOR THE TRANSFER. THIS IS MY PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS DO NOT HESITATE TO REPLY ME THROUGH THIS EMAIL ADDRESS IF YOU ARE INTERESTED. KIND REGARDS, MR.SOBANDE Sent by Stribmail http://startribune.com/