text: FROM THE DESK OF PETER OKOYESTANDARD TRUST BANK PLCTel=3A 234-1-7760497  Fax=3A 234-1-7599947Private Email=3Apeteoko=40gawab=2EcomI hope this letter will not embarrass you since we have not had any previous communication=2E I got your reference from your country`s trade department under private enquiry that is not related to my aim of writing you this letter and went further to have it confirmed by the Nigeria Exports Promotion Council=28NEPC=29=2E I am Mr=2E Peter Okoye=2C a Bank Manager of Standard Trust Bank Plc=2C Lagos Balogun Branch=2E  I have urgent and very confidential business proposition for you=2E On June 6=2C 2000=2C an American Oil Consultant=2FContractor with the National Oil Nigeria Ltd=2E Mr=2E Robert Noel made a numbered time =28Fixed=29 Deposit for twelve calendar months=2E Valued at US$48=2C000=2C000=2E00 =28Forty-Eight Million United States Dollars only=29 in my branch upon maturity=2EI sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply=2E  After a month=2C we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract employers the National Oil Nigeria LTD that Mr=2E Robert Noel died on air crash in ADC Airline going to Abuja our Federal Capital Territory=2E On further investigation=2C I found out that he died without making =93WILL=94=2C and all attempts to trace his next of kin was fruitless=2EI therefore made further investigation and discovered that Mr=2E Robert Noel did not declare any next of kin or relations in all his official documents=2C including his Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank=2E This sum of US$48=2C000=2C000=2E00 is still sitting in my Bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year=2E No one will ever come forward to claim it=2E According to Nigeria Law=2C at the expiration of 5 =28Five=29 years=2C the money will revert to the ownership of the Nigerian Government if nobody applies to claim the fund=2E Consequently=2C my proposal is that I will like you to act as the next kin to Mr=2E Robert Noel so that the fruits of this old man=92s labour will not get into the hands of some corrupt government officials here=2EThis transaction is very simple and 100% risk free=2C therefore I will like you to provide immediately your full name and address so that an Attorney will prepare the necessary documents and affidavits=2C which will put you in place as the next of kin=2E We shall employ the service of an Attorney for drafting and notarization of the =93WILL=94 and to obtain the necessary documents and letter of probate and realization in your favour for the transfer=2EA Bank Account in any part of the world=2C which you will provide will then facilitate the transfer of this money to you as the beneficiary=2Fnext of kin=2E The money will be paid into your Account for us to share in the ratio of 60% for me and 30% for you and 10% will be for expences both parties might have incured during the process of transfering the money=2ETry and call me on my private number immediately you recieve this email on 234-1-7760497 or write me back on my private email address=28peteoko=40gawab=2Ecom=29 for further explanations=2EI look forward to your earlist response to my proposal=2EYours Truly=2EMr Peter OkoyeBranch Manager=2E                                                                                                                                                                    