text: "Dear Sir/MadamThis letter might surprise you because we have met=0D=neither in person nor by correspondence. But Ibelieve it is one day tha=t you get to know Somebodyeither in physical or through correspondence=0D=I sincerely write to seek your co-operation and trustto enable my colle=agues and I carry out an urgentbusiness Opportunity in my department. I= am a directorwith the Citizens Trust Bank Plc. I used to be a busine=ss partner to one Mr. Ali B.Ashraf who died along with his family on th=e 8th ofNovember 1999 in an ADC Boeing 727 plane crash atEgirin River=. All 141 passengers on Boards were feareddead.He left in his domicil=iary account the total sum of$25.5 million (Fifteen million five hundre=d thousandUSA Dollars).Since the management got the informationof his= death we have been expecting any of hisrelation or his next of kin to =come up and claimhismoney. Unfortunately from the day of his death till=the time of this letter none of his relation orfriends has come up fo=r the claim. The banking andfinancial law of Citizens Trust Bank Plc's =stipulatesthat if such fund remained unclaimed after a periodoffour (=5) it will be transferred into the banktreasury as unclaimedbill.On= this discovery sir/Madam I and two other senior staffsnow decided do=0D=business with you and release the money to you as thenext of kin to Ali= B. Ashraf for safety and subsequentdisbursement. I will soon proceed f=or my retirementleave this year and I personally do not want thisfun=d to be transferred into the bank treasury asunclaimed bill.That is why= I wanted the fund to bemove out of the bank before I proceed on my ret=irementfrom the banking services by December 15th 2004.The need for a= foreigner as next of kin in thisproject is occasioned by the fact that= the customerMr. Ali Ashraf was a foreigner and a Nigerian cannotstan=d as his next of kin or heir. We have agreed that20% of the Fund would =be for you as foreignpartner;thereafter my colleague and I will visit y=ourcountry for disbursementaccording to the percentages indicated.=0D=To enable the immediate transfer of the fund intoyournominated account= you will first apply to thebank as the next of kin of the deceased.=0D=Indicating your bank account number and location wherein the money will= be remitted. Upon receipt ofyour acknowledgement indicating yourinte=rest I will send to you the text of theapplication that youwill send t=o the Citizens TrustBank authority for an approval to submit your claim=s.Indicates your direct Fax and telephone numbers foreffectivecom=munication that this transaction needs.Please note thatyou are not to a=ppear in person as every thingregarding this project will be strictly =ondocumentations and every banking documents needed forthis transacti=on will be taken care of.Looking forward to urgently hearing from you.=0D=Yours FaithfullyChief Mark DukeDirectorCitizens Trust Bank Pl=c's "