From: Columbusafam
Reply-To: Columbusafam
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 7:21:19 -0000
Subject: FROM THE DESK OF MR COLUMBUS.
The Auditor/Head of Department Bank of Scotland,
United Kingdom.
(Great Opportunity Very Urgent and Confidential)

Dear Friend,

In order to transfer out £15,000,000.00 (Fifteen Million Pounds Sterling) from our bank here, I have the courage to look for a reliable and honest person who will be capable for this important transaction, believing that you will never let me down either now or in future.I am the auditor and head of computing department of a bank here in Scotland,United Kingdom. There is an account opened in this bank in 1995 and since my inception into office in 2001, nobody has operated on this account again, after going through some old files, I discovered that if i do not remit this money out urgently, it will be forfeited for nothing.

How the money came about:The owner of this account was Mr. John Hughes who was a foreigner and the manager of Petrol chemical service here in London, a chemical engineer by profession and he died since 1995.And then, since 2001, nobody knows about this account or anything concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well that his company does not know anything about this account and the amount involved is (£15,000,000.00) pounds sterling. I want to transfer this money into a safe foreign account abroad but i don't know any foreigner, I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money can not be approved to any local bank here in Scotland, but can only be approved to any foreign account because the money is pounds sterlings and the former owner of the account is John Hughes and he was a foreigner too.

I know that this message will come to you as a surprise as we don't know our selves before neither have we met, but be sure that it is real and a genuine business. I believe in God that you will never let me down in this investment.When the transfer is approved and payment schedule is allocated overseas, through the offshore paying delegate for final clearance and signing of the payment release form by the beneficiary, i want us to see at the oversea payment clearance office face to face for signing of the original binding agreement to bind us together so that, we can receive this money into a foreign account or any account of your choice where the fund will be remitted.I am contacting you because of the need to involve a foreigner with a foreign account as the real beneficiary.

I need your co-operation to make this work fine, because the management is ready to approve this payment to any foreigner who has the correct information to this account, which i will give to you when sure of your capability to handle such amount in strict confidence and trust according to my instructions and my advice for our mutual benefit because I don't want to make any mistake, I need your strong assurance and trust. I shall destroy all documents concerning these transactions immediately we receive this money leaving no trace at all.

I will use my position and influence on other staffs to effect the legal approvals and onward transfer of this money to your account with appropriate clearance from foreign payment department. With assurance that this money will be intact pending my physical arrival in your country for the sharing and possible investments.please reply me through this my email address columbusafam@yahoo.co.in

At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 35% of the total amount, 60% will be for me, while 5% will be for expenses both parties might have incurred during this process. Send me as a matter of urgent for onward processing:

(1) Your Private: Tele& Fax Number
(2) Your Account: Number
(3) Your Account: Name
(4) Your Bank: Address
(5) Your Bank: Name

I await your earliest reply, Thanks.

Sincerely,
Mr. Columbus Afam.