With Due Respect,

I am the manager of bill and exchange at the foreign remittance department
of african development bank (ADB). I crave your indulgence as i contact
you in sucha surprising manner. But I respectfully insist you read this
letter carefully as I am optimistic it will open doors for unimaginable
financial rewards for both of us. In my department we discovered an
abandoned sum of Thirty Five Million US dollars (US $35m) in an account
that belongs to one of our foreign customer who died along with his entire
family in a plan crash.

Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next
of kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it
unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased
as indicated in our banking guidelines but unfortunately we learnt that
all his supposed next of kin or relation died along with him at the plan
crash leaving nobody behind to come for the claim.

It is therefore upon this discovery that I now decided to make this
business proposal to you so that the money could be released to you as the
next of kin for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming
for it and i dont want this money to go into the bank treasury as
unclaimed Bill.

The Banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money remained
unclaimed after five years, the money will be transferred into the Bank
treasury as "unclaimed fund". The request for a foreigner as next of kin
in this business is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a
foreigner and a Burkinabe cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner. We
agree that 35% of this money will be for you as a foreign partner, in
respect to the provision of a foreign account , 5% will be set aside for
expenses incurred during the business and 60% would be for me.

There after I will visit your country for disbursement according to the
percentage indicated. Therefore to enable the immediate transfer of this
fund to you as arranged, you must apply first to the bank as relation or
next of kin of the deceased indicating your bank name,your bank account
number, your private telephone and fax number for easy and effective
communication and location wherein the money will be remitted. Upon
receipt of your reply,I will send to you by fax or email the text of the
application.I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction
is hitch free and that you should not entertain any atom of fear as all
required arrangements have been made for the transfer.

I need a capable and able person who will handle and manage this funds
because it is not a small amount of project.You should contact me
immediately as soon as you receive this letter.Trusting to hear from you
immediately.

Yours faithfully,
Mr Philip Themon,
Bill and exchange manager,
African Development bank ADB.