Morris Ford, General Auditor of Pimlico Finance

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From:    Morris Ford <6666@telegraf.by>
Subject:    ESTATE CLAIM.
Date:    Sat, 5 Jul 2008 23:02:35 +0530 (13:32 EDT)

MR. MORRIS FORD.
Accounting Officer,
Pimlico Finance,
78 Lupus Street, London , SW1V 3EL
Telephone: +44 70457 30894
Email; morris_forsd@yahoo.co.uk

Attn:

My Name is Morris Ford.I am the General Auditor of Pimlico Finance.During one of our major audits,I personally discovered some funds floating in an account in the Bank;which was opened in 1993 belonging to a deceased person by name; late Mr. Mark Maust, (untill his demise),was a personal contractor with the Shell Petroleum Development Company in the middle east.He died after a severe crash.

Since then, I have made several enquiries with his country embassies to locate any of his extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful.I decided to track his last name over the Internet, to locate any member of his family hence I got in contact with you. I am contacting you to Quietly assist me in repatriating this huge amount of money left behind by the deceased in my Bank before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the BANK/INSTITUTION. The deceased had a deposit presently valued at USD25.2million. After going through the company records and files, I discovered that ,

(1) No one has operated this account since 1995; (2)The owner of the account died without a heir, hence the money has been floating. (3) No other person knows about this account and there was no known beneficiary. AND IF I DO NOT REMIT THIS MONEY URGENTLY, IT WOULD BE FORFEITED FOR NOTHING.

This money can only be approved to a foreign beneficiary with a valid international passport or driver's license and an account, hence I am contacting
you. I will require your urgent reply so that I give you the next step.

I am willing to give you 15% of the entire funds,then 5% should be set aside to settle all expenses you and I may incure during the process of transfering the funds.

All I require is your honest Co-operation, Confidentiality and Trust to enable us see this transaction through.I guarantee you that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect from any breach of the law.

All I ask from you is the following:

1. Your full names
2. your telephone/mobile and fax numbers
3. your physical Address.
4. Age.
5. Occupation.

Your urgent response will be highly anticipated and appreciated.

Best regard
Morris Ford.

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