Micheal West with Eagle Bank Limited for Mr. Hamilton Creek

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From:     Micheal West <michealwwest@webmail.co.za>
Reply-To:     michealwwest@webmail.co.za
Subject:     Mutual Understanding !!!
Date:     Sat, 2 Aug 2008 11:46:16 -0700 (14:46 EDT)

Hello Friend,

Please permit me to introduce my humble self to you, I
am Mr. Micheal West, the Manager of International
Relation with Eagle Bank Limited (UK), I'm 38yrs old.
I hope you read this message carefully and reply me
immediately. Although we have not met before, but I
Suggest that this transaction will bring us together.
My dear, we have a customer named Mr. Hamilton Creek
from Atlanta Georgia in the United State of America
but based here with his wife and his two children, Mr.
Hamilton has being banking with us for the past 4yrs
and sometime in August 2002 died in a car accident.
Unfortunately, he lost his entire family.

The Management of Eagle Bank has mandated and
Instructed me to look for Mr.Hamilton Creek's
relatives or Next of Kin to claim Mr.Hamilton's Funds
and property.However since August 2003 till date, I
have not been able to get in contact with any of his
relations or Next of Kin to claim the Fund Deposited
with our bank.

The reason why I contacted you is thus, Mr.Hamilton is
dead, and his Only son whom supposed to inherit his
properties and money also died With him. As at this
moment, nobody is coming to claim this Money from our
bank and management of our bank has told me that if
there is no claim application in regards to the funds
the bank will return Mr.Hamilton's Fund into our
Federal Reserve Account.

In the Light of the above, I want you to stand as the
Next of Kin to Late Mr. Hamilton Creek,to claim the
funds. It might interest you to know that Mr. Hamilton
has a Domiciliary Bank Account with our Bank and he
has a total sum of US$9.2M (Nine Million Two Hundred
thousand Dollars).

Please get back to me immediately you receive this
email(michealwwest@webmail.co.za) or call me on 011447045779619 if you are
interested and capable to handle this transaction.You
will take 50% of the US$9.2M. Which is? US$4.600,
000.00 (Four Million Six Hundred Thousand Dollars),
while the Balance of the same amount will be mine

Thank you for your understanding and have a pleasant
day.

Friendly Regards

Mr. Micheal West

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