Mrs. Marina Litvinenko

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From: marina <marinalit@msn.com>
Subject: Hello {Please reply}
To:
Date: Tuesday, July 22, 2008, 2:58 AM

MY DIRECT CONTACT TO YOU.

My warm greetings to you. Do take this email as a contribution to fate. This is
not an easy task and that is the main reason why I contacted you after viewing
your profile from the internnational directory. Not actually that you are the
best with my intellectual grading but I was driven to contact you from the
innermost being. And that was my main reason for getting to you. Please do not
be offended. I will understand completely if you cannot be of assistance to me.
I am Mrs.Marina Litvinenko,wife of Alexander Litvinenko, a former Russian
security officer who died in a London hospital after apparently being poisoned
with the highly-toxic metal thallium by Mr Lugovoi,a Russian Government Paid
agent.

This is my husband's life in a video for your full understanding.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-420098/MI5-told-Litvinenko-Your-life-danger.html

Your can read articles about my Husband's ordeal via the websites below:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6162562.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6708103.stm
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=490007&in_page_id=1770&ct=5

Please I want you to assist in donating and distributing these funds to charity
in your region on behalf of my humbleself, I shall be presenting the said funds
(USD$3.5M) to you which was given to my husband before his death by Mr
Berezovsky,A Russian Billionaire, Who he saved his life by exposing the plot
against him.

The Funds are deposited with a Financial firm in Europe and I will want this
funds for charity purpose in your region and with your assistance, you shall be
getting 35% as your charitable support funds and 65% for the charity home you
shall be visiting to help. Always let the charity Home know that this was
possible with the help of a foreigner by the name Mrs. Marina Litvinenko.
As soon as I receive your response,I will furnish you with more details on this
issue. As i come to realise that all things are vanity when you are not helping
others.I do not want the funds from the firm and I will not let the government
to have it as dormant funds and laid claims on it. And that is why i want you to
help the less privilege with the said funds for charity purpose in your region.

Best Regards,
Mrs.Marina Litvinenko

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