A couple of years ago the oil industry appears to have been an exceedingly dangerous one to me ;-) I received this email today:
Mr William James. Accountant,Security company. Email: wi_james1@fastermail.com Dearest Friend, How are you ?hope fine .i feel the surprise this mail will bring to you at frist sight .but i assure you that i comes with the best of intentions and good will. Let me firstly introduce myself to you...I am Mr William James an Accountant with a Security company. I came to know You in my private search for a reliable and reputable person to handle this confidential transaction which involve the transfer of a huge sum of money to a foreign account requiring maximum confidence. A foreigner ,late Engr Johnson Spence , an oil merchant /contractor with our government ,until his death 2 years ago After a brief illness, Deposited with my company ,and had a closing balance of U.S$15.M (Fifteen million dollars ) which the deposited unquestionablly expects it to be claimed by any available foreign next-of-kin of the late beneficiary or alternatively be donated to the or converted to personal funds by the goverment officials. Fervent valuable effort are being made by security company to get in touch with any of the Spence family or relative but prove to no avail. It is 'cos of the percieved possibility of not been able to locate any of the late Engr Johnson Spence next-of-kin,That i have successfully manipulated the fund and coverd it up till now,with the files covering the fund under my care. At the favour of this plan i now seek your permission to have you stand as the next-of-kin to late Engr Johnson Spence so that the fund us$15.M would be released and paid into your nominated bank account as the beneficiary next-of-kin .All documents and prove to enable you get this fund will be-carefully worked out .And more so we are assuring you of 100% risk free involvement. It is expected that the transaction will run for 9 to 10 bank working days,so your immediate reply is needed with your interest indicated so that all necessary proceures will cormence.We have agreed that the fund will be shared thus ,after it has been transfered into your account . 1, 25% of the fund will be allocated to you for acting as the beneficiary of the fund 2, 5% will be set aside for reimbursment to both parties for any incidental expenses that may be incured in the course of the transfer . 3, 70% for us the originators of the transaction. you can still discuss your interest as regards the sharing of the fund. Your reply is highly expected. Kindly get to me immediately ,by furnishing me with your confidential phone number, fax number.Thanking you in anticipation of your co-operation.please you can reach me via wi_james1@fastermail.com Yours Sincerely, William James.
This after receiving this email a few days ago. It's nice to know so many people out there have got my best interests at heart in making me the beneficary of the high fatality rate in the oil industry ;-) If this carries on I will be richer than Bill Gates in a couple of months :-D