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Odd 419

Today I got the following:
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am Mr. Andrie Bramintya, Branch Manager of Australia
& New Zealand Banking Group Limited of 1 Raffles Place
#32-00 OUB Centre Singapore 048616. I have urgent and
very confidential business proposition for you.
A British Oil consultant/contractor with the Singapore
Solid Minerals Corporation, {Mr.Wilson H. Diamond}
made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for twelve
calendar months, valued at US$10,750,000.00 (Ten
Million, Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars) in
my branch. Upon maturity, I sent a routine
notification to his forwarding address but got no
reply.

After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we
discovered from his contract employers, the Singapore
Solid Minerals Corporation that Mr.Wilson H. Diamond
died in a plane crash along with his wife, Mr and Mrs
Wilson & Sarah Diamond in 2000 air crash. Since we got
this information about his death. On further
investigation, I found out that he died without making
a WILL, and all attempts to trace his next of kin was
fruitless. I therefore made further investigation and
discovered that Mr.Diamond did not declare any kin or
relations in all his official documents, including his
Bank Deposit paper work in my Bank.

This sum of US$10,750,000.00 is still sitting in my
Bank and the interest is being rolled over with the
principal sum at the end of each year. No one will
ever come forward to claim it. According to Laws of
Singapore, at the expiration of 5 (five) years which
is this year, the money will revert to the ownership
of the Government if nobody applies to claim the fund.
Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a
foreigner to stand in as the next of kin to Mr.
Diamond so that the fruits of this old man's labor
will not get into the hands of some corrupt government
officials. This is simple, I will like you to provide
immediately your full names and address so that the
attorney will prepare the necessary documents and
affidavits that will put you in place as the next of
kin.

We shall employ the services of an attorney for
drafting and notarization of the WILL and to obtain
the necessary documents in your favor for the
transfer. A bank account in any part of the world that
you will provide will then facilitate the transfer of
this money to you as the beneficiary/next of kin. The
money will be paid into your account for us to share
in the ratio of 70% for me and 30% for you.

There is no risk at all as all the paperwork for this
transaction will be done by the attorney and my
position as the Branch Manager Guarantees the
successful execution of this transaction. If you are
interested, please reply immediately via the private
email address below. Upon your response, I shall then
provide you with more details and relevant documents
that will help you understand the transaction.

Please send me your confidential telephone and fax
numbers for easy communication. Please observe utmost
confidentiality, and be rest assured that this
transaction would be most profitable for both of us
because I shall require your assistance to invest my
share in your country.

Awaiting your urgent reply via my email:andrie_bramintyabk@yahoo.com
andrie_bramintyabker@yahoo.com

Best Regards,
Andrie Bramintya.
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While not an unusual 419 scam email, it wasn't an email.. I got it through my work Skype account, which has no contacts and has only been used perhaps 3 times for testing.

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