Dateline Colleyville, Texas October 8, 2001 9:53 AM

Local Crime Prevention Specialist, Bill Hudgins, Colleyville Police Dept., warns of e-mail scam.

If you receive a letter or e-mail similar to the one below, report to the United States Secret Service.  LNO received an e-mail very similar about 90 days ago.  The story was very familiar except this one had to do with billing an African country for work that had been allegedly done and receive monies that were actually "saved" from other transactions.

From the desk of :
Mr Anthony Wilson

Dear xxxxxx

First, I must solicit your confidence in this transaction, this is by virtue of its nature as being
utterly CONFIDENTIAL and TOP SECRET.

Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and worried, but I am
assuring you that all will be well at the end of the day.

We have decided to contact you due to the urgency of this transaction.


Let me start by first introducing myself properly to you. I am MR ANTHONY WILSON, CREDIT OFFICER, with the AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (ADB) Plc Lagos Nigeria.

I came to know of you in my private search for a reliable and reputable person to handle this confidential transaction which involves the transfer of huge sum of  money to a foreign account requiring maximum confidence.

THE PROPOSITION

A foreigner, Late ENGR  MARK DAVIS an Oil Merchant/Contractor with the federal Government of
Nigeria, until his death onboard the Kenya Airways Bus {A310-300}Flight KQ430, Banked with us here at African Development Bank Plc, Lagos Nigeria and had a balance of US$30,000,000.00{THIRTY MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS}which the bank now expects a next of kin  to claim as beneficiary, Valuable efforts are being made by the African Development Bank Plc Lagos Nigeria to get in touch with any of the Davis family or relatives but to no success.

It is because of the perceived possibility of not being able to locate any of Late Engr, DAVIS next of kin {he had no wife nor children that is known to us}. The management under the influence of our Chairman and
members of the Board of Directors, are making  arrangement for the funds to be declared "UNCLAIMED" and subsequently will be lost the Federal Government.

In order to avert this negative development,  some of colleagues and I now seek your permission to
have you stand as a next of kin to Late ENGR, MARK DAVIS so that the funds USD30.M would be released and paid into your account as the beneficiary next of kin.

All documents and proves to enable you get this fund will be carefully worked out. We have secured from the
probate an order of mandamus to locate any of deceased beneficiary and more so we are assuring you this
business is 100% risk free involvement.

Your share stays while the rest would be for  myself and my colleagues for investment purposes. According
to agreement within both parties.

As soon as we an acknowledgement of this message in acceptance of our mutual business proposal, we would
furnish you with the necessary modalities and disbursement ratio to suite both parties without any
conflict If this proposal is acceptable by you do not make undue advantage of the trust we have bestowed on
you, then kindly get to me immediately.

Please furnish me with your most confidential Telephone, Fax Number and exclusive Bank Account
Particulars so that I can use these information to apply for the release and subsequent transfer of the
funds in your favour.

Signify your intentions immediately as time is not on our side, through this e-mail address:
wilstony@mail.com

Yours Faithfully

MR.ANTHONY WILSON.


 

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