WE NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE.

[JAMES MATINO (ESQ).]

FROM=3ABARRISTER JAMES MATINO ESQ=2E
MATINO & CO=2E ATTORNEYS=2FLEGAL PRACTITIONER
6 OLAYENI STREET IKEJA LAGOS-NIGERIA
 

 ATTN=3ADEAR FRIEND=2C
WE NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE=2E

 COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON=2E GRACE AND PEACE AND LOVE
 FROM THIS PART OF THE ATLANTIC TO YOU=2E I HOPE MY
 LETTER DOES NOT CAUSE YOU TOO MUCH EMBARRASSMENT AS I
 WRITE TO YOU IN GOOD FAITH BASED ON THE CONTACT
 ADDRESS GIVEN TO ME BY A FRIEND WHO WORKS AT THE
 NIGERIAN EMBASSY IN YOUR COUNTRY=2E PLEASE EXCUSE MY
 INTRUSION INTO YOUR PRIVATE LIFE=2E

 I AM BARRISTER JAMES MATINO ESQ=2E I REPRESENT MOHAMMED
 ABACHA=2C SON OF THE LATE GEN=2ESANI ABACHA=2C WHO WAS THE
 FORMER MILITARY HEAD OF STATE IN NIGERIA=2E HE DIED IN
 1998=2E SINCE HIS DEATH=2C THE FAMILY HAS BEEN LOSING A
 LOT OF MONEY DUE TO VINDICTIVE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
 WHO ARE BENT ON DEALING WITH THE FAMILY=2E BASED ON THIS
 THEREFORE=2C THE FAMILY HAS ASKED ME TO SEEK FOR A
 FOREIGN PARTNER WHO CAN WORK WITH US AS TO MOVE OUT
 THE TOTAL SUM OF US$75=2C000=2C000=2E00 =28 SEVENTY FIVE
 MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS =29=2C PRESENTLY IN THEIR
 POSSESSION=2E THIS MONEY WAS OF COURSE=2C ACQUIRED BY THE
 LATE PRESIDENT AND IS NOW KEPT SECRETLY BY THE FAMILY=2E
 THE SWISS GOVERNMENT HAS ALREADY FROZEN ALL THE
 ACCOUNTS OF THE FAMILY IN SWITZERLAND=2C AND SOME OTHER
 COUNTRIES WOULD SOON FOLLOW TO DO THE SAME=2E THIS BID
 BY SOME GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS TO DEAL WITH THIS FAMILY
 HAS MADE IT NECESSARY THAT WE SEEK YOUR ASSISITANCE IN
 RECEIVING THIS MONEY AND IN INVESTING IT ON BEHALF
 OFTHE FAMILY=2E

 THIS MUST BE A JOINT VENTURE TRANSACTION AND WE MUST
 ALL WORK TOGETHER=2E SINCE THIS MONEY IS STILL CASH=2C
 EXTRA SECURITY MEASURES HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO PROTECT IT
 FROM THEFT OR SEIZURE=2C PENDING WHEN AGREEMENT IS
 REACHED ON WHEN AND HOW TO MOVE IT INTO ANY OF YOUR
 NOMINATED BANK ACCOUNTS=2E I HAVE PERSONALLY WORKED OUT
 ALL MODALITIES FOR THE PEACEFUL CONCLUSION OF THIS
 TRANSACTION=2E THE TRANSACTION DEFINITELY WOULD BE
 HANDLED IN PHASES AND THE FIRST PHASE WILL INVOLVE THE
 MOVING OF US$25=2C000=2C000=2E00=28 TWENTY FIVE MILLION
 UNITEDSTATES DOLLARS =29=2E

 MY CLIENTS ARE WILLING TO GIVE YOU A REASONABLE
 PERCENTAGE OF THIS MONEY AS SOON AS THE TRANSACTIONIS
 CONCLUDED=2E I WILL=2C HOWEVER=2C BASED ON THE GROUNDS THAT
 YOU ARE WILLING TO WORK WITH US AND ALSO ALL
 CONTENTIOUS ISSUES DISCUSSED BEFORE THE COMMENCEMENT
 OF THIS TRANSACTION=2E 

BEST REGARDS=2E
JAMES MATINO =28ESQ=29=2E