Sigurður Árni Svanbergsson

Contact: Sigurður Árni Svanbergsson

It’s been a while since i received one of these :)

from		James Graham 
reply-to	gm.james10@gmail.com
to		Sigurður Árni <.......@gmail.com>
date		Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 2:01 PM
subject		Contact: Sigurður Árni Svanbergsson

Good day, Sigurður Árni Svanbergsson,

My name is James Graham, an Accountant with Lloyds Trust Bank, i have a client who died four years ago, leaving behind (£18.7M) in the bank here where I work. I am his personal accountant and till date nobody has come forward to put in an application for the claim. During the bank private search for the relative recently, your name and email contact was among the findings that match the same Surname as the deceased. The account holder died in testate and nominated no successor to the title over the investments made with the bank.

Because of the circumstance of your name and nationality, I am seeking your consent to present you as the next of kin and have them release the £18,700,000 GBP deposit with the bank to you. should you be willing to assist me in this project, The funds will be shared 50% for me and 40% for you, while 10% should be for expenses or tax as your government may require.

All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us sees this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Please do respond to my personal e-mail: jms.grahams@gmail.com

Kind regards,
James Grahams

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