A friend of mine forwarded this email to me which he got from somebody in Nigeria.

Good day,
 
 
I am Mr.Omar Bongo,i trained and work as an external auditor for  Wema Bank (WB)
Nigeria,working as part of a bigger team that covers the entire African region.
 
 
An investor,a nationality of your country died without naming a next of kin to  his fund in our bank.The amount in question is  $7.5M and banking regulation/legislation in Nigeria demand that I notify the fiscal authorities after a statutory time.The above set of facts underscores my reason of  writing and making the following proposing to present you as the next of kin.You will read more stories  about the crash on visiting this  website: www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/
 
 
I have all the legal and Banking details of my deceased client that will facilitate our putting you forward as  the claimant/beneficiary of the funds and ultimately transfer the money to any bank account nominated by you.I am prepared to compensate you with a 40% share of the total funds for your efforts.The final details will be given upon receipt an affirmation of your desire to participate.
 
 
Please contact me immediately whether or not you are interested in this deal.If you are not,it will enable me scout for another foreign partner to carry out this deal.But where you are interested, contact me through my email address below for more details as time is of the essence in this transaction.
 
 
Thank you,
 

Mr. Omar Bongo
(omarbongowema@yahoo.com.au)