re : aw : fw : dormant vault dear friend , my name is david richard , i worked in a bank here in the united kingdom . i am contacting you of a business transaction , of a huge sum of money from a deceased client of mine . though i know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and worried , but i am assuring you that everything has been taken care off , and all will be well at the end of the day . i decided to contact you due to the urgency of this transaction . fact : i was the account officer of a foreigner named gerald welsh who died in an air crash along with his wife on the 31 st october 1999 in an egyptian airline 990 with other passengers on board . you can confirm this from the website below which was published by cnn . website . since his death , none of his next - of - kin are alive to make claims for this monies as his heir , because they all died in the same accident himself and his wife ( may their soul rest in peace ) . we could not release the funds from his account unless someone applied for claim as the next - of - kin to the deceased . at that period he had $ 14 , 210 , 045 m ( fourteen million two hundred and ten thousand dollars ) in his account . after four to five years the money was called back to the bank treasury as unclaimed bills and the money shared amongst the directors of the bank , which has already been done by the directors early this year . proposition ; due to the relationship between i and the deceased ( gerald welsh ) he told me of a diamond business which he had to do and left me incare of thecertificate of depositwhich he used to lodge the funds in a security company in europe which is to the tune of $ 8 . 4 m ( eight million four hundred thousand dollars ) . note : that i decided to seek for whom his / her name shall be used as the \ next of kin / beneficiary to claim the funds at the security company rather than allow the funds to lay unclaimed . it may interest you to know that i have secured from the probate an order of mandamus to locate an and no one was found . please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of our mutual business endeavor by furnishing me with the following information if you are interested . 1 . full name in order for me to prepare the document in your name . 2 . direct telephone and fax numbers for our personal contact and mutual trust in each other . i shall be compensating you with 20 % percent of the whole funds on final conclusion of this project for your assistance , while the balance shall be for me for investment purposes . because i just retired . if this proposal is acceptable by you , please endeavor to contact me immediately . do not take undue advantage of the trust i have bestowed in you . i await your urgent mail . regards , david richard .