From: MRS ZAINAB ABIOLA [abiolaz@anfmail.com]
Sent: Friday, April 25, 2003 2:54 AM
To: patcoston@prodigy.net
Subject: Plea!!

Dear Friend,
 
I am Mrs. Zainab Abiola,a God fearing person in sorrow, one of the widows of late M.K.O Abiola,Nigeria's foremost politician,businessman and philantropist who died as a result of fighting for the presidential election he won but was denied his presidential sit(JUNE 12). I sincerely need your assistance, but I want you to bear in mind that this has to be strictly confidential ,I sincerely need your assistance to take custody of the sum of Twenty five milion Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars(USD25,500,000.00). 

This money was given to me by my late husband [Chief M.K.O.Abiola] for safekeeping as money meant for wooing investors to Nigeria when he finally becomes the president after the Presidential Election campaign. 
After his death in 1998, there was confusion in the entire Abiola family as regards sharing of the family assets and moreso, there is envy and jealousy as it was obvious that I was my husband's favourite 
wife,while he was alive. 

As soon as he passed away, coupled with the fact that,what I have and what is due to me might be taken away from me by greedy family relations whose reasons would be bothering on family tradition and ethics, I decided to deposit the money with a bank vault with the help of my late husband's friend (Col.Adamu Bello rtd.) who was a member of the government in power then. I am prepared to compensate you with 20% of the total sum after the successful completion of the transaction and you will also have to invest my family share in a very good business venture with you as our front manager alongside my son. 

My son, Kashimawo Abiola will be in charge of this transaction; he stays far away from the family Villa. He will be giving you more information as regards these transaction.He is my only son and we share secrets.  Please respond as soon as you get this mail and please it is important that you send me your private phone and fax numbers so that I can forward them to the bank after an attorney must have changed and legalized all the papers to your name if you are willing to assist me. 

I intend investing a larger percentage of these funds into a profitable business venture with you as a partner if these funds gets into your custody in the next couple of days.

God will always be there for you at your time of need.


Thanks and God Bless. 

Mrs.Zainab Abiola.