Nigerian in trouble?!!

I received an interesting variation on the Nigerian Prince spam and fraud seeking email:

Dear blanchard,:
Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 13:23:52 +0100
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Barrister Greg Obi
16 Williams Street, SW,
Ikoyi, Lagos- Nigeria.
TEL: + 234 803 561 9649
TEL: + 234-1-720-4473
FAX: + 234 1 7590694

PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL

Dear Blanchard,

I am Barrister Greg obi an advocate and Solicitor. I am the PersonalAttorney to Mr. Fredrick Blanchard, a foreigner, who used to work withEuropeanDevelopment Company in Nigeria.On The 21st of April 2002, my client,his wife and their three children were involved in a car accident alongSagbama Express Road. All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately losttheir lives.

Since then I have made several enquiries to his embassy to see if i canlocate any of my clients extended relatives, this has all the whileproved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, Idecidedto trace his relatives (i.e. same surname) over the Internet, to locateany member of his family but of no avail, hence I contacted you. I havecontacted you to assist in repatriating the money left behind by myclient before it is confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bankwhere this huge deposit were lodged.

Particularly, the Bank where the deceased had an account valued atabout 7.3 million dollars has issued me a notice to provide the next ofkinto the deceased or have the account confiscated within the next tenofficial working days. Since i have been unsuccessful in locating therelatives for over 2 years now I seek your consent to present you asthenext of kin of the deceased since you are still a foreigner, so thattheproceeds of this account valued at $7.3 million USD can be paid to youand then you and me can share the money, 60% to me and 35% to you,while 5% should be for expenses or tax as your government may require.I have all necessary legal information that can be used to back up anyclaim we may make.

All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this dealthrough. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimatearrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Pleaseget intouch with me by my fax or call my cell no: + 234 803 561 9649 /tell:+234-1-720-4473 / fax: +234 1 7590694 to enable us discuss further.

Best regards,

Mr. Greg Obi ( Esq)