FROM THE DESK OF: Adams Okhah
E-Mail:a_okhah@hotvoice.com
LAGOS - NIGERIA.
Dear friend,
REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP. - STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL.
It is with my profound dignity that I write you this very important and
highly confidential letter. First, I must solicit your strictest
confidentiality in this transaction. This is by virtue of its nature
as being utterly CONFIDENTIAL and "TOP SECRET". Though I know that a
transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and
worried,considering the fact that we have not met each other before,
but I
am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the day. We have
decided
to contact you by email due to the urgency of this transaction, as we
have
been reliably informed that it will take at least a minimum of two to
three
weeks for a normal post to reach you, so we decided it is best using
the
e-mail,which is quicker and also to enable us meet up with the second
payment
quarter for the year 2002 which has already begun.
However, let me start by introducing myself properly to you. I am
Mr. Adams Okhah, a Director General in the NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM
COOPERATION and
I presently head a seven man tenders board incharge of Contract Awards
and
Payment Approvals. I came to know
of you in my search for a reliable and reputable person to handle a
very
confidential business transaction which involves the transfer of a huge
sum
of money to a foreign account requiring maximum CONFIDENCE. I and
my colleagues are Top Officials of the Federal Government Contract
Review
and Award Panel. Our duties include Evaluation, Vetting, Approval for
payment of Contract jobs done for the NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM
COOPERATION e.t.c. In order to commence this business we solicit for
your
assistance to enable us transfer into your Account the said funds.
The source of this funds is as follows: In the first quarter of 2001,
this committee was mandated to review and award contracts to the tune
of
US$400 million US dollars to a group of five firms for the supply and
installation of medical equipments in all the government owened
hospitals in
Nigeria. During this process my colleagues and I decided and agreed
among
ourselves to deliberately over-inflate the total contract sum from
US$400
million to US$428 million United States dollars with the main intention
of
sharing the remaining sum of US$28 miilion amongst ourselves.
The Federal Government of Nigeria has since last year approved the sum
of
US$428 million for us as the contract sum, and the sum of US$400
million has
also been paid to the foreign companies concerned as contract
entitlements
for the various contracts done, but since the companies are entiltled
to
US$400 million dollars only, we are now left with US$28 million dollars
balance in the account which we intend to disburse amongst ourselves,
but by
virtue of our positions as civil servants and members of this panel,
we
cannot do this by ourselves, as we are prohibited by the Code of
Conduct
Bureau (Civil Service Laws) from opening and/or operating foreign
accounts
in our names while still in Government service, making it impossible
for us
to acquire the money in our names right now. I have therefore, been
delegated as a matter of trust and urgency by my colleagues in the
panel to
look for an overseas partner into whose account we would transfer the
sum of
US$28 million. Hence we are writing you this letter.
My Colleagues and I have agreed that if you or your company can act as
the
beneficiary of this funds on our behalf, you or your Company will
retain
20% of the total amount (US$28 million), while 60% will be for
us (OFFICIALS) and the remaining 20% will be used in offsetting all
debts/expenses and Taxes incurred both local and foreign in the cause
of
this transfer. Needless to say, the trust reposed on you at this
juncture
is enormous. In return we demand your complete honesty and trust. You
must
however NOTE that this transaction will be strictly based on the
following
terms and conditions as we have stated below;
a) Our conviction of your transparent honesty and diligence
b) That you would treat this transaction with utmost secrecy and
confidentiality
c) That you will not ask for more share or try to sit on the funds once
it
is under your custody, or any form of blackmail.
c) That upon receipt of the funds you will release the funds as
instructed
by us after you have removed your share of 20% from the total amount.
Please, note that this transaction is 100% legal and risk free and we
hope
to conclude this transaction seven bank working days from the date of
receipt of the necessary requirements from you . We are looking forward
to
doing business with you and solicit your Total Confidentiality in this
transaction. There is no cause for alarm. I give you my word that you
are
completely safe in doing business with us. Transactions like this have
been
successfully carried out in the past by most Government executives.
Here in
my country there is great economic and political disarray and thus
looting
and corruption is rampant and the order of the day, thus explaining why
you
might have heard stories of how money is been taken out of Nigeria,
this is
because everyone is making desperate attempts to secure his or her
future,
so that when we retire from active service we do not languish in
poverty. I
will explain more to you when I have heard from you.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this letter using the above e-mail
address. I will bring you into the complete picture of this pending
business
transaction when I have heard from you and also receive your
confidential
telephone and fax numbers to enable me fax to you all necessary
information
you need to know about our pending business transaction.
Your urgent response will be highly appreciated to enable us transfer
the
funds under this second quarter of the year 2002.
Thank you and God Bless.
Yours faithfully,
Adams Okhah
N.B. PLEASE BE INFORMED THAT THIS BUSINESS TRANSACTION IS 100% LEGAL
AND
COMPLETELY FREE FROM DRUG MONEY OR MONEY LAUNDERING. THIS IS A
COMPLETE
LEGITIMATE BUSINESS
TRANSACTION.