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From: "philip" <philipdesmond@excite.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 19:48:20 -0500 (EST)
Subject: REGARDS
Nigeria National PetroleumCorporation, (NNPC).FALOMO OFFICE COMPLEX,IKOYI - LAGOS.EMAIL;philipdesmond3@yahoo.comURGENT TRANSFER OF US$120,000,000.00I am ENG.PHILIP DESMOND a director in the project and planning departmentof the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), I head a seven manTenders Board Committee in charge of contract award and Payment approvals.There were series of contracts executed by a consortium of Multinationalsin the oil industry in favor of the (NNPC)among which were;1) The expansion of Pipeline network within Nigeria for crude oil anddownstream products distribution and subsequent evacuation -US$2 Billion.2) Contract for Turn around Maintenance (TAM) of various Refineries in thecountry.3) The construction of Storage Tanks for Petroleum Product (Depots)-US$94Million.The original value of these contracts were deliberately over invoiced inthe sum of ONE Hundred and twenty Million UnitedStates Dollars US$120,000,000.00) which has recently been approve!
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and nowready to be transferred. However the companies that actually executed theaforementioned contract have been fully paid and the projects officiallycommissioned.Consequently, my colleagues and I are willing to transfer the total amountinto your account for subsequent disbursement, since we as civil servantsare prohibited by the Code of Conduct Bureau (Civil Service Laws) fromopening and/or operating foreign accounts in our name. Needless to say,the trust reposed in you at this juncture is enormous. In return, we haveagreed amongst ourselves to offer you 15% of the transferred sum, 5% shallbe set aside for any incidental expenses during the course of thistransaction, you will then be mandated to revert the balance to us in duecourse.You must however NOTE that this transaction is subject to the followingterms and conditions of our conviction of your transparent honesty anddiligence, that you must accord this transaction with utmostconfidentiality and secrecy.Modalities hav!
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been worked out at the highest levels of the Ministry 0fFinance, Central Bank of Nigeria and the Presidential Task Force onContract Payment for the immediate remittance of the funds into the BankAccount you will provide for us within 14 working days subject to yoursatisfaction of the above terms.Our assurance is that your role shall be totally risk free. To accord thistransaction the legality it deserves, and for mutual security of funds,the whole procedures shall be legally processed with your name or anycompany you may nominate as the confide final beneficiary. Once more, Iwant you to understand that having put in over 20 years in the CivilService of my country, I am very much averse to having my image and careerdented. This matter should therefore be treated with utmostUrgency and secrecy. Kindly expedite immediate action as we are wellbehind schedule to enable us conclude this transfer in the second batch ofthe 2007 fiscal year contract payments. I await your immediate
respond.BEST REGARDS.ENGR. PHILIP DESMOND.
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