From: "Mr. Stephene Orduche" (may be fake)
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 15:30:32 -0800
Subject: please read.

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR/COMPTROLLER OF FUNDS,
FINANCE APRAISAL COMMITTEE, CONTRACT DEPARTMENT,
NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION (NNPC),
CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS,
ABUJA - NIGERIA.

Dear friend,

TERMS OF REFERENCE

My names are Mr. Stephene Orduche. My terms of reference involves the financial management and disbursement of proceeds from sale of petroleum products, award of contracts to multinational companies, screening and categorization of projects embarked upon by thIS ministry, feasibility study for selected projects and supervising the project consultants involved.

A breakdown of the fiscal expenditure by this office as at the end of the Fourth Quarter Fiscal Year of 2009 indicates that this Ministry paid out a whooping sum of US$2.8Billion (Two Billion, Eight Hundred Million US Dollars) to successful contract beneficiaries. The Ministry is now compiling beneficiaries to be paid in this First quarter of 2010. The crux of this letter is that the Finance Apraisal Committe/Contract Department of this Ministry delibrately over-inflated the contract value of various contracts awarded to the tune of US$40.5m (Forty Million, Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars)

This money is now lying and floating in the ministry's domiciliary account with the Apex Bank, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). My colleagues and I now want to quickly transfer these funds to a safe nominated account for possible investment abroad. We are not allowed as a matter of Government policy to operate any foreign account because of our status as Civil/Public servants. Hence the need to solicit for your assistance to be a silent foreign partner whose identity we can use to transfer the sum of $40,500,000,00 (Forty Million, Five Hundred Thousand U.S. dollars)

A sharing formular of 30% of the total amount for the foreign partner and 70% for myself and colleagues have also been evolved.

Furthermore, we shall be relying on your advice as regards investments of part of our share in your country. Be informed that this business is genuine and 100% safe considering the high-powered government functionaries involved. To conclude this transfer successfully, we shall require your full name and address,Telephone and Fax numbers, Marital Status, Occupation and a copy of your valid Identification. We have ten(10) working days to conclude this deal on Commencement, and I shall join you at the account base for sharing and further discussion on my investment plan in your country.

NOTE: Upon receiving your full detailed information, I will direct you to a Lawyer (Attorney) who will handle this transaction on your behalf successfully.

Looking forward to a healthy business relationship with you.

Yours sincerely,
Mr. Stephene Orduche