From: "Terry Whire" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <terrywhire111@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2013 16:01:33 +0300
Subject: Read And Get Back To Me

MR. TERRY WHIRE,
N.N.P.C.FALOMO OFFICE COMPLEX,
IKOYI - LAGOS.

REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP TRANSFER OF US$45,500,000.00

I am MR. TERRY WHIRE, a Director in the project and planning department of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), I head a seven man Tenders Board Committee in charge of contract award and Payment approvals. I came to know of you in my search for a reliable and reputable person to handle a very confidential transaction, which involves the transfer of a huge sum of money to a foreign account.

There were series of contracts executed by a consortium of Multinationals in the oil industry in favour of the (NNPC) among which were;

1) The expansion of Pipeline network within Nigeria for crude oil and downstream products distribution and subsequent evacuation - US$2 Billion.

2) Contract for Turn Around Maintenance (TAM) of various Refineries in the country.

3) The construction of Storage Tanks for Petroleum Product (Depots)-US$94 Million.

The original value of these contracts were deliberately over invoiced and over-inflatted in the sum of Fourty Five million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars US$45,500,000.00) which has recently been approved by the Federal Ministry of Finance and now ready to be transferred by the Central Bank of Nigeria via a corresponding paying bank in London.

However the foreign companies that actually executed the aforementioned contracts have been fully paid off and the projects officially commissioned.

Consequently, my colleagues and I are willing to transfer the total amount into your account as our offshore representative for subsequent disbursement and investment into any viable business ventures you may suggest to us, since we as civil servants are prohibited by the Code of Conduct Bureau (Civil Service Laws) from opening and/or operating foreign accounts in our names.

Needless to say, the trust reposed in you at this juncture is enormous. In return, we have agreed amongst ourselves to offer you 35% of the transferred sum, 5% shall be set aside for any incidental expenses during the course of this transaction, while the balance of 60% is for us..

You must however NOTE that this transaction is subject to the following terms and conditions; our conviction of your transparent honesty and diligence, that you must accord this transaction with utmost confidentiality and secrecy.

Modalities have been worked out at the highest levels of the Ministry of Finance, Central Bank of Nigeria and the Presidential Task Force on Contract Payment for the immediate remittance of the funds within 10 - 14 working days subject to your satisfaction of the above terms.

Our assurance is that your role shall be totally risk free. To accord this transaction the legality it deserves, and for mutual security of the funds, the whole procedures shall be legally processed with your name or any company you may nominate as the bona fide final beneficiary.

Once more, I want you to understand that having put in over 20 years in the Civil Service to my country, I am very much averse to having my image and career dented. This matter should therefore be treated with utmost secrecy and urgency. Kindly expedite immediate action as we are well behind schedule to enable us include this transfer in the Third batch of the 2013 fiscal year contract payments.

I look forward to your prompt response.

Best regards,

Terry Whire.