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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.
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From: "DR. ISSA CIROMA." <dr_issaciroma@tiscali.it> (may be fake)
Reply-To: dr_issa_ciroma@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 19:17:53 +0100
Subject: URGENT ASSISTANCE NEEDED.
DEPARTMENT OF PETROLEUM RESOURCES
Goodday,
It is a great pleasure sending you this mail. Your particulars were given to me by a member of the NIGERIA Export Promotion Council (N.E.P.C)
who was with the federal Government delegation to your country during a trade exhibition.
I have decided to seek a confidential co-operation with you in the execution of the deal described hereunder for the benefit of all parties and hope you will keep it top secret because of the nature of this business.
Within the DEPARATMENT OF PETROLEUM RESOURCES under the (NNPC) where l work as a Director, Project lmplementation and with the co-operation off our other top pfficials, we have in our possession as overdue payment, bill totaling
fourty-five milion US Dollars (US45, 000,000.00) which we want to transfer abroad with the assistance and co-operation of a foreign company
or individual to receive the said fund on our behalf or a reliable foreign individual
account to receive such fund.
The amount represent some percentage of the total contract value executed on behalf of my Ministry by a foreign contracting firm which we
the officials over-invoiced.Though the actual contract cost has been paid to the original contractor, leaving the balance in the tune of the said amount which we have in principle gotten approval to remit to any foreign bank account you will provide.
Since the present Government of Nigeria is determined to pay foreign contractors all the depts owed so as to maintain good relationship with foreign Government and Non-Governmental financial Agencies, we have decided to include our bills for approval with the co-operation of the officials from the Fedearal Ministry of Finance (FMF) and the Dept Reconciliation
Committee (DRC). We are seeking your assistance in providing a good company account or any other offshore bank account into which we can remit this money by acting as our main party and trustee or acting as original contrator. This
we can do by swapping of payment and approvals to be secured on behalf of our Company.
This process being an internal arrangement with the department concerned.I have the authority of my partner's involved to propose that
should you be willing to assist us in this transaction, your share?s compensation
will be (30%), (60%) for us and (10%) for taxation and miscellaneous expenses.
The business itself is 100% safe, provided you treat it with utmost secrecy and confidentiality. Also, your area of specilalisation is of no hindrance to the successful execution of this transaction. I have reposed my confidence in you and hope you will not disappoint me. Reply your response
to my aternative email address:
dr_issa_ciroma@yahoo.co.uk
to indicate your willingness in assisting us.
Thanks for your co-operation.
Yours faithfully,
DR. ISSA CIROMA.
Director, Project Implementation.
Department of Petroleum Resources (NNPC).
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