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From: "Mrs ngozi okonjo" <financeminister2@msn.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2005 20:42:01 +0000
Subject: THANKS
HONOURABLE MINISTER OF FINANCE DEAR SIR, MADAM.
Dr (Mrs) Okonjo-Iweala
Honourable Minister of FinanceDr. Okonjo-Iweala, a Nigerian national is the Minister of Finance for the Federal Republic of Nigeria, a job she assumed on July 18th 2003. Prior to this appointment,
Dr. Okonjo-Iweala was Vice President and Corporate Secretary of the World Bank Group. She joined the World Bank in 1982 through the prestigious Young Professionals Program, and made a career of over 20 years there working on various operational regions from the Middle East and North Africa, to East Asia and Africa. She rose through the ranks from an Economist to Vice President and Corporate Secretary. In 2000, she took a leave of absence from the World Bank to serve as an Economic Adviser to President Obasanjo of Nigeria.
Dr. Okonjo-Iweala graduated with a A.B. magna cum laude in Economics from Harvard University and holds a Ph.D. in Regional Economics and Development from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She has published several papers in development journals, the most recent of which she co-authored with some Bank colleagues on “The Impact of the East Asian Financial Crisis on Laos and Cambodia”, published in Finance and Development. Dr. Okonjo-Iweala is also co-editor of a recent book entitled “The Debt Trap in Nigeria: Towards a Sustainable Debt Strategy” and co-author of March 2003 biography of the famous Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe entitled “Teacher of Light”. She is on the Board of several NGOs and Foundations in Nigeria and abroad and has participated in numerous international conferences where she has also represented Nigeria and during her time in Washington, the World Bank. She is the recipient of numerous awards and honours, the latest being the Euromarket Forum award for vision and courage on the design and implementation of Nigeria’s Economic reform program.
I KNOW THIS PROPOSAL WILL COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE EXPECIALLY WHEN YOU DO NOT KNOW THE WRITER CONDSIDERING THE HUGE SUM OF MONEY INVOLVED WHICH COULD MAKE ANY APPREHENSIVE. LET ME START BY INTRODUCING MY SELF TO YOU, I AM DR.NGOZI OKONJO IWEALA, MINISTER FOR FINANCE IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA. I SAW YOUR CONTACT DURING MY PRIVATE SREACH AT THE INFORMATION CENTER HERE IN NIGERIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY AND I WANT TO BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL BE VERY HONESTY, COMMITTED AND CAPABLE OF ASSISTTING IN THIS BUSINESS VENTURE.
FIRSTLY, LET ME EXPLAIN THE SOURCE OF THIS FUND AND WHAT YOU ARE EXPECTED TO DO.
THERE IS THIS OUR GOVERNMENT MONEY THAT WE WANT TO TRANSFER OUT OF OUR GOVERNMENT ACCOUNT AND THE SAID AMOUNT WORTH [$55.M] FIFTY-FIVE MILLION USD. BASED ON THE MANAGEMENT UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS ARE MAKING ARRENGEMENTS FOR THE FUNDS TO BE CHANNELD INTO YOUR ACCOUNT AS ONE OF OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CONTRACTORS.
IT IS BASED ON THIS THAT WE HAVE CONTACTED YOU TO STAND AS OUR PARTNER SO THAT THE MONEY WILL BE RELEASED AND PAID INTO YOUR ACCOUNT AND ALSO ALL THE DOCUMENTS AND PROOF TO ENABLE YOU GET THE FUNDS HAVE BENN CAREFULLY WORKED OUT AS WE HAVE SECURED FROM DIFFRENT OFFICES CONCERNED FOR THE SMOOTH TRANSFER TO YOUR NOMINATED ACCOUNT. IT HAS BEEN AGREED THAT THE OWNER OF THE ACCOUNT WILL BE COMPENSATED WITH 20% OF THE REMITTED FUNDS. WHILE WE KEEP 75% AND 5% WILL BE SET ASIDE TO OFFSET THE EXPENSES AND PAY THE NECESSARY TAXES.
IF THIS PROPOSAL SATISFIES YOU, PLEASE REACH US ONLY BY EMAIL FOR MORE INFORMATION.
YOURS FAITHFULLY,
DR. (MRS) NGOZI OKONJO IWEALA
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