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From: "Rasheed" <m_n11@mail.bg> (may be fake)
Reply-To: m_n13@mail.bg
Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2006 01:38:34 -0800
Subject: Personal proposition
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
Dear,
Request For Urgent Business Relationship
We have the pleasure to make this surprising but mutually benefiting
business proposal. I am a member of the newly inaugurated committee
for
the privatization of the refineries of the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation, in Nigeria. The members of the committee are interested
in
the importation of goods into the country with funds presently
floating
in the Central Bank of Nigeria / Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC) foreign payments account. I got your address
through the
office of the Nigerian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
The federal military government of Nigeria, intends to lease the three
existing petroleum refineries to private individuals and companies.
This is to make the refineries more viable, resourceful and to
eliminate
undue wastage and fraud. This privatization is in-line with the
recommendations of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund
(IMF) as a
prerequisite for future financial assistance.
The refineries are heavily indebted to many companies and my committee
has the mandate (task) of compiling the names of these companies and
debt owed them and also recommend for payment, all contracts that have
been fully executed. With our position in the committee, which
comprises
of my ministry, federal ministry of petroleum resources, Nigerian
National Petroleum corporation (NNPC), the federal Ministry of Finance
(FMF)
and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), we have successfully secured
for
ourselves, the sum of US $73,000,000 (seventy-three million United
States Dollars). This sum was acquired by carefully inflating the
amount of
indebtedness by this amount (US $73,000,000). We need a reliable
company to be included in the list of companies to be paid. This
company will
be paid for a contract executed in Kaduna Refinery in 1993.
I was therefore mandated in trust by members of the committee, to seek
a foreign partner into whose account we could transfer the sum of US
$73,000,000, hence I am writing you this letter. We have agreed to
share
the funds thus:
1) 70% for us (the committee members)
2) 20% for you (the account owner)
3) 10% will be used in settling taxation and all local and foreign
expenses that will be incurred in the course of this transaction
It is from our 70% that we wish to commence the importation business.
We also need assurance from you that you will let us have our share
once
the inflated amount (US $73,000,000.00) is transferred into your
account.
The payment will be done by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) through
its correspondent bank. What we need from you, is that you provide a
vital account into which the funds will be transferred/lodged.
Note that this transaction is 100% safe and guaranteed since the law
under which our committee was set up, has empowered us to disburse all
the funds.
We shall commence the transfer of the funds immediately we receive the
following information by Tel/Fax: :
1) Your company name and full address
2) Your bank's name, telephone and fax number
3) Your account number and name of would be beneficiary
The above information will enable us put up letters of claim and job
description to the respective ministries for the issuance of the
mandatory fund release approval/recommendations. This way, your
company will be
recognized and accepted as the beneficiary of the contract
entitlements
before the final remittance to your nominated account, by the Central
Bank of Nigeria, being paying bank.
Note that we will be responsible for the payment of the federal inland
revenue tax on behalf of your company and a contract agreement between
your company and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation shall be
drawn up and antedated showing that your company has a legitimate
contract with the NNPC and must be paid.
We are looking forward to doing this business with you and solicit
absolute confidentiality from you in this transaction. Please
acknowledge
receipt of this letter, using this email address for more details
regarding this transaction. Also endeavor to send the requested
information.
Lewis M Rasheed.
chairman
committe for privatisation of petroleum refineries NNPC
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