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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: "emeka akoh" <emekaakoh1@msn.com>
Reply-To: olise@ciaoweb.it
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 14:41:07 +0000
Subject: REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE
Mr. Emeka Akoh
E-mail: e_akoh2006@yahoo.com
REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE - STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL I am Chief Emeka Akoh an
Accountant in the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and I head
a seven-man tenders committee in charge of Foreign/Expatriate Contract
Awards Review and Payment Approvals (CRPAC). I came to know of your name and
address in my search for a reliable and low-key person to handle a very
confidential transaction based on unflinching trust, as we have not met
before. This transaction involves the transfer of huge sum of foreign
exchange (the United States Dollars) to a foreign account.
There were a series of contracts executed by a Consortium of Multinationals
in the oil industry in favour of NNPC among which are: (1) The expansion and
rehabilitation of the ageing pipeline network within Nigeria for crude oil
and downstream products distribution and evacuation - US$9 Billion. (2)
Contracts for the Turn Around Maintenance (TAM) of the four epileptic
refineries in the country. (3) The construction of more storage tanks and
maintenance and servicing of old ones for Petroleum Products Storage
(Depots) - US$90 Million. (4) The construction of Escravos Gas
Production Offshore facility. The original value of these contracts was
deliberately over-invoiced in the sum of USD Eighteen Million, Five Hundred
Thousand ($18,500,000.00) by this committee (CRPAC) during the awards of the
various contract.This sum ($18,500,000.00) has now been approved for payment
by this committee (CRPAC) and is now ready to be transferred by the
Central Bank of Nigeria to the account of any individual and or company
which the CRPAC presents as the beneficiary, since the company that actually
executed these contracts has been fully paid their fund and the projects
have been officially commissioned. Consequently, my colleagues and I are
willing to transfer the total amount to your account for subsequent
disbursement on our behalf, since we as civil servants and we are also
serving in a sensitive foreign payment approval committee (CRPAC) are
prohibited by the Code of Conduct Bureau (Civil Service Laws) from opening
or operating foreign account and or dealing in foreign exchange in our
names.
Needless to say, the trust reposed on you at this juncture is enormous. In
return, we have agreed to offer you 25% of the transferred sum; while 10%
shall be set aside for incidental expenses (internal and external) accrued
between the parties in the course of the transaction.The balance will be
used to purchase agricultural equipment and medical drugs from your country
for importation back to my country. You must however note that this
transaction is subject to the following terms and conditions: a) Our
conviction of your transparent honesty and diligence b) That you would
treat this transaction with utmost secrecy and confidentiality c) That you
have an unflinching trust in us, and our ability to complete all official
processes with your co-operation. (d) That the funds would be transferred to
an ordinary account, which you have total control over. Modalities have
been worked out (secretly) at the highest levels of the relevant government
departments involved and the Central Bank of Nigeria for the immediate
transfer of funds within 14 working days subject to your satisfaction of the
above stated terms.Our assurance is that your role is risk-free. To
accord this transaction the legality it deserves and for mutual security of
the fund, the whole approval procedures will be officially and legally
processed with your name or the name of any company you may nominate as the
bonafide beneficiary, as in an ideal situation. It is imperative that
you bear in mind that having put in 19 years in the service of the
government, I am averse to having my image and career dented.
This matter should therefore be treated with utmost secrecy and
urgency,Kindly expedite action by contacting me on my private e-mail address
emeka1940@yahoo.com
indicating your interest in this transaction. For swift response to your
reply, kindly indicate your fax and telephone numbers clearly so that I can
explain further, especially by fax. I am urgently waiting your reply as
payment to foreign contractors is usually made on quarterly basis.
Yours faithfully,
Mr. Emeka Akoh.
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