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From: ousman malik <ousmanmalik@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 27 May 2006 06:27:37 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: URGENT CO-OPERATION.
Attn;Director,
Sir,
I am Dr.Ousman Malik, a member of the Board of Directors Aid Relief foundation {ARF} Agency. We are empowered for the Provision of relief materials to all the refugee in the troubled spot in the west African sub-region, presently now we are in Cotonou Benin were our headquarter is situated. We have make-up our mind to contact you on this business transaction that you will act as our beneficial till the end of the transaction.
My group recently agreed to transfer the sum of nineteen million, seven hundred thousand United States dollars {us$19.7 million) into a foreign account for our personal and strong business investment in future.The simple mode of operation will be just for us to apply for the release of the above stated money to you, your company will apply for the above amount and serve among the foreign companies that supplied Welfare materials, as we will arrange all the documented evidence of the communities and people in Liberia, Ivory Coast, Sierra-Leone,and Guinea Bissau who have benefited from the materials supplied by early last year and this year.
We have all records of purchasing orders and supplied.The materials supplied are clothing of various kinds,blankets, rice, Soya-beans, milk, sugar, salt, drugs and footwear. We will prepare an invoice to cover these materials at the cost of $19.7 million on your company's name to legalize our claim and believe you will stand firm to defend this successful actualization of this deal which is your paramount responsibility as a foreign contractor which we make you to be. We shall forward the invoice to the Accountant General of (ARF) and get the entire approval document, which we shall as well send to you to update your records.
My group is very much ready and capable of effecting the remittance of this into a well secured foreign account (individual or corporate account), owned and operated by someone who talks less and worthy of trust.Please, if you are capable of working on this project with us and you believe you are trust worthy, you should quickly get in touch through my alternative email ousmanmalik@yahoo.com , and also forward the under listed requirements to enable us facilitate and arrange for the immediate transfer of the fund soonest.
I. Your Company names and address.
2. Bank name and address
3. Account number and account name
4. Your telephone and fax numbers {personal/private}for easy communication.
Certainly your will be rewarded with 25%of the 19.7million. We shall have 70% while 5% will be used to re-imbue both parties for the expenses incurred in the course of consummating this deal, it is important to state here, that no risk of any sort is involved,now or in future. We need just a week to be able to complete this transfer, after getting all the required information from you.
We await your urgent response.
Kind regards,
Dr. Ousman Malik.
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