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From: "Engr.Goodluck Okafor" <engr_goodluckokafor8@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: engrgoodluckokafor@myway.com
Date: Fri, 04 May 2007 15:31:43 +0100
Subject: Urgent Attention
PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL
I am the chairman of the contract award committee Department of Petroleum
Resources (DPR)
Here in Nigeria.
After due deliberation with my partner, I decided to forward to you this
business proposal.
We want you to assist us receive the sum of Nine Million, Five Hundred
Thousand United State Bills ($9.5M) into your account. This fund resulted
from an over-invoiced contract awarded by us under the budget allocation to
my Ministry and the Bill was approved for payment by the
Concerned Ministries.
The contract was executed, commissioned and the contractor was paid his
actual cost of the contract. Now, we are left with the balance of $9.5M as
the over invoiced amount, which we have
Deliberately over estimated for our own use. Please note that the law
forbids civil servants to operate or own foreign accounts. It is for this
reason we seek your assistance. We have agreed to give you $2.5M while the
balance will be for my partners and me
Note that this transaction is very much free from all sorts of risk hence
the business was carefully planned before it was successfully executed and
we the officials involved in the deal have put many years in service to our
ministry. We have been exercising patience for this
Privilege for so long not until the presidential announcement last week,
that all foreign contractors owed be paid forthwith, this will enable the
presidency reconcile our debt ratio with the outside world and to most of
us, this is a lifetime blessing we cannot afford to miss. Upon indication of
your interest to fully co-operate with us, Please furnish me with the
following information's:
Name and address (to be used as the Beneficiary)
Direct Telephone and fax numbers (to contact you)
Your age and what you do for a living.
Note that the following information's will enable us seek / secure approval
of the fund from the concerned Government quarters / ministries within 3-4
banking days. As soon as we confirm receipt of this money in your nominated
bank account, my partner and I will come over to your country to arrange for
our own share and possibly invest part of this money in your country.
Let honesty and trust be our watchword throughout this transaction. I shall
furnish you with some details about myself. Your prompt reply will be highly
appreciated.
Best regards.
Engr. Good luck Okafor
Call me on my direct number for more details 234-80-38013633
Urgent Attention
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