From: "Mr. Richard Ibis." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <abc123a@mail.bg>
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:34:15 -0700
Subject: I will appreciate your timely response

FROM THE DESK OF MR. RICHARD IBIS,
THE CHAIRMAN CONTRACT TENDER BOARD, F.M.P.M.R.
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM RESOURCES
Federal Secretariat,
Shehu Shagari Way, Abuja.


Attn: Sir/Madam,

CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL

It is with trust and confidence that I write to reveal this business proposal to you, I was assigned by three of my
colleagues to seek for a foreign partner who will assist us in providing a convenient Bank account in a designated
Bank overseas for the transfer of US$13,200,000.00 (Thirteen Million Two Hundred Thousand United States Dollars
only), pending our arrival in your country for utilization and disbursement of the fund with the owner of the
account.

My name is Mr. Richard Ibis; I am the Chairman Contract Tender Board of Federal Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral
Resources, Lagos, Nigeria. On January 2004 The Federal Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources awarded a contract
of US$842,000,000.00 (Eight Hundred and Forty Two Million United States Dollars only) to a foreign firm and the
contract number is :042/FGN/FMPMR/PED/WR/PH/REF/O4, but my colleagues and I being members of the Contract Award
Committee over inflected the contract to the tune of US$855,200,000 with the intention of sharing the
remaining balance of US$13,200.000.00 amongst ourselves, and every thing worked out so as we planed it.

The Contract has been successfully executed and the actual contractors have been paid their US$842, 000,000.00 only
in full, leaving the balance of US$13,200,000.00 which we now want to transfer out of the country making it look as
if the payment for the contract has been completed, since we the Government Officials are not permitted by Law to
operate Foreign bank accounts, we cannot collect the money from the source because the contract was undertaken by a
foreign firm.

My colleagues and I have agreed that if you can act / stand as the actual beneficiary of this fund we will transfer
the money to any of your nominated Bank account and you will retain 30% of the total fund for the assistance rendered
by you, while we retain 60% of the total fund, and the balance of 10% will be set aside for the offsetting of all
expenses that might be incurred by both parties during the fund transfer process. We are requesting you to co-
operate with us and provide a convenient account information in a designated bank where this fund can be safely
transferred into since this is our only chance of making something for ourselves after many years of service, We
intend to come over there on the completion of the fund transfer to secure our own share of the fund.

Please note that we have been carefully worked out all the modalities for a smooth transfer of the fund to your
chosen designated Bank account before contacting you, We would therefore not want you to expose this proposal to
anybody for the purpose of security and its confidential nature, We also believe you will not sit on our money when
it is eventually transferred into your account, as you would get 30% of the fund. Please be rest assured that this
transaction is 100% risk free, and the nature of your business has nothing to do with it.

If this proposal is accepted by you, please indicate your interest without any delay by sending us your contacts
details, a bank account of your own choice were the fund will be safe, your full identification, your private
Telephone, Fax and mobile numbers for easy contact. On your acceptance, more details about this transaction will be
given to you.

It may interest you to know that I am newly appointed to head our offshore office in Cameroon and Sao tome and I am
currently in Cameroon now.
However, with my long years in service I know that the ministry may call for my retirement at any time, that is why I
highly need your urgent help and co-operation in this transaction.
I will be waiting for your urgent response.
Best regards,


Mr. Richard Ibis.
THE CHAIRMAN, TENDERS BOARD OF, F.M.P.M.R.
EMAIL: richardibis@excite.co.uk