From: "Mr. Phillip Akpan" (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2022 03:48:00 -0800
Subject: FOR INVESTMENT//++

Dear Good Friend


I am Mr. Philip Akpan, a Chartered accountant by profession working with the Federal Ministry of Agriculture in Nigeria (West Africa). Perhaps you might be wondering why you have received this mail, but I can assure you that at the end, we both will be having a discussion as to whatever profitable business (es) we should invest our respective share(s) in. I was assigned by two of my colleagues to seek a foreign partner who will assist us in providing a convenient foreign account in any designated bank abroad for a transfer of US$52.7 million pending on our arrival in your country for utilization and disbursement with the owner of the account.

This amount results from a deliberate inflation of the value of a contract awarded by our Ministry (The Federal Ministry of Agriculture, F.M.A) to an expatriate company who supplied Agricultural equipment to the Ministry years back. The contract has been executed and payment made to the ORIGINAL contractor, remaining the over-invoiced amount of US$52.7 million which we want to transfer the fund out of the country for disbursement among ourselves (i.e You being the foreign counterpart, I and my other two colleagues). The transfer of this money can only be possible with your help being a foreigner who will be presented as the beneficiary of the fund.

As Civil servants, we are not allowed to operate foreign accounts, and this is the reason why I decided to contact you. We have agreed that if you/your company can act as the beneficiary of this fund (US$52.7 million), 20% of the total sum will be for you for assisting us from start to finish in this venture while 80% will be reserved for us.

We hereby solicit for your assistance in providing a convenient banking coordinate in a designated bank in your country where this fund would be transferred. We intend to come over on the completion of this transfer to secure our own share of the money.

Please note that we have been careful and have made all arrangements towards the success and smooth transfer of the fund to your nominated account before contacting you. For security reasons and confidentiality of this transaction, we demand that you should not expose this proposal and the entire transaction to anybody.

We are putting so much trust in you with the hope that you would not betray us or sit on this money when it is finally transferred into your account. Be rest assured that this transaction is 100% risk free. If this proposal is acceptable by you, indicate your interest by sending your response including your full details and your direct phone number


Note that the particular nature of your company's business is not necessarily needed for this transaction. If this transaction interests you, your urgent response will be appreciated via my Official Email.

Yours faithfully,

Mr. Philip Akpan
My official Email: Philipakpan@agric-ministry.com.ng
My Personal Email: philipakpanagric@gmail.com
My Direct Tel: +234 8080 777933