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SUB:REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mr.Efong John)
Tue Jan 5 15:29:10 2010
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From: "Mr.Efong John"<mr.efongjohn@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 21:14:57 +0100
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<B> SUB:REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP – STRICTLY </B></DIV>
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<B> CONFIDENTIAL.</B></DIV>
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<B>My apologies for this unsolicited mail as I am aware that this is certainly an unconventional approach to establishing a relationship, However, I will definitely accept the wisdom of your decision should this request not appeal to you.</B></DIV>
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<B>I am Mr.Efong John Smith, Director General of the Nigerian Petroleum Ministry, and chairman of a Six-man Federal Government Petroluem Pipeline Contract Review and Award Committee.</B></DIV>
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<B>I got your contact from the international banking conglomerate in my search for a reliable and reputable person to handle a very confidential business transaction which involves the transfer of a huge sum of money to a foreign account requiring maximum confidence.</B></DIV>
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<B>I have decided to contact you first by your email due to the urgency of this request, as I have been reliably informed that it will take at least two to three weeks for a normal post to reach you. </B></DIV>
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<B>So I decided it is best using the email.Firstly, I must solicit your strictest confidentiality in this transaction. This is by virtue of its nature as being utterly CONFIDENTIAL and “TOP SECRET”. Though I know that a request of this magnitude will make anyone apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the day. </B></DIV>
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<B>Last year my committee awarded contracts of US$400,000,000.00 (Four Hundred Million United States Dollars) to five construction firms on behalf of the Petroleum Ministry for the supply, construction and installation of Oil Pipelines from Warri in Delta State to Port-Harcourt in River State. During this process myself and five other committee members decided amongst ourselves to deliberately over-inflate the total contract sum to US$436,500,000.00 (Four Hundred and Thirty Six Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) with the intention of sharing the inflated sum of US$36,500,000.00 (Thirty Six Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) amongst us.</B></DIV>
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<B>The Federal Government of Nigeria through the Finance Ministry on march 3rd released the funds, and payment to the foreign contractors concerned is now been made, the last contractor on the payment list is expected to receive $80,000000.00 next week after clarification and the committee will then be left with the inflated sum of $36,500,000.00 balance in the Petroluem ministry's account, which we intend to transfer into a safe and reliable bank account abroad, Afterwhich, the money will be shared amongst ourselves. </B></DIV>
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<B>Our reason for contacting you with this request is that by virtue of our positions as civil servants and members of this committee, we are prohibited by the Nigeran ‘Code of Conduct Bureau’ (Civil Service Laws) from opening and operating foreign bank accounts while still in active service, thereby making it impossible for us to acquire the money with any committee members identity.</B></DIV>
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<B>We have, therefore, as a matter of trust agreed to request your consent to transfer into your bank account the sum of US$36,500,000.00 (Thirty Six Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars).</B></DIV>
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<B>My colleagues and I have collectively agreed that if your company can act as the beneficiary of this funds on our behalf as one of the contractors, your company after receiving this funds will retain 20% of the total amount, while 75% will be for us (members of this panel) and the remaining 5% will be used in offsetting any unforseen expenses that may be incurred (both local and foreign) in the cause of this transfer.</B></DIV>
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<B>Needless to say, the trust we intend to repose on you at this juncture is enormous. In return we demand your complete honesty and trust. You must however, NOTE that this transaction will be strictly based on the following terms and conditions as stated below, as we have heard confirmed cases of business associates running away with funds kept in their custody when it finally arrive their accounts.</B></DIV>
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<B>A very good and recent example is the one between Mr. Peter Hopwood, the President of Mileage Trading and Investment Company at Number 121, West 55th Street, 21st Floor, New York 10022, and former Chairman of OMPADEC (Mr. Patrick Opia). We were reliably informed that after the agreement between both partners, in which Mr. Peter Hopwood's company was to retain 15% of the money and the remaining 85% for the Nigerian Officials, After all the required documents was signed, the money was duly transferred into Mileage Trading and Investment Company's account, only to be disappointed on their arrival in New York that Mr. Peter Hopwood was no longer on that address, while his telephone and fax numbers had been re-allocated to somebody else now occupyimg the same address. This was how the Chairman of OMPADEC Mr. Patrick Opia and his fellow OMPADEC officials lost US$18.5 Million to Mr. Hopwood.</B></DIV>
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<B>So right now we are taking all precautionary measures to guard against re-occurrence of such act in our case. This is why we have decided that this transaction will be based completely on the following:</B></DIV>
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<B>(a).Our conviction of your transparency, honesty and diligence.</B></DIV>
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<B>(b).That you would treat this transaction with utmost secrecy and confidentiality.</B></DIV>
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<B>(c). Assure us with all sincerity that our portion will be our's at anytime after you actually receive the total funds, you will promptly release our (75%) share on demand after you have removed your 20% and all expenses have been settled. On our instruction you would immediately seperate our share of the money and place in a special account with an identity we shall provide you.</B></DIV>
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<B>(d). You must be ready to provide us with enough information about yourself by giving us your complete personal information and that of two referees just to put our minds at rest.</B></DIV>
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<B>Note that we hope to conclude the process of transferring this funds over to you in Five Banking days from the date of receipt of the necessary information and requirement from you.</B></DIV>
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<B>Please, acknowledge the receipt of this letter by responding through my email address and I will provide you with details on the way forward when I have heard from you.</B></DIV>
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<B>With gratitude and enthusiasm I anticipate your co-operation .</B></DIV>
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<B>Once more, my sincere apologies for your time.</B></DIV>
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<B>Tel:+234-8035129502</B></DIV>
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<B>Kind Regards.</B></DIV>
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<B>Mr.Efong John.</B></DIV>
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