[1577] in RISKS Forum
nigerian credit scam using risks@csl.sri.com
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Simson L. Garfinkel)
Sat Mar 10 09:30:23 2001
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Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2001 08:29:12 -0500
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Peter,
I received this email, which appears to be a front for one of those Nigerian
bank scams. I'm sending this to you because of the To: address. It's likely
that others who post to Risks have been similarly targeted.
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Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2001 01:21:22 -0800
Subject: Business Transaction"Private"
From: "olusegun bola" <dr.olusegunbolay2k@onebox.com>
To: risks@csl.sri.com
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Dr.Olusegun Bola.
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
Central Business District,
Herbert Macaulay Way
Abuja, Nigeria.
Dear sir,
REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE-STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL;
I am Dr. Olusegun Bola, a top management staff in
the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and
I head a seven-man tender's board in charge of
Contract Awards and Payments Approvals. I came to know
of you in my search for a reliable and reputable
person to handle a very confidential transaction that
involves the transfer of a huge sum of money to a
foreign account. There were series of contracts
executed by a consortium Multinationals in the oil
industry in favour of NNPC among which were:
The Supply of Y2K Compliant Personal Computers and
Accessories to the Warri, Port Harcourt and Kaduna
Refineries.
Supply of Drugs and Relief materials to the victims of
the Niger/ Delta crises.
The construction of Schools, Hospitals and Housing
Units in the Niger/Delta Region.
The original value of these contracts were
deliberately over invoiced in the sum of USD FORTY ONE
MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS (41.5M) which has now
been approved and is now ready to be transferred being
that the Companies that actually executed these
contracts have been paid and the projects officially
commissioned.
Consequently, my colleagues and I are willing to
transfer the total amount to your account for
subsequent disbursement, since we as civil servants
are prohibited by the Code of Conduct Bureau (Civil
Service Laws) from opening and/ or operating foreign
accounts in our names.
Needless to say, the trust reposed on you at this
juncture is enormous. In return, we have agreed to
offer you 20% of the transferred sum, while 10% shall
be set aside for incidental expenses (internal and
external) between the parties in the course of the
transaction. You will be mandated to remit the balance
70% to other accounts in due course.
You must however NOTE that this transaction is subject
to the following terms and conditions:
Our conviction of your transparent honesty and
diligence.
That you would treat this transaction with utmost
secrecy and confidentiality.
That as a foreign partner, you will follow our
instructions to the letter. Provide the account
required, and competent to assist us on profitable
investment areas in your Country in an advisory
capacity.
Furthermore, Modalities have been worked out at the
highest levels of the Ministry of Finance and the
Central Bank of Nigeria for the immediate transfer of
the funds within 10 working days subject to your
satisfaction of the above stated terms. Our assurance
is that your role is risk free.
To accord this transaction the legality it deserves
and for mutual security of the fund, the whole
approval procedures will be officially and legally
processed with your name of any Company you may
nominate as the Bonafide beneficiary.
Once more, I want you to understand that having put in
over 26 years in the service of my country, I am
averse to having my image and career dented. This
matter should therefore be treated with utmost secrecy
and urgency.
Kindly expedite action as we are behind schedule to
enable us include this transfer in the first batch of
this financial quarter payment.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this message via my
my email address"dr.olusegunbolay2k@onebox.com"
Yours Sincerely,
Dr.Olusegun Bola.
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