[ILUG-Social] response needed

[peter odili]

Greetings, 

It is with my profound dignity that I write you this very important and 
highly confidential letter. First, 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 
transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and 
worried,considering the fact that we have not met each other before, 
but I am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the day. We 
have decided to contact you by email due to the urgency of this transaction, 
as we have been reliably informed that it will take at least a minimum 
of two to three weeks for a normal post to reach you, so we decided it 
is best using the e-mail,which is quicker and also to enable us meet 
up with the second payment quarter for the year 2002 which has already 
begun. 

However, let me start by introducing myself properly to you. I am Mr. Paul 
Baba, a Director in the Department for Petroleum Resources (DPR) and I presently head a seven man tenders 
board incharge of Contract Awards and Payment Approvals. I came to know 
of you 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. I and 
my colleagues are Top Officials of the Federal Government Contract Review 
and Award Panel. Our duties include Evaluation, Vetting, Approval for 
payment of Contract jobs done for the D.P.R. e.t.c. In order to commence 
this business we solicit for your assistance to enable us transfer into 
your Account the said funds. 

The source of this funds is as follows: In the second quarter of 2001 
this committee was mandated to review and award contracts to the tune 
of US$400 million US dollars to a group of five firms for the supply 
, construction and installation of Oil Pipe lines in Warri and Port 
Harcourt. 
During this process my colleagues and I decided and agreed among ourselves 
to deliberately over-inflate the total contract sum from US$400 million 
to US$428 million United States dollars with the main intention of sharing 
the remaining sum of US$28 miilion amongst ourselves. 

The Federal Government of Nigeria has since last year approved the sum 
of US$428 million for us as the contract sum, and the sum of US$400 million 
has also been paid to the foreign companies concerned as contract 
entitlements 
for the various contracts done, but since the companies are entiltled 
to US$400 million dollars only, we are now left with US$21.5 million dollars 
balance in the account which we intend to disburse amongst ourselves, 
but by virtue of our positions as civil servants and members of this 
panel, we cannot do this by ourselves, as we are prohibited by the Code 
of Conduct Bureau (Civil Service Laws) from opening and/or operating 
foreign accounts in our names while still in Government service, making 
it impossible for us to acquire the money in our names right now. I have 
therefore, been delegated as a matter of trust and urgency by my colleagues 
in the panel to look for an overseas partner into whose account we would 
transfer the sum of US$21.5 million. Hence we are writing you this letter. 

My Colleagues and I have agreed that if you or your company can act as 
the beneficiary of this funds on our behalf, you or your Company will 
retain 20% of the total amount (US$21.5 million), while 60% will be for 
us (OFFICIALS) and the remaining 20% will be used in offsetting all 
debts/expenses and Taxes incurred both local and foreign in the cause 
of this transfer. Needless to say, the trust reposed 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 we have stated below; 

a) Our conviction of your transparent honesty and diligence 
b) That you would treat this transaction with utmost secrecy and 
confidentiality 
c) That you will not ask for more share or try to sit on the funds once 
it is under your custody, or any form of blackmail. 
c) That upon receipt of the funds you will release the funds as instructed 
by us after you have removed your share of 20% from the total amount. 

Please, note that this transaction is 100% legal and risk free and we 
hope to conclude this transaction seven bank working days from the date 
of receipt of the necessary requirements from you . We are looking forward 
to doing business with you and solicit your Total Confidentiality in 
this transaction. There is no cause for alarm. I give you my word that 
you are completely safe in doing business with us. Transactions like 
this have been successfully carried out in the past by most Government 
executives. Here in my country there is great economic and political 
disarray and thus looting and corruption is rampant and the order of 
the day, thus explaining why you might have heard stories of how money 
is been taken out of Nigeria, this is because everyone is making desperate 
attempts to secure his or her future, so that when we retire from active 
service we donot languish in poverty. I will explain more to you when 
I have heard from you. 

Please acknowledge the receipt of this letter using the above e-mail 
address. I will bring you into the complete picture of this pending 
business transaction when I have heard from you and also receive your 
confidential telephone and fax numbers to enable me fax to you all necessary 
information you need to know about our pending business transaction. 
I will also send to you my private telephone and fax numbers where you 
can always reach me. 

Your urgent response will be highly appreciated to enable us transfer 
the funds under this Second quarter of the year 2002. 

Thank you and God Bless. 

Yours faithfully, 

Paul Baba.