- From: <odigwe@eircom.net>
- Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2002 02:01:25 +0000
- To: odigwe@eircom.net
Dear Sir RE: URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL I know that this will come to you as a suprise. I am Dr. paul odigwe the Director and Funds Co-ordinator of the Finance/Contract Department of the FEDERAL MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM RESOURCES.Terms of Reference. My term of reference involves the financial management and disbursement of proceeds from petroleum products and also the award of contracts to multinationalcompanies. My office is also saddled with responsibility of screening categorization and prioritization of projects embarked upon by this Ministry as well as feasibility study for selected projects and supervising the project consultants involved. A breakdown of the fiscal expenditure by this office as at the end of the fourth fiscal quarter of 2001 indicates that this Ministry paid out a whooping sum of US$736M (Seven hundred and Thirty Six Million United States Dollars) to successful contractbeneficiaries. The Ministry is now compiling beneficiaries to be paid this third quarter of 2002. The crux of this letter is that the finance/contract department of this Ministry deliberately over-inflated the contract value of the various contracts awarded. In the cause of disbursements, this department has been able to track down the sum of US$20.5M Twenty Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) as the over-invoiced sum. This money is now lying and floating in the Ministry's domiciliary account with the Apex Bank, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). My colleagues and I now want to quickly transfer these funds to a safe nominated account for possible investment abroad. We are not allowed as a matter of Government policy to operate any foreign account because of our status as Civil/public servants. Hence the need to solicit for your account to transfer thisfund into. We have also evolved a sharing formula as follows: (1) 25% for the foreign account owner(2) 70% for I and my colleagues (3) 5% will be set aside to defray all expenses both locally and internationally during the course of this transaction. Furthermore, we shall be relying on your advice as regards investments of part of our share in any blue-chip Company in your country. Be informed that this business is genuinely and 100% safe considering the high-powered government official involved. Send your private fax, telephone numbers and your mobile telephone if any and same of your Bankand Account number. This is to facilitate easy communication with you.Contact me strictly by email.Looking forward to healthy business relationship withyou.Sincerely, DR, PAUL ODIGWE
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