although this letter may come to you as a surprise. Please accept it as an introduction of myself and a request for your urgent attention. I got to know you through a friend who was formerly residing inyourcountry.

I am an accountant and member of the "tender committee" of my corporation, the Nigeria national petroleum corporation (nnpc). After due consultation with other members of the committee i have specifically been mandated to arrange with you for a possible transfer of some funds being an over estimated sum resulting from various contracts executed by saipem, snamprogetti and other foreign firms for my corporation. The contracts in question were for the following:-

• (i) the construction of oso condensate recoveryplant worth $1.2Billion.
• (Ii) construction of several pipeline network for crude, gas and
• petroleum products evacuation, for $1.0 Billion
• (iii) purchase of drilling and maintenance equipment worth$700m.
• (Iv) $80m for turn around maintenance (tam) of port harcourt and warri refineries.

The original value of this contracts were purposely overinflated by us (tender committee) with the sum of $25m (twenty five million u.S. Dollars only). Now that all the names have received their supposed payments accordingly and the projects commissioned, we want to transfer this over invoiced sum to a trusted foreigner s account.

We have agreed that if your company can act as the beneficiary, you will retain 30% of the total amount, 70% for us. Honestly, we expect that some money are going to be spent along the line of getting the business fruitfully executed.
[NOTE: I don't like to insult your intelligence, but are you catching on yet?]
We expect to lobby top officials for them to approve the payment. Nevertheless we believe in the contact we have. All modalities have been worked out with the top officials of the federal ministry of finance and the central bank of Nigeria to facilitate the remittance of this sum of money into your account within 14 working days of receiving the following information from you.(1) The name of the bank, account number address and telex of the bank.(2) Your personal phone, fax for easycommunication.

We shall arrange a meeting immediately with the officials involved for a face to face talk and hitch free transfer of this sum of money into your account. Note that we have put in many years of meticulousservice to the government, therefore, we would not want our reputable image dented. Therefore handle this arrangement with maturity, topmost secrecyandurgency.

Note: reply by email joe_obaseki@yahoo.Com immediately to me thank you as i look forward to your immediate reply.