Ah, back to infrastructure. "Dada Musa" has a very specific list of projects
which were "over invoiced".
Subject reads: REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE
I am an Accountant with Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation(NNPC) and l head a seven man tenders board
in charge of Contract Awards and Payment Approvals. l
am in search of a reliable and reputable person to
handle a very confidential transaction which involves
the transfer of a huge sum of money to a foreign
account. My team started enjoying great previleges
after autonomy was granted to NNPC.
There were series of contracts executed by a
Consortium of multinationals in the oil industry in
favour of NNPC among which were:
(1) The expansion of the pipeline network within
Nigeria for crude oil and downstream products
distribution and subsequent evacuation-US$3.5Billion
(2) Contract for the Turn Around Maintenance (TAM)
of the various Refineries in the country-US$980Million
(3) The construction of storage tanks for Petroleum
Products (Depots)-US$620Million
The original value of these contracts were
deliberately over-invoiced in the sum of USD Thirty
Nine Million, Eight Hundred Thousand
(US$39,800.000.00) which has now been approved and is
ready to be transferred, being that the companies that
actually executed these contracts have fully been paid
and the projects officially commissioned.
Consequently, my colleagues and l 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 openig and/or operating foreign
accounts in our names.lt is like using you as a
frontier to lay legitimate claim to the said amount of
US$39.8million.
Needless to say, that the trust reposed on you at this
juncture is enormous. ln return, we will offer you 25%
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 must however NOTE that this transaction is subject
to the following terms and condition:
(a) Our conviction of your transparent honesty and
diligence
(b) That you would treat this transparent with
utmost secrecy and confidentiality it deserves
(c)That you have adsolute trust in us,and have faith
enough to know this is a scam.
[Note: Yes, that is how it was received. ]
Modalities have been worked out at the highest levels
of the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank
Nigeria for the immediate transfer of funds within 14
working days subject to your satisfaction of the above
stated terms.
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 or the of any company you may
nominate as the bonafide beneficiary.
Once more, l want you to understand that having put in
over 28 years in the civil 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 this quarter.
Please contact me urgently indicating your interest
and include your telephone and fax number.
Yours sincerely,
Dada Musa.
DON'T contact him urgently. Don't contact him at all. Just keep reading (or not, if
your tummy is hurting from so many laughs: