![[An air mail from Nigeria]](xfer1a.jpg)
I've got a letter from Nigeria.
Oh...why is this stamp a xerox-copied one? It was so glossy that I could easily find that!
Please be aware...this letter is a fraud as well as the illegally-duplicated stamp.
They ask for the charge (e.g. money to bribe the officials) that's never written on this letter. Once you pay for it, they disappears!
![[A letter from Nigeria with selfish love]](xfer1.gif)
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
DR. PAUL OBI
LAGOS - NIGERIA.
TEL/FAX.:234-1-496406
DEAR SIR,
BUSINESS PROPOSAL - RE: TRANSFER OF FOURTY FIVE MILLION. UNITED STATES DOLLARS
(US$45,000,000.
WE ARE MEMBERS OF THE CONTRACT AWARD COMMITTEE OF THE NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM
CORPORATION (NNPC) A COMMITTEE WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY IS TO AWARD AND REVIEW AII CON-
TRACTS AWARDED TO FOREIGN CONTRACTORS BY THIS CORPORATION..
I AM SOLICITING YOUR ASSISTANCE ON BEHALF OF MY OTHER COLLEAGUES TO ASSIST US IN THE
TRANSFER OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED SUM INTO ANY FOREIGN BANK ACCOUNT TO BE PROVIDED BY
YOU.
THE MONEY IN QUESTION RESULTED FROM OVER INVOICED CONTRACTS AWARDED TO FOREIGN CON-
TRACTORS BY THE MEMBERS OF MY COMMITTEE IN THE PROCESS OF CARRYING OUT OUR DUTIES
(REVIEW OF OLD CONTRACTS). IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT SOME CONTRACTS AWARDED TO CERTAIN
FOREIGN CONTRACTORS WERE GROSSLY OVER INVOICED TO THE TUNE OF FOURTY FNE MILLION
UNITED STATES DOLLARS (US$45,000,OOO.00) WE HAVE THEREFORE DECIDED TO HAVE THIS MONEY
TRANSFERED OUT OF THE COUNTRY FOR OUR OWN PERSONAL USE.
IN VIEW OF THE ABOVE WE ARE CONTACTING YOU TO ASSIST US IN THE TRANSFER OF THIS MONEY
BY PROVIDING US WITH ANY FOREIGN ACCOUNT WHERE IT CAN BE REMITTED INTO. THIS IS BE-
CAUSE AS CIVIL SERVANTS WE ARE NOT PERMITTED BY THE CIVIL SERVICE LAWS OF THE COUNTRY
TO OPERATE FOREIGN ACCOUNTS.
OF COURSE YOU WILL BE ADEQUATELY COMPENSATED FOR THIS ASSISTANCE. AS WE HAVE AGREED
THAT YOU, THE ACCOUNT OWNER SHOULD TAKE 25% OF THE TOTAL SUM. MY COLLEAGUES AND I
WILL SHARE 70% OF THE TOTAL SUM. WHILE THE BALANCE 5% WILL GO INTO THE OFFSETTING OF
AII EXPENSES (BOTH LOCAL AND FOREIGN) THAT COULD BE INCURED IN THE PROCESS OF
TRANSFERING THIS MONEY.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THIS BUSINESS, PLEASE PROVIDE ME WITH THE FOLLOWING INFORMA-
TION AND CONTACT ME AS SOON AS YOU CAN. TO ENABLE US EFFECT A SPEEDY TRANSFER OF THE
MONEY.
1. YOUR PRIVATE TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBER
2. THE NAME & ADDRESS OF THE BANK WHERE YOU WANT THIS MONEY TO BE TRANSFERED
INTO.
3. THE ACCOUNTS NUMBER WHERE YOU WANT THIS MONEY TO BE CREDITED INTO
4. THE NAME OF THE BENEFICIARY TO THE ACCOUNT.
DUE TO THE SENSITIVE NATURE OF THIS BUSINESS AND MY POSITION AS A GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL
STILL IN ACTIVE SERVICE, I IMPLORE YOU TO PLEASE TREAT THIS PROPOSAL WITH THE UTMOST
CONFIDENTIALITY IT REQUIRES. PIEASE ACKNOWLEDGE THE RECEIPT OF THIS LETTER AND FEEL
FREE TO ASK ANY QUESTION THROUGH THE ABOVE TEL/FAX NUMBERS. I AWAIT YOUR URGENT
REPLY.
YOURS FAITHFULLY,
DR. PAUL OBI