immediate 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. Peter
Odili, 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,

peter odili.