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From: aidris@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 08:09:26 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?FROM=20AI?=
FROM THE DESK OF AMINU IDRIS
CONFIDENTIAL TELEPHONE:234-803-463-1633
PROPOSAL FOR PARTICIPATORY FINANCIAL TRANSACTION
PLEASE PERMIT ME TO MAKE YOUR ACQUAINTANCE IN SO INFORMAL A MANNER.THIS
IS NECESSITATED BY MY URGENT NEED TO REACH A DEPENDABLE AND TRUSTWORTHY
FOREIGN PARTNER.THIS REQUEST MAY SEEM STRANGE AND UNSOLICITED BUT I WILL
CRAVE YOUR INDULGENCE AND PRAY THAT YOU VIEW IT SERIOUSLY.MY NAME IS AMINU
IDRIS AN OFFICIAL WITH THE CONTRACTS REVIEW PANEL OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
OF NIGERIA.I GOT YOUR CONTACT, WHILE SURFING ON THE INTERNET FOR A PARTNER
TO ASSIST IN THIS TRANSACTION.
WE ARE INTERESTED IN DIVERTING SOME FUNDS THAT ARE PRESENTLY FLOATING IN
THE SUSPENCE ACCOUNT OF THE FEDERAL PAY OFFICE. AS SUCH IN ORDER TO COMMENCE
THIS TRANSACTION, WE SOLICIT FOR YOUR
ASSISTANCE TO ENABLE US TRANSFER INTO YOUR ACCOUNT THE SAID FLOATING FUNDS.WE
ARE DETERMINED TO CONCLUDE THE TRANSFER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE .
THE SOURCE OF THE FUNDS ARE AS FOLLOWS: DURING THE LAST ABACHA MILITARY
REGIME IN NIGERIA, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS SET UP COMPANIES AND AWARDED CONTRACTS
TO THEIR OWN COMPANIES, THESE CONTRACTS WERE GROSSLY OVER-INVOICED IN VARIOUS
MINISTRIES AND PARASTATALS.THE PRESENT OBASANJO GOVERNMENT SET UP A CONTRACT
REVIEW PANEL WHICH HAS THE MANDATE TO USE THE INSTRUMENTS OF PAYMENT MADE
AVAILABLE TO IT BY THE DECREE SETTING UP THE PANEL,TO REVIEW THESE CONTRACTS
AND IF
NECESSARY PAY THOSE WHO ARE BEING OWED OUTSTANDING AMOUNTS.MYCOLLEAGUES
AND I HAVE IDENTIFIED QUITE A HUGE SUM OF THESE FUNDS TOTALING U.S$900,000,000:00(NINE
HUNDRED MILLION,U.S DOLLARS) OVERSEA'S AND ANOTHER U.S$75,000,000:00 (SEVENTY-FIVE
MILLION,UNITED STATES DOLLARS) LOCALLY HERE IN NIGERIA,WHICH ARE CURRENTLY
FLOATING IN THE FEDERAL PAY OFFICE READY FOR DISBURSEMENT AND WOULD LIKE
TO DIVERT SOME OF IT FOR OUR OWN PURPOSES.IF YOU ARE CONVERSANT WITH CNN
NEWS YOU WOULD HAVE HEARD THAT U.S$149,000,000:00(ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTY-NINE
MILLION,U.S DOLLARS) OF THIS FUNDS WHERE RETURNED BACK TO NIGERIA EARLIER
ON THIS YEAR FROM JERSEY A TINY ISLAND CLOSE TO BRITAIN AND ANOTHER U.S$500,000,000:00(FIVE
HUNDRED MILLION,U.S DOLLARS) TO BE RETURNED SHORTLY FROM SWITZERLAND AS
THE GOVERNMENT OF SWITZERLAND HAS ALREADY RETURNED US$200,000,000:00(TWO
HUNDRED MILLION) AT THE END OF 2003,AND THE BALANCE US$500M WOULD BE RETURNED
AFTER ALL NECESSARY LEGAL HURDLES HAVE BEING TAKEN CARE OF,THIS INFORMATION
YOU CAN AUTHENTICATE YOURSELF BY GOING TO THE SWITZERLAND OFFICIAL WEBSITE,www.swissinfo.org
CLICK ENGLISH IT WOULD OPEN THE NEWS PAGE THEN ON THE LEFT HAND CORNER OF
THE PAGE YOU WOULD SEE THE SUB-HEADING "SERVICES" UNDER IT CLICK "SEARCH"
WHEN THE PAGE OPENS,PUT "ABACHA" IN THE SLOT FOR "SUBJECT" AND THE TIME
PERIOD STATE "LAST YEAR" AS IT WOULD BRING UP ALL THE STORIES RELATING TO
THESE FUNDS AT THE BOTTOM SIDE OF THE PAGE.
HOWEVER, BY VIRTUE OF OUR POSITION AS CIVIL SERVANTS AND MEMBER OF THIS
PANEL, WE CANNOT ACQUIRE THESE FUNDS IN OUR NAMES OR IN THE NAMES OF COMPANIES
THAT ARE BASED IN NIGERIA.I HAVE THEREFORE BEEN MANDATED, AS A MATTER OF
TRUST BY MY COLLEAGUES IN THE PANEL, TO LOOK FOR A RELIABLE PARTNER ABROAD
INTO WHOSE ACCOUNT WE CAN TRANSFER THE SUM OF U.S$30,000,000.00 (THIRTY
MILLION,U.S DOLLARS)FROM THE .S$75,000,000(SEVENTY-FIVE MILLION,U.S DOLLARS)
THAT WAS DISCOVERED HERE IN NIGERIA AND THE BALANCE U.S$45,000,000(FOURTY-FIVE
MILLION,U.S DOLLARS) RETURNED TO THE
GOVERNMENT. THAT IS WHY AM SENDING YOU THIS EMAIL.
INCIDENTAL TO THE ACTUALIZATION OF THIS PROJECT.WE WISH TO INVEST OUR SHARE
OF THE PROCEEDS OF THIS PROJECT IN FOREIGN STOCK MARKETS,PROPERTIES AND
OTHER BUSINESS TILL WE ARE READY AND ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO THEM WITHOUT
RAISING ANY EYEBROWS HERE AT HOME.PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS TRANSACTION IS 100%
SAFE AND RISK FREE.WE TEND TO EFFECT THE TRANSFER WITHIN FOURTEEN WORKING
DAYS FROM THE DAY OF RECEIPT OF THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION THROUGH MY E-MAIL
ADDRESS.YOUR FULL NAME AND ADDRESS,PHONE AND FAX NUMBER,YOUR BANKING CO-ORDINATES
INTO WHICH THE FUNDS WOULD BE PAID.THE ABOVE INFORMATION WILL ENABLE US
WRITE LETTERS OF CLAIM AND JOB DESCRIPTION RESPECTIVELY.AS WE WOULD USE
THE INFORMATION TO APPLY FOR THE PAYMENT AND BACKDATE THE AWARD OF THE CONTRACT
TO YOUR
COMPANY TO REFLECT WHEN THE ACTUAL CONTRACT WAS DONE.THE SAID MONEY IS A
STATE FUND AND THEREFORE REQUIRES TOTAL CONFIDENTIALITY.THUS,IF YOU ARE
WILLING TO ASSIST US MOVE THIS FUND OUT OF NIGERIA,YOU CAN CONTACT ME THROUGH
MY CONFIDENTIAL EMAIL ADDRESS aidris2020@yahoo.es WITH YOUR TELEPHONE,FAX
NUMBER AND PERSONAL INFORMATION TO ENABLE US DISCUSS THE MODALITIES AND
WHAT WILL BE YOUR SHARE (PERCENTAGE) FOR ASSISTING US,TAKE NOTE IT DOES
NOT MATTER IF THE ACCOUNT DETAILS YOU ARE SENDING US CONTAINS ONLY $20 IN
AS MUCH AS THE ACCOUNT CAN TAKE THE FUNDS WITHOUT ANY
PROBLEMS THAT WOULD BE FINE BY US ALSO YOUR AREA OF BUSINESS WOULD NOT BE
A DRAW BACK IN YOUR ASSISTANCE .
WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING THIS TRANSACTION WITH YOU AND WILL BRING
YOU INTO A MORE DETAIL PICTURE OF THIS TRANSACTION WHEN I HEAR FROM YOU.
BEST REGARDS
IDRIS AMINU Bsc.FIN.
TEL : 00234-803-463-1633
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