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From: bello mohammed <mohammedbelloa67@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2006 00:33:54 +0100 (BST)
Subject: from mohammed.
BELLO MAHAMMED, B.sc,M.s.c . J.P.
14, Queens Court Towers, Victoria Island
Lagos - Nigeria
Dear Amarjit,
A very good day to you.l received your prompt reply to my emai.Sorry for
getting back late.l have been out of my station for offical duty.l
wish to thank you for your interest in this business which will be of
mutual benifit to us all.This is about the transfer of the excess
contract money,which we saw in the course of our duty as members of
Contract review panel [CRP] .We intend to keep the money for > ourselves.
The original contractor who executed the contract has since been
settled and fully paid. The excess amount which was overvalued,is now
floating unclaimed in the vault central bank Nigeria.
lt might interest you to know that,l am the preson that headed the
panel that made recommendation for the payment,with my other two
colleagues.We all now agree to look for a foreign partner who wll
help us with the transfer of the money abroad,since we can not do it
ourselves as we are still in government service.We are the only ones
who know of it existence,location and true nature hence we we decided
to acquire the funds for ourselves.This business is 100% risk free,and
legal.Also it is a classified business and highly confidentail.
What we need is your full cooperation at every stage of this
transaction,until the final realisation of the business.On our part,we
assure you of our maximum cooperation.
To maintain absolute confidentiality of this transaction,never you
inform any person about this business.This is because of the position
we occupy in my country presently.
By viture of our position on the CRP, it is our duty to validate all
claims and entitilments of foreign contractors for our government .
We are thus able to able to recomend that the funds be remitted to
you as contract payment by the fedral ministry of finance.With this
recomendation, we know that an approval for the remittance will be
granted and the money will be transfered to your nominated bank
account.
In order to perfect and legalise the agrangement, we shall
incorporate your company as a limited liability company in nigeria ,
register it as category ' A' contractor with with Federal minstry of
works and housing, pay income taxes on behalf of the registered
company and make other arrangements which will ensure that you aer
regarded as a bonafide contractor in bussines in Nigeria for many
years .Beyond this, a vetted approval will be secured from the
attoney general of the federation on your behalf stating that the
funds in question is a legitimate contract payment and does not breach
any laws your contry and our own.
WHAT YOU MUST DO:
For the transaction to commence you should let us know the name of the
company you want to use,to enable us file a claims for the funds on
your behalf.This should be done immedialely as we are detereined to
conclude the transfer within the next 10 working days.The file claims
will accompany my panel's recommendation to the appropriate government
agencies for their approval for the transfer.
With the complete officialisation of the transfer modalities done,that
will cater for any enquiry from any quarter as to the source your funds
and the funds will be transferred into your nominated bank account within
48 hours.And at this time two of us,partner will
immediately travel to meet you for the purpose of sharing the
money,while the remainning two of us will wait behind to retrieve and
destroy any evidence linking you or any members of our panel to the
transaction from the government records here fovever.
Our intention upon meeting you is to give a share of 20% of the total
funds for your cooperation,and a further share of 10% to cover any
expenses we incur on both side in the process of getting the money
into your account.We shall retain 70% for ourselves,and of this our
share,we shall again require your assistance to help us invest a part
into profitable ventures in your conurty,again require your assistance
to help us procure agricultural equipment and computers accessories
for importation into Nigeria and give us the balance in cash.
Dear partner,now that we have decided to do this with you,we count on
your trust and honesty at every stage.We also count on your full
cooperation in the little time involved and most importantly,we count
on your discretion and confidentiality.Nobody,not even your bankers
must know anything about this transaction till we conclude it as our
our new government is extremely sensitive about this kind of deal by
government officals.
We wait in earnest anticipation of your pesponse as time is very
crucial to this transaction.When you must have gone through this
mail,we can iron out any other issue.We await your response whilst
anticipating your cooperation.
Thank you and God bless.
Your faithfully,
Mohammed.
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