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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.
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From: "john_mensah@terra.es" <john_mensah@terra.es>
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 21:40:44 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: With respect sir,
FROM THE DESK OF Mr.John Mensah
NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETRIOLUEM COR-OPERATION
URGENT AND EXTREMELY CONFIDENTIAL
Sir,
With reference to an introduction and recommendation of your esteemed firm by the Nigerian Chamber of Commerce Industry and Agriculture, I here by wish to commence talk with you on a highly confidential Level.
I am an accountant and a member of the “Tender Committee†of my Corporation the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). After due consultation with other members of the committee, I have specifically been mandated to arrange with you for a Possible transfer of some funds being an over estimated sum resulting from various contract executed by foreign firms for my corporation.
The contracts in question were for the following: -
1. The construction of OSO Condensate Recovery Plant worth $1.2 Billion
2. Construction of several Pipeline networks worth $1.0 Billion for
Crude, Gas and Petroleum evacuation.
3. Purchase of drilling and production equipment worth$700 Million.
4. $80 Million for Turn Around Maintenance (T.A.M).
The original values of this contract were purposely over inflated by us (Tender committee) with the sum of $24.5m (Twenty Four million, Five Hundred Thousand Dollars Only). Now that all the firms have received their supposed payment accordingly and the projects commissioned,we want to transfer this over inflated sum into a Foreigner’s Account.We have agreed that if your company can act as the beneficiary, you will retain 30% of the total amount after the transfer.
All modalities have been worked out with top officials of Federal Ministry of Finance and Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to facilitate the remittance of this sum into your account within few working days of receiving the following information from you.
A. Name of the company addresses, Telephone, Fax and Telex.
B. Name of the bank, account number, Address, Telex and Fax numbers
of the Bank.
C. Name of the beneficiary, your personal telephone and Fax numbers.
The information will be used to draft an application for the detailed and worth of the contract respectively. It would be forwarded to various ministries concerned for formal approval, after which photocopies of them will be sent to you.
On receipt of these documents, we shall arrange a meeting immediately with the officials involved for a face-to-face talk and the final arrangements has been perfected here for a successful and hitch-free transfer of this sum of money into your account. Note that we have put in many years of meticulous services to the Government, as we would not want our reputable image dented. Therefore, handle these documents with maturity, top-most secrecy and urgency. Please send the following information through my EMAIL ADDRESS: john_mensah20000@yahoo.com
Thank you as we look forward to your immediate reply.
Yours faithfully,
Mr.John Mensah.
Prueba el Nuevo Correo Terra; Seguro, rápido, fiable.
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