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From: Executive Governor <mr-peter-odili@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <mr.peterodili@yahoo.dk>
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:39:28 +0100
Subject: I BELIEVE YOU CAN HANDLE THIS
Dear sir, I BELIEVE YOU CAN HANDLE THIS I hope this mail will not embarrass you since we havenot had any previous communication, My name is Mr. Peter Odili,I am the governor of Riversstate in Nigeria. I got your referencefrom the Nigerian business and proffession promotioncouncil and went further to have it confirmed by your country`s trade department.I,on behalf of leading council of the Government ofRivers States of Nigeria decided to solicit yourassistance as regard to the transfer of theabovestated sum of money into your bank account.This fund arose from the state bunkering unit sincethe Government of the Country does not really compensate our state irrespective of the fact that allthe money Nigeria has today is gotten from Rivers State onshore/offshore dichotemy yet we are notwell compensated, base on this the council of elders/paramount rulers etc after severaldelibration resorted that they must be partakers oftheir God given resources decided to steal this oil and hidethem somewhere and sell them to some oilcompanies in our nearby african countries.This has been done over and over and the leadingcouncil now decided that this funds should betransfered into a foreign account for proper use, it is base onthis that I have contacted you, in orderword I am therefore seeking your assistance based on the amountstated above of US$21M which can be speedilyprocessed and fully be remitted into yournominatedbank account.We will offer you 10% (10 percent) of the total sumfor your assistance, 85% will be ours and 5% will be set aside for expenses both parties might make in thecourse of this transaction.I assure you that thistransaction is 100% risk-free,all documents as well ascomputerized records that has to do with this fundis in our possession, shall be destroyed immediatelyafter this transaction .We advice you to keep this transaction strictly confidential, we are topGovernment official and can not afford scandals, youare also adviced to act swifty because we are running out oftime.For security reasons, I gave this letter to a goodfriend of mine : Dr. Graham Wood, who came to Nigeriaon a diplomatic mission, he is back to his base inLondon, I have ask him to contact you directly and as soon as he gets your reply he will notify me and Iwill contact you directly, Dr. Graham Wood is also nothappy over the waythe Government is treating this partof the country,I will send you my personal phoneand fax numbers as soon as I hear from you,it isimportant that you include your own phone and fax numbers for easy communication.I wait in anticipation of your reply.Yours sincerely,Mr.Peter Odili.
Executive Governor (Rivers State of Nigeria)
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