13 Apr
2003
13 Apr
'03
3:28 a.m.
Dr Femi Coker
E-mail: femicoker(a)lycos.com
Falomo, Lagos.
REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE - STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
I am Dr Femi Coker an Accountant in the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC) and I head a seven-man tenders committee in charge of
Foreign/Expatriate Contract Awards Review and Payment Approvals (CRPAC).
I came to know of your name and address in my search for
a reliable and low-key person to handle a very confidential
transaction based on unflinching trust as we have not met before. This
transaction involves the
transfer of huge sum of foreign exchange (the United States Dollars)
to a foreign account. There were a series of contracts
executed by a Consortium
of Multinationals in the oil industry in favour of NNPC among which are:
(1) The expansion and rehabilitation of the ageing pipeline network within
Nigeria for crude oil and downstream
products distribution and evacuation - US$9 Billion
(2) Contracts for the Turn Around Maintenance (TAM) of the four epileptic
refineries in the country
(3) The construction of more storage tanks and maintenance and servicing
of old ones for Petroleum Products Storage (Depots) - US$90 Million
(4) The construction of Escravos Gas Poduction Offshore facility.
The original value of these contracts was deliberately over-invoiced
in the sum of USD Eighteen Million, Five Hundred Thousand
($18,500,000.00) by this
committee (CRPAC) during the awards of the various contract. This sum
($18,500,000.00) has now been approved for payment by this committee
(CRPAC)and is now ready to be transfered by the Central Bank
of Nigeria to the account of any individual and or company which the
CRPAC presents as the beneficiary, since the company that actually
executed these contracts has
been fully paid their fund and the projects have been officialy
commissioned. Consequently, my colleagues and I are willing to
transfer the total amount
to your account for subsequent disbursement on our behalf, since we as
civil servants and we are also serving in a sensitive
foreign payment approval committee (CRPAC) are prohibited by the Code of
Conduct Bureau (Civil Service Laws) from opening or operating foreign
account and or dealing in
foreign exchange in our names. Needless to say, the trust reposed on
you at this juncture is enormous. In return, we have agreed
to offer you 25% of the transferred sum, while 10% shall be set aside for
incidental expenses (internal and external) accrued between the parties
in the course of the transaction. The balance will be used to purchase
agricultural equipment and
medical drugs from your country for importation back to my country. You
must however note that this transaction is subject to the following terms
and conditions: a) Our conviction of your transparent
honesty and diligence
b) That you would treat this transaction with utmost secrecy and
confidentiality c) That you have an unflincing trust in us, and our
ability to complete all official processes with your co-operation.
(d) That the funds would be transfered to an ordinary account which you
have total control over.
Modalities have been worked out (secretly) at the highest levels of the
relevant government departments involved and the Central Bank of Nigeria
for the immediate transfer of funds within 14 working days
subject to your satisfaction of the above stated terms. Our
assurance is that your role is
risk-free. To accord this transaction the legality it deserves and for
mutual security of the fund, the whole approval procedures will be
officially and legally processed with your name or the
name of any company you may nominate as the bonafide beneficiary, as in
an ideal situation.It
is imperative that you bear in mind that having put in 19 years in the
service of the government, I am averse to having my image and career
dented. This matter should therefore be treated with utmost
secrecy and urgency.
Kindly expedite action by contacting me on my e-mail address, indicating
your interest in this transaction. For swift response to your reply,
kindly indicate your fax and telephone numbers clearly so
that I can explain further, especially by fax. I am urgently waiting
your reply as payment to
foreign contractors is usually made on quarterly basis.
Yours faithfully,
Dr Femi Coker