An Email with the Subject "OVER INFLUENCE CONTRACT INVOICE-" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Sun, 10 May 2009 08:48:43 -0700 and has been classified as a Advance Fee Fraud/419 Scam Email. The sender shows as "Engr Chris Douglas"<engrchrisdougla@gmail.com>.
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Department of Mineral & Energy (DME).
Republic of Burkina Faso,
Pretoria.
My Dear Prospective Partner.
( OVER INFLUENCE CONTRACT INVOICE- )
I am Engr.Chris Douglas, a 41 years old western educated man, from the Republic of Burkina
Faso,West Africa. and I am an Engineer working with the Burkina Faso Department of Mining & Energy.
First and foremost I apologise for using this medium to reach you for a transaction of this
magnitude but this is due to confidentiality and prompt access reposed on this medium. Be informed
that a member of the Burkina Faso Export Promotion Council (BEPC) who was part of my government
delegation to your country during a recent Trade Exhibition gave your enviable
credentials/particulars to me while assuring me on your competence to handle a business transaction
involving a large sum of money with absolute confidentiality.
Therefore I have decided to seek a confidential co-operation with you in the execution of the deal
described here under for the benefit of all parties and while hoping you will keep it as top secret
because of the nature of this transaction.Withing the Department of Mining & Energy where I work as
a Director and with the co-operation of three other top officials,we have in our possession an
overdue contract payment bills totalling Four Million,Five Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars($4,500,000.00).
This money which we intend to process its transfer as a form of contract payment into a reliable
company/individual account depending on your convenience.Your assistance and co-operation is
required due to the circumstances surrounding our work as Government officials whereby the Burkina
Faso Civil Service Code of Conduct does not allow us to operate an Offshore Bank account hence your
importance in the whole transaction. Presently,this amount ($4.5M) representing the balance of the
total contract value executed on behalf of my Department by a foreign contracting firm which we the
officials over-invoiced deliberately is lying unclaimed in the Government Escrow Bank Account with
the Reserve Bank International of Burkina Faso (BIB).
We hereby seek your assistance and co-operation that will enable us to process this sum of money to
you as a form of contract payment. We have the necessary authority to validate and forward
approvals of outstanding contract claims to the Government for final payment on approval through
the Reserve Bank International of Burkina Faso. All partners agreed while mandating me to propose
that should you be willing to assist us in the transaction, your share of the sum will be 30% of
the $4.5 million, 60% will be for us,5% for Charity Organisations and 5% for any expenses incurred
during the course of this project including telephone and fax bills.
The business itself is 100% LEGAL SAFE on your part provided you treat it with utmost secrecy and
confidentiality. Also note that your area of specialisation is not an hindrance to the successful
execution of this transaction. I have reposed my confidence in you while awaiting your prompt
response and i know that you will not let me down when the funds have been transferred into any
account that you will nominate.
Finally on your part,we will appreciate you treat this transaction as confidential as
possible,while we assure you of a 100% RISK FREE transaction provided you follow our instruction
religiously.
I await your confirmation of my message while praying that this will be the begining of a longlife
partnership between us.
Thank you for your co-operation.
Yours faithfully,
Engr.Chris Douglas.
N.B
Please email your confidential Telephone and Fax number to enable me
contact you for further clarifications
engrchrisdougla@hosanna.net