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[subject:] => FROM THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF WORKS AND HOUSING FEDERAL SECRETARIAT
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FEDERAL MINISTRY OF WORKS AND HOUSING FEDERAL
SECRETARIAT ABUJA THE CAPITAL TERETORY AM:BAR.RICHARD NZEM DATE:4/2/2010
DEAR FRIEND
ASSISTANCE REQUIRED FOR
ACQUISITION OF ESTATE
I AM BARRISTER RICHARD NZEM I WRITE TO
INFORM YOU OF OUR DESIRE TO ACQUIRE ESTATES OR LANDED PROPERTIES IN YOUR
COUNTRY ON BEHALF OF THE DIRECTOR OF CONTRACTS AND FINANCE ALLOCATIONS OF
THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF WORKS AND HOUSING IN NIGERIA. CONSIDERING HIS VERY
STRATEGIC AND INFLUENTIAL POSITION, I GOT YOU CONTACT FROM THE INTERNET
WHEN I WAS SEARCHING FOR AN HONEST PERSON HE WOULD WANT THE TRANSACTION TO
BE AS STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL AS POSSIBLE.
HE FURTHER WANTS HIS
IDENTITY TO REMAIN UNDISCLOSED AT LEAST FOR NOW,UNTIL THE COMPLETION OF
THE TRANSACTION.HENCE OUR DESIRE TO HAVE AN OVERSEAS AGENT.I HAVE
THEREFORE BEEN DIRECTED TO INQUIRE IF YOU WOULD AGREE TO ACT AS OUR
OVERSEAS AGENT IN ORDER TO ACTUALIZE THIS TRANSACTION.
THE DEAL, IN BRIEF, IS THAT THE FUNDS WITH WHICH WE INTEND TO CARRY OUT
OUR PROPOSED INVESTMENTS IN YOUR COUNTRY IS PRESENTLY IN A CODED ACCOUNT
AT THE NIGERIAN APEX BANK (I.E. THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA) AND WE NEED
YOUR ASSISTANCE TO TRANSFER THE FUNDS TO YOUR COUNTRY IN A CONVENIENT BANK
ACCOUNT THAT WILL BE PROVIDED BY YOU BEFORE WE CAN PUT THE FUNDS INTO USE
IN YOUR COUNTRY.
FOR THIS, YOU SHALL BE CONSIDERED TO HAVE
EXECUTED A CONTRACT FOR THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF WORKS AND HOUSING IN
NIGERIA FOR WHICH PAYMENT SHOULD BE EFFECTED TO YOU BY THE MINISTRY, THE
CONTRACT SUM OF WHICH SHALL RUN INTO US $10 MILLION, OF WHICH YOUR SHARE
SHALL BE 20% IF YOU AGREE TO BE OUR OVERSEAS AGENT.IF YOU ARE WILLING TO
RENDER US YOUR ASSISTANCE AS REGARDS THE TRANSFER.
IT WAS ALSO
AGREED THAT 5% SHALL BE SET ASIDE TO OFFSET INCIDENTAL EXPENSES THAT MIGHT
BE INCURRED BY EITHER OF US OFFSETTING THIS TRANSFER THE REMAINING % SHALL
BE OUR SHARE ,ALL NECESSARY ARRANGEMENT REQUIRED FOR A SPEED CONCLUSION OF
THIS TRANSACTION HAVE BEEN PUT IN PLACE WITH TOP OFFICIAL OF THE NIGERIA
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE AND THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA TO ENABLE US
CONCLUDE THE WHOLE TRANSACTION WITHIN A VERY SHORT SPACE OF TIME.
AS SOON AS PAYMENT IS EFFECTED, AND THE AMOUNT MENTIONED ABOVE IS
SUCCESSFULLY TRANSFERRED INTO YOUR ACCOUNT, WE INTEND TO USE OUR OWN SHARE
IN ACQUIRING SOME ESTATES IN YOUR COUNTRY. FOR THIS TOO YOU SHALL ALSO
SERVE AS OUR AGENT.IN THE LIGHT OF THIS,
YOU ARE REQUESTED TO
COMMUNICATE YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THIS PROPOSAL THROUGH MY ABOVE STATED EMAIL
ADDRESS AFTER WHICH WE SHALL DISCUSS IN DETAILS THE MODALITIES FOR SEEING
THIS TRANSACTION THROUGH.YOUR QUICK RESPONSE WILL BE HIGHLY APPRECIATED.
THANK YOU IN ANTICIPATION OF YOUR COOPERATION.
Please send your
full details as listed below.
Your Full
Name:.......................................
Your Home
address:..........................................
Your Private
Telephone:...................................................
Your Date of
Birth:.............................................................
THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIS DEAL INVOLVES SOME HIGH
RANKING NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WHO WILL NOT BE INVOLVE IN ANY FORM
OF SCANDAL WE HOWEVER TRUST THAT THIS WILL BE THE BEGINNING OF A LASTING
BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN YOU AND US AS WE SHALL APPRECIATE YOUR
ADVICE ON THE INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY IN YOUR LINE OF BUSINESS OR ANY OTHER
TYPE OF VIABLE BUSINESS IN YOUR COUNTRY IF THIS INTEREST YOU REPLY ME
IMMEDIATELY THROUGH MY ADDRESS.E-mail:alert.gov@eze.co.za YOURS
FAITHFULLY, BAR.RICHARD NZEM
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF WORKS AND HOUSING FEDERAL
SECRETARIAT ABUJA THE CAPITAL TERETORY AM:BAR.RICHARD NZEM DATE:4/2/2010
DEAR FRIEND
ASSISTANCE REQUIRED FOR
ACQUISITION OF ESTATE
I AM BARRISTER RICHARD NZEM I WRITE TO
INFORM YOU OF OUR DESIRE TO ACQUIRE ESTATES OR LANDED PROPERTIES IN YOUR
COUNTRY ON BEHALF OF THE DIRECTOR OF CONTRACTS AND FINANCE ALLOCATIONS OF
THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF WORKS AND HOUSING IN NIGERIA. CONSIDERING HIS VERY
STRATEGIC AND INFLUENTIAL POSITION, I GOT YOU CONTACT FROM THE INTERNET
WHEN I WAS SEARCHING FOR AN HONEST PERSON HE WOULD WANT THE TRANSACTION TO
BE AS STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL AS POSSIBLE.
HE FURTHER WANTS HIS
IDENTITY TO REMAIN UNDISCLOSED AT LEAST FOR NOW,UNTIL THE COMPLETION OF
THE TRANSACTION.HENCE OUR DESIRE TO HAVE AN OVERSEAS AGENT.I HAVE
THEREFORE BEEN DIRECTED TO INQUIRE IF YOU WOULD AGREE TO ACT AS OUR
OVERSEAS AGENT IN ORDER TO ACTUALIZE THIS TRANSACTION.
THE DEAL, IN BRIEF, IS THAT THE FUNDS WITH WHICH WE INTEND TO CARRY OUT
OUR PROPOSED INVESTMENTS IN YOUR COUNTRY IS PRESENTLY IN A CODED ACCOUNT
AT THE NIGERIAN APEX BANK (I.E. THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA) AND WE NEED
YOUR ASSISTANCE TO TRANSFER THE FUNDS TO YOUR COUNTRY IN A CONVENIENT BANK
ACCOUNT THAT WILL BE PROVIDED BY YOU BEFORE WE CAN PUT THE FUNDS INTO USE
IN YOUR COUNTRY.
FOR THIS, YOU SHALL BE CONSIDERED TO HAVE
EXECUTED A CONTRACT FOR THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF WORKS AND HOUSING IN
NIGERIA FOR WHICH PAYMENT SHOULD BE EFFECTED TO YOU BY THE MINISTRY, THE
CONTRACT SUM OF WHICH SHALL RUN INTO US $10 MILLION, OF WHICH YOUR SHARE
SHALL BE 20% IF YOU AGREE TO BE OUR OVERSEAS AGENT.IF YOU ARE WILLING TO
RENDER US YOUR ASSISTANCE AS REGARDS THE TRANSFER.
IT WAS ALSO
AGREED THAT 5% SHALL BE SET ASIDE TO OFFSET INCIDENTAL EXPENSES THAT MIGHT
BE INCURRED BY EITHER OF US OFFSETTING THIS TRANSFER THE REMAINING % SHALL
BE OUR SHARE ,ALL NECESSARY ARRANGEMENT REQUIRED FOR A SPEED CONCLUSION OF
THIS TRANSACTION HAVE BEEN PUT IN PLACE WITH TOP OFFICIAL OF THE NIGERIA
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE AND THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA TO ENABLE US
CONCLUDE THE WHOLE TRANSACTION WITHIN A VERY SHORT SPACE OF TIME.
AS SOON AS PAYMENT IS EFFECTED, AND THE AMOUNT MENTIONED ABOVE IS
SUCCESSFULLY TRANSFERRED INTO YOUR ACCOUNT, WE INTEND TO USE OUR OWN SHARE
IN ACQUIRING SOME ESTATES IN YOUR COUNTRY. FOR THIS TOO YOU SHALL ALSO
SERVE AS OUR AGENT.IN THE LIGHT OF THIS,
YOU ARE REQUESTED TO
COMMUNICATE YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THIS PROPOSAL THROUGH MY ABOVE STATED EMAIL
ADDRESS AFTER WHICH WE SHALL DISCUSS IN DETAILS THE MODALITIES FOR SEEING
THIS TRANSACTION THROUGH.YOUR QUICK RESPONSE WILL BE HIGHLY APPRECIATED.
THANK YOU IN ANTICIPATION OF YOUR COOPERATION.
Please send your
full details as listed below.
Your Full
Name:.......................................
Your Home
address:..........................................
Your Private
Telephone:...................................................
Your Date of
Birth:.............................................................
THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIS DEAL INVOLVES SOME HIGH
RANKING NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WHO WILL NOT BE INVOLVE IN ANY FORM
OF SCANDAL WE HOWEVER TRUST THAT THIS WILL BE THE BEGINNING OF A LASTING
BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN YOU AND US AS WE SHALL APPRECIATE YOUR
ADVICE ON THE INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY IN YOUR LINE OF BUSINESS OR ANY OTHER
TYPE OF VIABLE BUSINESS IN YOUR COUNTRY IF THIS INTEREST YOU REPLY ME
IMMEDIATELY THROUGH MY ADDRESS.E-mail:alert.gov@eze.co.za YOURS
FAITHFULLY, BAR.RICHARD NZEM