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From: Engr. Dave Owolabi.
REQUEST FOR URGENT ACCOUNT
I am Engr. Dave Owolabi a director in the project and planning department of the Nigeria National
Petroleum
corporation (NNPC),I head a seven man Tenders Board Committee in charge of contract award and
Payment
approvals.I came to know of you in my search for a reliable and reputable person To handle a very
confidential transaction,which involves the transfer of a huge sum of money to your Bank
account.There were
series of contracts executed by a consortium of Multinationals in the oil industry in favour of the
(NNPC) among which were;
1) The expansion of Pipeline network within Nigeria for crude oil and downstream products
distribution and
subsequent evacuation - US$2 Billion.
2) Contract for Turn Around Maintenance (TAM) of various Refineries in the country.
3) The construction of Storage Tanks for Petroleum Product (Depots)-US$94 Million.The original
value of of
these contracts were deliberately over invoiced In the sum of Forty Million United States Dollars
US$40,000,000.00) which has recently been approved and now ready To be transferred. However the
companies that
actually executed the aforementioned contract have been fully paid and the projects officially
commissioned.
I am writing you so that YOU will assist us with a foreign bank account where we can pay the money
into.We
have prepare every documentations that will assist you or your company as contractor that execute a
contract with
our ministry.
The money will be released to your account within short period of days after we have filed in all
your
informations which you will provide.I will like you to acknowledge the receipt of this e-mail as
soon as
possible via my contacts above with the following informations:
(1) YOUR FULL NAME............................
(2) HOME OR OFFICE ADDRESS....................
(3) YOUR PHONE & FAX NUMBER...................
(4) BANK ACCOUNT DETAILS......................
I look forward to your quick reply so i can furnish you with more details of this deal.
BEST REGARDS,
Engr. Dave Owolabi