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FROM: THE DESK OF ALHAJI IBRAHIM OKOKO
CONTRACT AWARD CHAIRMAN
NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION (NNPC)
PORTHARCOURT WARRI REFINARY NIGERIA.
PRIVATE TELE PHONE: +234-8050777232
REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP
We are making this contact with you after satisfactory information we gathered from the foreign
trade office Nigeria chamber of
Commerce and industry highlighting our company’s profile.
We are members of the project consulting and contract awarding committee of the Nigerian national
petroleum corporation (NNPC). We
Are as convinced as to believe that you will provide us with a solution to effect a remittance of
fund resulting from over invoicing of job/ services done to the Nigerian national petroleum
corporation by a foreign contractor, contract no: NNPC/PED/CBN/8092/SUB-6. This project has been
fully executed and commissioned.
The present government in Nigeria has due to the bilateral agreement reached with the World Bank
and IMF, directed that all debts owned by foreign contractors be paid. We are therefore desirous of
transferring the over invoice sum of Fourty million five hundred thousand us dollar (40,500,000,00)
only into your company’s or private account. Note, as civil servants, we are not permitted to own
foreign account by Nigerian civil service law.
On successful remittance of the fund into your account, you will be compensated with 35% of the
total amount for assistance and 5% is already set aside for expenses on the process of this
transaction while 60% is for my colleague and me.
This transaction is closely knitted and in view of our sensitive position we cannot afford a slip,
I assure you that this transaction is 100% risk free. Finally, the confidence and trust conferred
on you cannot be over emphasized; therefore you are to keep this transaction to yourself and for
confidential reasons I will be expecting your call as soon as you receive this letter for further
explanations.
We will avail you with our identities as regards our respective offices when relationship is fully
established and smooth operation commences. I am at your disposition to entertain any question(s)
from you in respect of this transaction, so if you agreed to assist in this transaction, I will
like you to furnish me with the following information.
1. Your full names / home address.
2. Your private telephone/fax numbers.
3. Your bank account details.
4. Your age and your occupation.
5. Any form of your identification such as
International passport or
Driver’s license.
Thanks for your anticipated assistance.
Yours sincerely
ALHAJI IBRAHIM OKOKO
Chairman contract award committee (NNPC)