From edonago@netpiper.com Sat Oct 5 21:25:10 2002 From: "DR.EDWARD ONAGORUWA" >From The desk of:DR.EDWARD ONAGORUWA. Fax: 234-1-7592679 E-mail :edonago@netpiper.com Lagos, Nigeria. Dear Sir/Madam AN URGENT CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP. After due deliberation with my colleagues, We have decided to forward to you this business proposal. We want a reliable person who could assist us in the transfer the sum of Nineteen Million,United States Dollars ( $19,000,000 ). This fund resulted from an over-invoiced bill from contracts awarded by us under the budget allocation to our Ministry. This bill has been approved for payment by the other concerned Ministries. The contract has since been executed, commissioned and the contractor was paid the actual cost of the contract. We are left with the balance US$19.0M as part of the over-invoiced amount which we have deliberated over estimated for our own use. But under our protocol division, we civil servants are forbidden to operate or own foreign accounts. This is why we are soliciting your assistance in this manner and regard . As you may want to know and to make you less curious, I got your address from adverts in an Internet directory . I am the Chief Accountant/Internal Auditor of the Contract Award Committee ( CAC ) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation ( NNPC). This transaction is very much free from all sorts of RISKS and TROUBLE from my Government. We the N.N.P.C. Officials involved in this deal have served the nation for nearly 25years in this particular Ministry. We have been exercising patience for this opportunity for so long and to most of us this is a life time opportunity we cannot afford to miss. We have agreed to COMPENSATE you duly if agreement is reached by both of us and I and one of my colleagues involved in this deal will come to your country to arrange for our share, upon confirmation from you that the funds are in your nominated account. Consequent upon your acceptance of this proposal, kindly confirm your interest through my email:EDONAGO1@NETPIPER.com to me or preferably you send it by fax to the above stated fax number, through Your indication by reverting back to me of your sincere and serious interest will enable me fax you or brief you of the PROCEDURES FOR THIS TRANSACTION. NOTE: In the event of your inability to handle this transaction please inform us so that we can look for another reliable person who can assist in this respect. It might surprise you why we choose you and trusted you for this transaction. Yes, we believe that good friends can be discovered and business like this can not be realized without mutual trust. This is why we have decided to trust you for this transaction. Be further informed that everyone^Òs interest and security had been considered before you were contacted, so be rest assured and feel free to go into this transaction with us.But let Honesty and Trust be our watchword throughout this transaction and your prompt reply will be highly appreciated. Finally, I will send a TEXT to you which you will fill and send back to me, this will assist us in making application for payment. Thank you, and God bless us all. Best regards, DR.EDWARD ONAGORUWA