FROM DR ANTHONY BENSON
NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CO-OPORATION,
{NNPC}
FALOMO IKOYI OFFICE
PLOT 23/28
LAGOS STATE
NIGERIA
DEAR SIR,
I KNOW THIS MAIL MAY COME AS SURPRISE TO YOU,SINCE WE DO
NOT KNOW
OURSELVES OR HAVE ANY PREVIOUS CONTACT BEFORE NOW,MY
PURPOSE OF WITTING YOU
IS THIS. WE BELIEVE THAT YOU WOULD BE IN A POSITION TO HELP
US IN OUR
BID TO TRANSFER THE SUM OF TWENTY-SEVEN MILLION FIVE
HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLARS ($27.5M USD) INTO A FOREIGN ACCOUNT.
WE ARE MEMBERS OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE FOR BUDGET AND
PLANNING OF THE
MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM, THIS COMMITTEE IS PRINCIPALLY
CONCERNED WITH
CONTRACT APPRAISALS AND APPROVAL OF CONTRACTS IN ORDER OF
PRIORITIES AS
REGARDS CAPITAL PROJECT OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF
NIGERIA.
WITH OUR POSITIONS, WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY SECURED FOR
OURSELVES THE SUM
OF TWENTY-SEVEN MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE
DOLLARS(US$27.5M).THE PRESENT GOVERNMENT IN MY COUNTRY ARE
SEEKING THE SURPORT OF
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT SO THEY HAVE GIVEN DIRECTIVE TO ALL
FEDERAL
PARASTATALS TO SETTLE ALL FOREIGN CONTRACTORS BEING OWED
FOR CONTRACT THAT THEY
HAD DONE,SO OUR PLAN IS TO INCLUDE THE NAME THAT YOU WILL
PROVIDE AS
ONE OF THE CONTRACTORS BEING OWED IN MY
CORPORATION.(NNPC)NIGERIA
NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPERATION,WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU ALSO
IS A SAFE ACCOUNT
EVEN IF EMTY INTO WHICH THE FUNDS WILL BE TRANSFERRED SINCE
GOVERNMENT
OFFICIALS ARE NOT ALLOWED BY OUR LAWS TO OPERATE FOREIGN
ACCOUNT.
IT HAS BEEN AGREED THAT THE OWNER OF THE ACCOUNT WILL BE
COMPENSATED
WITH US$8.3 MILLION OF THE REMITTED FUNDS, WE KEEP
US$16.5MILLION WHILE
US$2.75MILLION WILL BE SET ASIDE TO OFFSET EXPENSES AND PAY
THE
NECESSARY TAXES.IT MAY INTEREST YOU TO KNOW THAT TWO YEARS
AGO A SIMILAR
TRANSACTION WAS CARRIED OUT WITH ONE MR. GEORGE BRUCE, THE
PRESIDENT OF BROGE
INTERNATIONAL TRADING CORPORATION AT NUMBER 135, EAST 57TH
STREET,
28TH FLOOR, NEW YORK 10022 WITH TELEPHONE (212)308-7788 AND
TELEX
NUMBER 6731689, AFTER THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN BOTH PARTNERS
IN WHICH HE WAS TO
TAKE 25% THE MONEY WAS DULY TRANSFERRED INTO HIS ACCOUNT
ONLY TO BE
DISAPPOINTED ON OUR ARRIVAL IN NEW YORK AS WE WERE RELIABLY
INFORMED THAT
MR. GEORGE WAS NO LONGER ON THAT ADDRESS WHILE HIS
TELEPHONE AND TELEX
NUMBERS HAVE BEEN REALLOCATED TO SOMEBODY ELSE, THAT IS HOW
WE LOST
US$19.8M TO MR GEORGE BRUCE.THIS TIME AROUND WE NEED A MORE
RELIABLE AND
TRUSTWORTHY PERSON OR A REPUTABLE COMPANY TO DO BUSINESS
WITH HENCE THIS
LETTER TO YOU, SO IF YOU CAN PROVE YOURSELF TO BE TRUSTED
AND
INTERESTED IN THIS DEAL THEN WE ARE PREPARED TO DO BUSINESS
WITH YOU. WHAT WE
WANT FROM YOU IS THE ASSURANCE THAT YOU WILL LET US HAVE
OUR SHARE WHEN
THIS AMOUNT OF US$27.5M IS TRANSFERRED INTO YOUR ACCOUNT.
IF THIS PROPOSAL SATISFIES YOU, PLEASE CONTACT ME THROUGH
E-MAIL STATED
ABOVE SO WE CAN ADVICE YOU ON THE MODALITIES OF THE
TRANSACTION. ALL
MODALITIES OF THE TRANSFER HAVE BEEN WORKED OUT AND ONCE
STARTED WILL NOT
TAKE MORE THAN 14 WORKING DAYS WITH THE ABSOLUTE SUPPORT OF
ALL
CONCERNED. THIS TRANSACTION IS 100% RISK FREE AND TOTALLY
SAFE.
PLEASE TREAT AS URGENT AND VERY CONFIDENTIAL. GOD BE WITH
YOU AS I LOOK
FORWARD TO YOUR REPLY.
BEST REGARDS.
DR ANTHONY BENSON
SEND YOUR REPLY THROUGH MY PRIVATE EMAIL
ADDRESS:{benson_anthony222@yahoo.co.uk}