DeTomaso Mailing List: June 2001, Message #255

Be forewarned...    that Nigerian hoax is making its way around again....

I know no one is dumb enough to fall for it but I have seen a distinct rise
in how these people have been trying to solicit us to include faxing..  If
you do get contacted notify the FBI with info on when and how you were
contacted so they can use the info in tracking down the people to help put a
stop to it.




Take care

Dave





-----Original Message-----
From: fred ogu [mailto:fred_ogu2000@yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 8:04 PM
To: dclark@pssd.com
Subject: confidential


Dr Fred Ogu
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
Central Business District,
Herbert Macaulay Way
Lagos - Nigeria.



Dear Sir,

The President/CEO

REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE - STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL

I am Dr. Fred Ogu, a top management staff in the
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and I
head a seven-man tender's board in charge of Contract
Awards and Payments Approvals.  I came to know of you
in my search for a reliable and reputable person to
handle a very confidential transaction that involves
the transfer of a huge sum of money to a foreign
account.  There were series of contracts executed by a
consortium Multinationals in the oil industry in
favour of NNPC among which were:

1. The supply of Y2K compliant personal computers and
accessories to the Warri, Port Harcourt an Kaduna
refineries.
2. Supply of drugs and relief materials to the victims
of the Niger/Delta crises.
3. The construction of schools, hospitals and housing
units in the Niger/Delta region.

The original value of these contracts were
deliberately over invoiced in the sum of US$ FORTY ONE
MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS (US$41.5M) which has now
been approved and is now ready to be transferred being
that the companies that actually executed the
contracts have been paid and the projects officially
commissioned.

Consequently, my colleagues and I are willing to
transfer the total amount to your account for
subsequent disbursement, since we as civil servants
are prohibited by the Code of Conduct Bureau (Civil
Service Laws) from opening and/or operating foreign
accounts in our names.

Needless to say, the trust repose on you at this
juncture is enormous.  In return, we have agreed to
offer you 20% of the transferred sum, while 10 shall
be set aside for incidental expenses (internal and
external) between the parties in the course of the
transaction.  You will be mandated to remit the
balance 70% to other accounts in due course.  You must
however NOTE that this transaction is subject to the
following terms and conditions:
Our conviction of your transparent honesty and
diligence.
That you would treat this transaction with utmost
secrecy an confidentiality.
That as a foreign partner, you will follow our
instructions to the letter.  Provide the account
require, and competent to assist us on profitable
investment areas in your country in an advisory
capacity.

Furthermore, modalities have been worked out at the
highest levels of the Ministry of Finance and the
Central Bank of Nigeria for the immediate transfer of
the funds within 10 working days subject to your
satisfaction of the above stated terms.  Our assurance
is that your role is risk free.

To accord this transaction the legality it deserves
and for mutual security of the fund, the whole
procedures will be officially and legally processed
with your name of any Company you may nominates as the
Bonafide beneficiary.

Once more, I want you to understand that having put in
over 26 years in the service of my country, I am
averse to having my image and career dented.  This
matter should therefore be treated with utmost secrecy
and urgency.  

Kindly expedite actions as we are behind schedule to
enable us include this transfer in the first batch of
this financial quarter payment.

Please acknowledge the receipt of this message via e
mail

Thank you.

Yours faithfully,

Dr Fred Ogu

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