Tel: 234-1-7766847
Fax: 234-1-7597157
Dear Sir,
I?m MR ALHAJI IBRAHIM MANTU of the Accounts Department of Petroleum (Special)
Trust Fund (PTF), an institution established by the Federal Government of
Nigeria to manage the proceeds from the sale of Petroleum products as well as
the application of the funds in contract execution. My colleagues and I are
inclined to contact you in view of a high-level business (deal) that we want to
strike with you.
It is quite natural to be surprised when somebody you do not know before
contacts you, especially when it comes to a business of this type. The choice
of picking you for the deal is based on satisfactory enquiries and reports that
we gathered about your person. The source of our information shall be disclosed
to you in the course of this transaction.
The deal stems from an over-valued invoice of a contract executed in our
institution, PTF for the upgrading of facilities at the Kaduna refineries. The
actual contract value was USD$40.5 Million but at the point of approval, it was
deliberately inflated to USD$70.8 Million, which was approved as such. The
contract has since been executed and the original German contractor, Dresser
Gmbh has been paid the actual contract value of USD$40.5 Million which is the
only money due to him, leaving the over-valued sum of USD$30.3 Million still
hanging in our system unclaimed. This is the deal and this is where we want you
to come in.
As employees within the system, we have since perfected arrangement through
which the fund (USD$30.3 Million) can be transferred out. However, the only way
this can be done successfully is with the collaboration of an oversea partner.
It has to be so because since it is a foreign denominated contract the
destination of the fund must be an oversea account, to avoid any suspicion of
any sort. Also we have perfected arrangements such that the routing of the
transfer will be erased from the systems so that there would be no trace of the
fund to you or to any of the parties involved, as soon as you confirm the money
in your account.
However, it is also very important to say that as somebody from a Royal family
with integrity and reputation, secrecy and absolute confidentiality is
uttermost to me, as I will not want to do anything that would tarnish the name
of my family. Thus, the only condition under which the deal will be prosecuted
is for it to be kept in absolute secrecy and confidentiality. I just hope that
you will give me this all-important guarantee; otherwise there will be no need
to start in the first place. If this secrecy can be kept by you, I require you
to provide us with the following information to enable us obtain necessary
approvals and authorizations for the transfer of the fund.
1. Bank Co-ordinates, including the name of the bank, address, account number
etc.
2. Name of the company that will serve as beneficiary of the fund.
3. Your private telephone and fax numbers that will be used to facilitate the
transaction.
On my part, I can be reached on the above stated telephone and fax numbers.
Since it is a deal, we intend all the parties involved to have commensurate
share of the fund when it gets to your account. While the sharing pattern
cannot be reached now, it is our hope that it is something that would be
finally agreed upon as we get started. For now we propose as follows:
1. The Nigerian group 60%
2. Account owner (Yourself) 30%
3. Contingencies 10%
Contingencies in this context are defined as any cost that any of the parties
may incur in the course of the transaction; viz: Air tickets, accommodation,
bills etc.
In conclusion, as we go on in the transaction, you will also have to advise us
on the type of investment in your country that we could put our own share into,
as we do not intend to bring back our entire share to our country.
Your early response will be highly appreciated.
MR ALHAJI IBRAHIM MANTU.
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