All, This is appalling. How can this be STOPPED??? Any ideas please. In my view, I think the IETF board should take it to the appropriate authorities since the source of the message can be traced.
Cel mekudi jasper wrote: > DEPARTMENT OF PETROLEUM RESOURCES > PLOT 225 KOFO ABAYOMI STREET VICTORIA ISLAND,LAGOS, NIGERIA. > DIRECT FAX: 234 1 7590904. TEL; 234 –1- 7591519 > > October 3, 2001 > > ATTENTION : THE PRESIDENT/C.E.O > > RE: URGENT & CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL > > Dear Sir, > > I am DR. Mekudi Waziri (JP) Member Contract Award Committee of the above > Department > > Terms of Reference > > My term of reference involves the award of contracts to multinational companies. > > My office is saddled with the responsibility of contract award, screening, > categorization and prioritization of projects embarked upon by Department of > Petroleum Resources (DPR) as well as feasibility studies for selected projects > and supervising the project consultants involved. A breakdown of the fiscal > expenditure by this office as at the end of last fiscal quarter of 2000 > indicates that DPR paid out a whooping sum of US$736M(Seven Hundred And Thirty > Six Million, United States Dollars) to successful contract beneficiaries. The > DPR is now compiling beneficiaries to be paid for the fourth Quarter of 2001. > > The crux of this letter is that the finance/contract department of the DPR > deliberately over –invoiced the contract value of the various contracts awarded. > In the course of disbursements, this department has been able to accumulate the > sum of US$38.2M(Thirty-eight Million, two hundred Thousand U.S Dollars) as the > over-invoiced sum. This money is currently in a suspense account of the DPR > account with the Debt Reconciliation Committee (DRC). We now seek to process the > transfer of this fund officially as contract payment to you as a foreign > contractor, who will be fronting for us as the beneficiary of the fund. In this > way we can facilitate these funds into your nominated account for possible > investment abroad. We are not allowed as a matter of government policy to > operate any foreign account to transfer this fund into. > > However, for your involvement in assisting us with this transfer into your > nominated account we have evolved a sharing formula as follows: > (1) 20% for you as the foreign partner > (2) 75% for I and my colleagues > (3) 5% will be set aside to defray all incidental expenses both Locally and > Internationally during the course of this transaction. > > We shall be relying on your advice as regard investment of our share in any > business in your country. Be informed that this business is genuine and 100% > safe considering the high-power government officials involved. Send your private > fax/telephone numbers. Upon your response we shall provide you with further > information on the procedures. Feel free to send response by Fax: 234-1-7590904 / > TEL: 234-1-7591519 expecting your response urgently. All enquiries should be > directed to the undersigned by FAX ,E-MAIL OR PHONE. > Looking forward to a good business relationship with you. > > Sincerely, > DR. Mekudi Waziri (JP) > > > > > > > > Oh, by the way, make the best Search Engine on the Internet, your startpage. Click >on this link: http://www.searchalot.com/homepage.htm
