What do you make of this???

[honeybee]

I received this weird looking email today:

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Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 10:28:15 -0500
Subject: DPR
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DEPARTMENT OF PETROLEUM RESOURCES
PLOT 225 KOFO ABAYOMI STREET VICTORIA ISLAND, *****, NIGERIA.
TEL: 234 1 7763126 FAX: 234 1 7590904.


ATTENTION: OWNER/C.E.O

RE: URGENT & CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL

Dear Sir,

I am Mr.Peter Ofen.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 the
last fiscal quarter of 1999 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 second Quarter of 2002.

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 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 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 call
the undersign on Tel: 234 1 7763126 or
send response by Fax: 234-1-7590904 expecting your response
immediately.
Looking forward to a good business relationship with you.

Sincerely.

Mr.Peter Ofen




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http://www.latinmail.com. Gratuito, latino y en español.

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[dimava]

I have recieved a similar haux not that long ago, don't fall for it

[honeybee]

Originally posted by dimava
I have recieved a similar haux not that long ago, don't fall for it

Ah, there go my 20% share of the "conflict petroleum deals"

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[mendhak]

Click Here

It's a link for the owner(s) of that IP address. You can simply send an email to abuse@verio.net to get them to investigate into it, if you'd like.

Also, why did you give your header away like that?

[Bonker Gudd]

Originally posted by mendhak
why did you give your head away like that?

[techgnome]

Ah, yes, the good old Nigerian scam. It's a twist on the old scam. I see that they've gone high tech finally. Usually they use tlephone & hit older people who are more suseptable (sp?) to being duped.

[honeybee]

Originally posted by mendhak
Also, why did you give your header away like that?

Does it make any difference?

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