Part 4 10 Letters Received November 11, 2001 from danga ubanama" <caac@37.com> CONTRACTS ACQUISITIONS & ARBITRATION COMMITTEE, FEDERAL MINISTRY OF WORKS & HOUSING, NATIONAL SECRETARIAT, 16, ELETU OGABI ST,OFF ADEOLA ODEKU ST, VICTORIA ISLAND LAGOS-NIGERIA. Hello, BUSINESS PROPOSAL: TRANSFER OF US$ 10.5 M (TEN MILLION,FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) & BUSINESS INVESTMENTS PARTNERSHIP. First, I must crave your indulgence in receiving this email from me. But I must beg you to forgive me and read what I have to say. If you find this offensive, please forgive and disregard the contents. I am Adams Danbaba of the Contracts Acquisitions & Arbitration Committee (CAAC) set up by the present civilian Government of Nigeria to review contracts awarded by the past military administrations. In the course of our work at the CAAC, we have discovered this fund, which resulted from gross re-valuation of contracts by top government officials of the last administration. The companies that executed the contracts have been duly paid and the contracts commissioned leaving the sum of US$10.5 Million floating in the escrow account Of the Central Bank of Nigeria ready for payment. I have therefore been mandated as a matter of trust by my colleagues in the committee to look for an overseas partner to whom we could transfer the sum of US$10.5M legally subcontracting the entitlement to you/your company. This is bearing in mind that our civil service code of conduct forbids us from owning foreign company or running foreign account while in government service hence the need for an overseas partner. We have agreed that the funds will be shared thus after it has been paid into your account: (1) 10% of the money will go to you for acting as the beneficiary of the fund. (2) 5% has been set aside as an abstract projection for reimbursement to both parties for incidental expenses that may be incurred in the course of the transaction. (3) 85% to us the government officials (with which we wish to commence an importation business in conjunction with you). All logistics are in place and all modalities worked out for the smooth conclusion of the transaction within ten to fourteen days of commencement after receipt of the following information: Your full name/ company name, address, company's details & activities, telephone & fax numbers. These information will enable us make the applications and lodge claims to the concerned ministries & agencies in favor of your company and it is pertinent to state here that this transaction is entirely based on trust as the solar bank draft or certified cheque drawable in any of the Central Bank of Nigeria correspondent bankers in America, Asia and Europe is going to be made in your name. If you will help us please acknowledge the receipt of this email and I will provide you with further information. Regards, Adams Danbaba RESPOND TO adamsdanbaba@techemail.com Received November 17, 2001 from Ayo Uzamah <ayozamah@yahoo.com> Dear Sir/Madam, URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL AND STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL First, I must solicit your confidence in this transaction. This is by virtue of its nature as being utterly confidential and top secret. THIS IS NOT A HOAX. I am a retired civil servant and formerly worked with the NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION (N.N.P.C). During the last 7 years of my service, I was the Group Executive Director, Petroleum Exploration and Drilling Department and was in charge of allocation of oil blocks to various Exploration and Production companies both overseas and in the country. I am urgently in need of your assistance as I am in possession of the sum of US$375,550,000.00 (Three Hundred and Seventy-five Million, Five Hundred and Fifty Thousand US Dollars); which I made through series of oil deals and as commission given to me by foreign oil buyers while in office. Presently, this fund is kept with a security company here in Nigeria. Based on Government monetary policy, it is not possible for me to bank or invest this money here in Nigeria. More so, as a former public servant I will be questioned. Your assistance will be highly needed as a foreigner and as a partner. I can arrange for the money to leave Nigeria through the Security and Courier Company via diplomatic immunity to Amsterdam, London or Canada; where the security company has diplomatic status. This method (DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY) is a special arrangement used by diplomats when going abroad on diplomatic missions. Upon the receipt of your acceptance to this proposal, I will immediately arrange with these diplomatic officials to carry this money along in your favour. You will then assist me to receive it over there as foreign partner. Upon receipt of these funds, the security company will issue you a certificate of Claim/Ownership which will enable you move the money from point of collection to keep in a safe place in your country, pending my arrival to join you up. My plans are to use this money to invest in a profitable business venture in any part of the world apart from Africa and also to purchase a residential accommodation. I will then come over to settle down with my family. Please if you are willing to assist me, do send me a reply immediately through my E-mail address: ayozamah@yahoo.com Also, it is pertinent that you include the following information in your reply: (1) WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THIS AMOUNT DO YOU INTEND TO CHARGE FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EXPRESS YOUR MIND. (2) YOUR PRIVATE TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS (3)YOUR FULL NAME AND ADDRESS (RESIDENTIAL AND/OR OFFICE). I shall inform you of the next line of action as soon as I receive a positive response. There will be no cause for worries or fear about the transaction since the Security Company handling the transaction is backed by existing International diplomatic immunity laws. Please treat this letter with the greatest urgency and strictest confidentiality. Your urgent response will be highly appreciated. Please do not reply if you are not interested in this proposal. Best Regards, Dr. Ayo Uzamah Received November 20, 2001 from BENJAMIN OJIANI <bojiani2c@yahoo.com> I am General Benjamin Ojiani (RETIRED); Residential Address-Plot 150 Wuse Zone 2, FCT, Abuja, Nigeria. I am contacting you courtesy of an address listing which I obtained from your Embassy/High Commission in Nigeria; THIS IS NOT A SPAM MAIL, and I appeal to you to exercise a little patience and read through my letter, and I guarantee you will not have wasted your time. As you are probably aware, Liberia, a West African Territory was embroiled in a protracted civil war for many years. This war of attrition eventually attracted Worldwide attention because of the suffering of both the many warring parties which constantly changed alliances and allegiances, and the innocent civilian refugees. There were allegations of much atrocities committed and many human rights abuses Nigeria, under the leadership of General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida (retired Head of State of Nigeria), appealed to the United Nations for help. The later encouraged Nigeria to mediate between the many protagonists. Nigeria subsequently put together the coalition of 16 member Economic Community of West African States(ECOWAS), and the regional PEACE KEEPING FORCE KNOWN AS ECOMOG was born! I was privileged to be the first inaugural Nigerian commander of the Peace keeping force, and I immediately moved into the camp site at the outskirts of Monrovia, the capital city of Liberia to take my command. The peace keeping exercise was a total success , and eventually the rebel, Samuel Doe was captured and the many lesser war lords contained. Eventually Mr. Charles Taylor, whose faction was recognized by ECOWAS was helped to establish an acceptable Government; peace was restored; and the rest is history. During the final onslaught which resulted in the capture of Samuel Doe, the campaign was meticulously planned and executed flawlessly; Samuel Doe's Headquarters was seized by my men, and much ammunition as usual were recovered; However, 10 large trunk boxes were also recovered and I immediately ordered them taken to my quarters because there were rampant cases of pilfering and outright looting by the Soldiers (the Soldiers came from different Countries and sometimes discipline was hard). When I examined the Trunk boxes, I got a shock! They were stacked full of 100 Dollar bills! To my inexperienced eye, I estimated that the boxes must contain over 100 Million Dollars! I was faced with an instant dilemmaI dared not declare this discovery to the Military High command; the money would promptly disappear into private pockets of the Military high brassI immediately swore my ADC to secrecy and decided to transport the boxes into Nigeria. I used my powers to requisition a Hercules Military Transport AirPlane under my Command and airlifted the boxes to Abuja,Nigeria. Needless to say, Our Aircrafts and military equipment/property do not undergo Customs checks . Accordingly I immediately took the trunk boxes and deposited them in a safe deposit box belonging to Bullion Security Company Nig. Ltd., located at Abuja. Of course No one knows the content of these boxes and I simply listed "VALUABLES" in the deposit form and I paid the storage charge of 2,500.00 USD per annum. The date was 15th January, 1991. I deliberately waited for the right political climate to move this money abroad for investment purposes. The time is now right because a properly elected Civilian Government is now in charge of Nigeria. I need your help because I am a highly visible personality, and any attempt by me to transfer this money to a foreign Country will fail. Also the law in Nigeria does not allow serving or retired Military Personnel to own/operate foreign Bank Accounts in their nameI have therefore thought out a perfect and 100% risk free method of transferring this money abroad, with your help. It is simple. (1)You will provide one or more Bank A/Cs into which all the money will be wired (2)The Bank of origin, that is the, FIRST BANK OF NIGERIA,PLC (http://www.fao.org/ag/ags/agsm/banks/nigfirst.htm) where thewire transfer will be done will provide all the paperwork documentation, including the certificate of origin in order to avoid money laundering charges by the RECEIVING BANK. This is vital to avoid the money being seized by Government Agencies on arrival at your Bank Accounts).. Also in view of the unfortunate incident at New York and Washington in America, it is vital that this money should not be seen as terrorist money or as being transferred to terrorists (3)You will then come to Nigeria for a 2 / 3 day visit; on your arrival, we will then take the money to FIRST BANK of NIGERIA PLC and wire the money to your Bank ACCOUNT(S); My Banker has advised me that in transferring large volume money, it is best to use offshore (Bank Haven) Banks like the Cayman Islands where the tax incidence is zero or negligible (4)After the wiring of the money, I will travel with you abroad to collect my share of the money which is 70%; You will keep 30% of the money for yourself. (5)You will then help me to invest my share of the money(This is optional and you are not obliged to assist) If you are interested in helping me, please reply immediately, giving me your phone and fax numbers and I will give you further details ; we will then establish a game plan to achieve our aim. Please bear in mind that as far as you are concerned, this transaction IS NOT ILLEGAL and we will NOT ENTER INTO ILLEGALITIES AT ANY STAGE OF THE TRANSACTION TO TRANSFER THIS FORTUNE ABROAD; EVERYTHING WILL BE TRANSPARENT AND PROPER, This is the word of a military officer. Thank you, Gen. Benjamin Ojiani Phone + 234 9 272 7052 Fax + 234 9 272 6116 alternative email:bojiani2@armymail.net 3/5 RIDER HAGGARD CLOSE, JO, BORG SOUTH AFRICA. E mail.JBMZ72@YAHOO.COM Received Nov 20, 2001 from jbmz72@yahoo.com URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL (RE: TRANSFER OF ($ 152,000.000.00 USD ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY TWO MILLION DOLLARS Dear Sir, We want to transfer to overseas ($ 152,000.000.00 USD) One hundred and Fifty two million United States Dollars) from a Prime Bank in Africa, I want to ask you to quietly look for a reliable and honest person who will be capable and fit to provide either an existing bank account or to set up a new Bank a/c immediately to receive this money, even an empty a/c can serve to receive this money, as long as you will remain honest to me till the end for this important business trusting in you and believing in God that you will never let me down either now or in future. I am Mr,Malik Zulu. the Auditor General of prime banks in Africa, during the course of our auditing I discovered a floating fund in an account opened in the bank in 1990 and since 1993 nobody has operated on this account again, after going through some old files in the records I discovered that the owner of the account died without a [heir] hence the money is floating and if I do not remit this money out urgently it will be forfeited for nothing. the owner of this account is Mr. Allan P. Seaman, a foreigner, and an industrialist, and he died, since 1993. and no other person knows about this account or any thing concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well that Allan P. Seaman until his death was the manager Diamond Safari [pty]. SA. We will start the first transfer with fifty two million [$52,000.000] upon successful transaction without any disapointment from your side, we shall re-apply for the payment of the remaining rest amount to your account, The amount involved is (USD 152M) One hundred and Fifty two million United States Dollars, only I want to first transfer $52,000.000 [fifty two million United States Dollar from this money into a safe foreigners account abroad before the rest, but I don't know any foreigner, I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money can not be approved to a local person here, without valid international foreign passport, but can only be approved to any foreigner with valid international passport or drivers license and foreign a/c because the money is in us dollars and the former owner of the a/c Mr. Allan P. Seaman is a foreigner too, [and the money can only be approved into a foreign a/c However, we will sign a binding agreement, to bind us together I got your contact address from the Girl who operates computer, I am revealing this to you with believe in God that you will never let me down in this business, you are the first and the only person that I am contacting for this business, so please reply urgently so that I will inform you the next step to take urgently. Send also your private telephone and fax number including the full details of the account to be used for the deposit. I want us to meet face to face to build confidence and to sign a binding agreement that will bind us together before transferring the money to any account of your choice where the fund will be safe. Before we fly to your country for withdrawal, sharing and investments. I need your full co-operation to make this work fine. because the management is ready to approve this payment to any foreigner who has correct information of this account, which I will give to you, upon your positive response and once I am convinced that you are capable and will meet up with instruction of a key bank official who is deeply involved with me in this business. I need your strong assurance that you will never, never let me down. With my influence and the position of the bank official we can transfer this money to any foreigner's reliable account which youcan provide with assurance that this money will beintact pending our physical arrival in your country for sharing. The bank official will destroy all documents of transaction immediately we receive this money leaving no trace toany place and to build confidence you can come immediately to discuss with me face to face after which I will make this remittance in your presence and three of us will fly to your country at least two days ahead of the money going into the account. I will apply for annual leave to get visa immediately I hear from you that you are ready to act and receive this fund in your account. I will use my position and influence to obtain all legal approvals for onward transfer of this money to your account with appropriate clearance from the relevant ministries and foreign exchange departments. At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 35% of the total amount, 60% will be for me, while 5% will be for expenses both parties might have incurred during the process of transferring. I look forward to your earliest reply through my email JBMZ72@YAHOO.COM yours truly Malik Zulu Received November 23, 2001 from joseiwebuos@emailaccount.com Name: Iwebunankiti Osondu Phone/Fax: 1 443 582 2256 Email Box: joseiwebuos@emailaccount.com Date: 23rd November, 2001 ATTN: URGNET! URGENT!! URGENT!!! Dear, I am writing to seek your assistance Cum service on a matter that concerns some money available to me and which I wish to be transferred from it's present location to overseas for the purpose of investment on behalf of the beneficiaries of the money. Please do not be surprised by my letter. I say this because we do not know each other and there is no mutual friend of us who introduced you to me. However, you will agree with me that opportunities that bring fortune do not necessarily pass through the conventional route of introductions. Necessity has a way of inducing effort. My finding you is a product of a great deal of effort, which has been necessitated by my urgent need of the kind of assistance Cum Service that I am seeking from you. My name is Iwebunankiti Osondu, I am from Western District of Africa Nigeria. I am seeking this assistance from you on behalf of my relatives. My late father Mr. Iwebunankiti I. Joseph, when he was alive, he was one of the directors of Diamond and Gold Mining Corporation of Sierra-Leone, he made a substantial sum of money for himself through illegal deals in diamonds. Before his untimely death in a ghastly motor accident, he had authorized me his eldest son, enable me to do so by myself for fear of being exposed, to find a reliable foreign partner through whom this money he made could be transferred to overseas for investment purposes. The money in question is precisely US$38.365 Million United States Dollars and is currently deposited in the Vault of a Security and Finance Company. Of course, the money is not deposited as money but as consignment containing African Artifacts awaiting export to foreign partners, as the beneficiary of this money who will be consisted and would migrate to where ever the money would be transferred to and invested. The assistance Cum Service I am seeking from you is for you to pose as my late father's foreign partner for whom the consignment of African Artifacts (which actually is money) was meant to be exported to. To do this, you will have to make arrangement as the counselor of Mr. Iwebunankiti I. Joseph's wife and son; and will supervise the clearing of the consignment with the Security Company. On your part, in addition to what you will be paid, which will be calculated as a percentage of the total sum of the money, you also will be paid an agreed percentage of the profit from whatever investment the money is eventually made with. If you will assist us, please call me on phone as I have disclosed above. Thanks and God bless. Sincerely yours, Iwebunankiti Osondu Received November 25, 2001 from bernardtraore@yahoo.fr FROM: BERNARD TRAORE EMAIL:BERNARDTRAORE@YAHOO.FR ATTN: THE DIRECTOR REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE DEAR SIR Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you, I got your name and contact from the ivoirian chamber of commerce and industry. I prayed over it and selected your name among other names due to it esteeming nature and the recommendation given to me as a reputable and trustworthy person I can do business with and by their recommendation I must not hesitate to confide in you for this simple and sincere business.I am Bernard Traore the only child of Late Mr Traore. My father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant based in Abidjan the economic capital of Côte d'Ivoire before he was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their outing to discuss on a business deal. my father took me so special being his only child Before the death of my father on 2nd february 2001 in private hospital here in Abidjan he secretly called me on his bedside and told me that he has a sum of us $14,500,000 ( fourteen million five hundred thousand united state dollar) left in a local bank here in Abidjan,that he used my name as his only son for the next of kin in deposit of the fund, he also explained to me that it was because of this wealth that he was poisoned by his business associates, that I should seek for a foreign partners in a country of my choice where I will transfer this money and use it for investment purpose, (such as real estate management). Sir I am honourably seeking your assistance in this following. a) to provde a bank account where this money would be transferred to. b) to save as the guardian of this found since I am a boy 26 years. c) to make arrangement for me to come to your country after the money has been transferred. Moreover, sir I am willing to offer you 15% of the total sum as compensation for your effort input after the successful transfer of this found to your nominated account overseas. Furthermore, you can indicate your option toward assisting me as I believe that this transaction would be concluded within seven (7) days you signify interest as to assist me. I will appreciate you sending me your reply to my E-mail: bernardtraore@yahoo.fr Anticipating to hear from you soon. Thanks. Date: Mon, 26 Nov 01 09:36AM EST From: Maxwell sankoh <maxsank77@yahoo.fr> To: djdoyle@home.com Subject: Maxwell Sankoh Received November 26, 2001 from maxsank77@yahoo.fr Mr Maxwell Sankoh ABIDJAN - COTE D'IVOIRE TEL. (225) 07-04-58-48. ATTN:Doyle, D. John Dear, I am MR. Maxwell Sankoh, I got to know of you courtesy of International Business Bureau here in Abidjan (Ivory Coast). Sequence to my zeal towards foreign investment and also security for my life and my possession, I therefore write to give you a Break-down of this proposal. I was the personal confidant to the president of Sierra-Leone (ALH. TEJAN KABBAH) who was formerly pushed out of office by a military coup carried out by disgruntled soldiers. However, when these soldiers struck His Excellency was forced to run into Guinea Conakry on exile, some of his closest aids left for some other countries. While these events took place I decided to move to Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) with my family and a treasure containing the total sum of US $12.000.000 (Twelve Million US Dollars) which was part of the cash left under my control within the presidential mansion where I was in charge of securities. With the help of an Ivorian farmer, I was able to move this money to Abidjan. On arrival here in Abidjan, I immediately deposited the treasure containing the fund into a private Security Company for safe keeping, although the Security Company is not aware of the contents as they were deposited as personal effects and artefacts. Right now the situation in my country has returned normal and I do not want to go back. I am seeking for a partner who shall serve as the guardian of this fund with whom I can plan the best way to move this money for investment purposes which is my motive for contacting you to actualise the project. You are required to assist in the following manners. 1) That you shall be required to provide a good Bank account where the money could be transferred and where taxation will not take much toll on the money. 2) That you shall serve as the general overseer and guardian of this fund and all investment thereafter. 3) To assist in providing me and my immediate family a permanent residential permit in your country after the money must have been transferred to your account. For these services a suitable percentage (%) will be mapped out for you after you have shown your willingness to assist. So if you are interested reply me via telefax number above for further details. Having stated the above clearly, I expect to receive your response soonest as I do not intend to have this transaction delayed. Please treat this as highly confidential. Thank you and God Bless. Yours Truly, MR Maxwell Sankoh. Received November 27, 2001 from mafibell@hotmail.com FROM: ENGR.IMAFIDON BELLO FEDERAL MINISTRY OF WORKS AND HOUSING IKOYI, LAGOS I WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK IN YOUR BUSINESS ENDEAVOR, ESPECIALLY AS CONTAINED IN THIS PROPOSAL.I AM THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS IN THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF WORKS AND HOUSING, AND HAVE BEEN PREVAILED UPON A CONTRACTOR TO RENDER ASSISTANCE AS REGARDS TO THE PAYMENT OF HIS CONTRACT ENTITLEMENT.I HAPPEN TO BE A FAMILY FRIEND TO THE SAID CONTRACTOR'S FAMILY. IN 1997, A CONTRACT WAS AWARDED TO ALHAJI MOHAMMED ABACHA, WHO IS THE SON OF THE LATE HEAD OF STATE OF NIGERIA, GENERAL SANI ABACHA. THE CONTRACT WAS VALUED AT US$88.2M ( EIGHTY-EIGHT MILLION, TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS}. ON AWARD OF THE CONTRACT, A MOBILIZATION FEE OF US$67.1M ( SIXTY SEVEN MILLION, ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) WAS PAID, LEAVING A BALANCE OF THE PAYMENT OFUS $21.1M (TWENTY ONE MILLION, ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS}. THIS FUNDS IS PRESENTLY FLOATING IN A SUSPENSE ACCOUNT AT THE APEX BANK OF NIGERIA. THIS IS WHY I HAVE CONTACTED YOU, SO THAT WE CAN TRANSFER IT INTO AN OFFSHORE ACCOUNT. THE REASON WHY YOUR ASSISTANCE IS NEEDED IS THIS. IN 1999, GENERAL SANI ABACHA DIED, AND HIS FAMILY HAS BEEN A TARGET OF SUBSEQUENT GOVERNMENTS ESPECIALLY THE PRESENT ONE, UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF GENERAL OLUSEGUN OBASANJO. THE LATE PRESIDENT WAS ACCUSED OF EMBEZZLING GOVERNEMNT FUNDS, AND SO,THE PRESENT GOVERNMENT IS ALL OUT TO RECOVER THESE FUNDS. PRESENTLY,THE ACCOUNTS OF EVERY MEMBER OF THE FAMILY HAS BEEN FROZEN.THIS ACTIONS ARE VINDICTIVE MEASURES TO GET BACK AT THE LATE RULER'SFAMILY,AS THE PRESENT HEAD OF STATE, WAS INCACERATED FOR PLANNING A BOTCHED COUP AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT OF GEN. ABACHA.I WAS A BENEFACTOR OF THE LATE ABACHA, AND THINK I OWE THE FAMILY AN OBLIGATION TO SEE THAT THIS FUNDS IS SUCCESSFULLY MOVED OUT OF NIGERIA TO AN OFF SHORE ACCOUNT. AS IT IS, I CANNOT DO THIS WITHOUT HAVING AN ACCOUNT INTO WHICH THIS FUNDS CAN BE TRANSFERED. IT IS FOR THIS REASON,THAT I AM CONTACTING YOU NOW.WHAT IS REQUIRED OF YOU, IS TO SEND DOWN THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION. 1. BENEFICIARY'S NAME ( YOU OR YOUR COMPANY ) 2. ADDRESS 3. YOUR TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS. WITH THIS INFORMATION, I WILL USE MY POSITION IN THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF WORKS AND HOUSING TO REGISTER YOU, WITH THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF WORKS AND HOUSING AS A CATEGORY 'A' CONTRACTOR. THIS WILL BE BACK-DATED TO MAKE IT SEEM AS IF YOU HAVE BEEN A CONTRACTOR WITH THE MINISTRY. FOR PROVIDING AN ACCOUNT, THE FAMILY HAS AGREED TO SHARE THE FUNDS THUS: 25% FOR YOU 65% FOR THE FAMILY 10% FOR EXPENSES INCURRED . I WILL BRING YOU INTO A DETAILED PICTURE OF THIS TRANSACTION WHEN I HEAR FROM YOU.I WOULD APPRECIATE, IF YOU TREAT THIS MATTER WITH UTMOST SECRECY AS THIS IS REQUIRED FOR IT'S SUCCESS. IF HOWEVER YOU ARE NOT FAVOURABLY DISPOSED TO HELP, PLEASE DISREGARD THIS MAIL. I AWAIT YOUR PROMPT RESPONSE. BEST REGARDS, IMAFIDON BELLO Received November 29, 2001 from bojiani9e@yahoo.com I am General Benjamin Ojiani (RETIRED); Residential Address-Plot 150 Wuse Zone 2, FCT, Abuja, Nigeria. I am contacting you courtesy of an address listing which I obtained from your Embassy/High Commission in Nigeria; THIS IS NOT A SPAM MAIL, and I appeal to you to exercise a little patience and read through my letter, and I guarantee you will not have wasted your time. As you are probably aware, Liberia, a West African Territory was embroiled in a protracted civil war for many years. This war of attrition eventually attracted Worldwide attention because of the suffering of both the many warring parties which constantly changed alliances and allegiances, and the innocent civilian refugees. There were allegations of much atrocities committed and many human rights abuses Nigeria, under the leadership of General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida (retired Head of State of Nigeria), appealed to the United Nations for help. The later encouraged Nigeria to mediate between the many protagonists. Nigeria subsequently put together the coalition of 16 member Economic Community of West African States(ECOWAS), and the regional PEACE KEEPING FORCE KNOWN AS ECOMOG was born! I was privileged to be the first inaugural Nigerian commander of the Peace keeping force, and I immediately moved into the camp site at the outskirts of Monrovia, the capital city of Liberia to take my command. The peace keeping exercise was a total success , and eventually the rebel, Samuel Doe was captured and the many lesser war lords contained. Eventually Mr. Charles Taylor, whose faction was recognized by ECOWAS was helped to establish an acceptable Government; peace was restored; and the rest is history. During the final onslaught which resulted in the capture of Samuel Doe, the campaign was meticulously planned and executed flawlessly; Samuel Doe's Headquarters was seized by my men, and much ammunition as usual were recovered; However, 10 large trunk boxes were also recovered and I immediately ordered them taken to my quarters because there were rampant cases of pilfering and outright looting by the Soldiers (the Soldiers came from different Countries and sometimes discipline was hard). When I examined the Trunk boxes, I got a shock! They were stacked full of 100 Dollar bills! To my inexperienced eye, I estimated that the boxes must contain over 100 Million Dollars! I was faced with an instant dilemmaI dared not declare this discovery to the Military High command; the money would promptly disappear into private pockets of the Military high brassI immediately swore my ADC to secrecy and decided to transport the boxes into Nigeria. I used my powers to requisition a Hercules Military Transport AirPlane under my Command and airlifted the boxes to Abuja,Nigeria. Needless to say, Our Aircrafts and military equipment/property do not undergo Customs checks . Accordingly I immediately took the trunk boxes and deposited them in a safe deposit box belonging to Bullion Security Company Nig. Ltd., located at Abuja. Of course No one knows the content of these boxes and I simply listed "VALUABLES" in the deposit form and I paid the storage charge of 2,500.00 USD per annum. The date was 15th January, 1991. I deliberately waited for the right political climate to move this money abroad for investment purposes. The time is now right because a properly elected Civilian Government is now in charge of Nigeria. I need your help because I am a highly visible personality, and any attempt by me to transfer this money to a foreign Country will fail. Also the law in Nigeria does not allow serving or retired Military Personnel to own/operate foreign Bank Accounts in their nameI have therefore thought out a perfect and 100% risk free method of transferring this money abroad, with your help. It is simple. (1)You will provide one or more Bank A/Cs into which all the money will be wired (2)The Bank of origin, that is the, FIRST BANK OF NIGERIA,PLC (http://www.fao.org/ag/ags/agsm/banks/nigfirst.htm) where thewire transfer will be done will provide all the paperwork documentation, including the certificate of origin in order to avoid money laundering charges by the RECEIVING BANK. This is vital to avoid the money being seized by Government Agencies on arrival at your Bank Accounts).. Also in view of the unfortunate incident at New York and Washington in America, it is vital that this money should not be seen as terrorist money or as being transferred to terrorists (3)You will then come to Nigeria for a 2 / 3 day visit; on your arrival, we will then take the money to FIRST BANK of NIGERIA PLC and wire the money to your Bank ACCOUNT(S); My Banker has advised me that in transferring large volume money, it is best to use offshore (Bank Haven) Banks like the Cayman Islands where the tax incidence is zero or negligible (4) After the wiring of the money, I will travel with you abroad to collect my share of the money which is 70%; You will keep 30% of the money for yourself. (5)You will then help me to invest my share of the money(This is optional and you are not obliged to assist) If you are interested in helping me, please reply immediately, giving me your phone and fax numbers and I will give you further details ; we will then establish a game plan to achieve our aim. Please bear in mind that as far as you are concerned, this transaction IS NOT ILLEGAL and we will NOT ENTER INTO ILLEGALITIES AT ANY STAGE OF THE TRANSACTION TO TRANSFER THIS FORTUNE ABROAD; EVERYTHING WILL BE TRANSPARENT AND PROPER, This is the word of a military officer. Thank you, Gen. Benjamin Ojiani Phone + 234 9 272 7052 Fax + 234 9 272 6116 Received November 30, 2001 from aliyu_a2001@yahoo.com My name is Ahmed Aliyu, the son of the late Mohammed Aliyu , who passed away in a ghastly motor accident along Otukpo-Makurdi road, Benue State of Nigeria. Our father was until his death the Secretary to the Federal Government of Nigeria under the late General Sani Abachs's regime. On the advent of my father's death, and during the course of going through his documents in his secret vault, we discovered the sum of US$25,000,000.00 deposited in a Security vault in Europe by my late father. I have contacted the Security Company and they have confirmed the availability of the money in their custody awaiting further instructions from me. In the light of the above and because the new civilian government is probing and confiscating all properties and bank accounts of those high officials that served under the military in which our family was involved, we have almost lost all that our family have. So, I have been mandated by my family to contact a reliable and trustworthy foreign partner who can help us invest this money abroad, we have decided to solicit your assistance in helping to invest this money in your country. The family has unanimously agreed to compensate you based on negotiation, if you are enthused by this proposal, you can contact me immediately by return email for our immediate evacuation of the money. Finally, the members of the family and I, are praying that the confidentiality of this transaction should be maintained, hence all our hope are hinged on this money. My heart greetings to your family. Best regards Ahmed Aliyu. |