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FYI. It appears that this scam, which, as you know, we have seen in many letters over the years, has made its way onto the net. I have advised Joannie that she should not respond to this. Jim
-----Original Message----- From: Williamson, Joannie Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 7:24 AM To: Derrick Jr., James Subject: URGENT RESPONSE REQUIRED Thought you should see this. Thanks, Joannie ---------------------- Forwarded by Joannie Williamson/Corp/Enron on 03/21/2001 07:18 AM --------------------------- rasheed mohammed <mhrasheed2001@yahoo.com< on 03/20/2001 04:32:24 PM To: jeff.skilling@enron.com cc: Subject: URGENT RESPONSE REQUIRED . Dear Friend, I am Dr Rasheed Mohammed, the newly appointed head of the Foreign Remittance Department in the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). I got your contact from a business directory of your country and based on your business activities and the type of investment I have in mind, I found you to be the most suitable person for the transaction stated below. Before I proceed, I want to strongly advice that you devoid yourself from the general conception you have about Nigerians. I would like you to carefully study this proposal without bias, since it would be relevant in our lives. It is a usual practice in Nigeria for ministers and high-ranking government officials to divert government's money into their private accounts; this is usually done through CBN with the connivance of senior officials. The ministers and military generals especially during the era of late general sani Abacha, achieve this by diverting most of the funds, meant for the development of their respective agencies and ministries into the CBN escrow accounts. Usually it is this same escrow account that holds funds for the payment of foreign contracts. With the help of the inside officials, the minister or senior government officials and military generals would now create themselves or employ the assistance of a foreign partner to create them as artificial contractors, using fiticious documents to remit the deposited money to the nominated bank account of their foreign partners. In this case the money is treated as payment for foreign contract, and there is no trace. This is how federal government's money is siphoned on a regular basis, to the extent that most people now result to letter scams and fraud due to the knowledge they have about it. Due to the impromptu removal of my successor from the central bank, he did not have enough time to perfect and tidy up the transactions they have in place. So the funds are now trapped at the central bank escrow account with no records. I just discovered this in a bid to fulfill my obligation to submit the state of our escrow account to the federal government and the governor of CBN before I commence any foreign payment. I am conducting a sort of reconciliation of our escrow account to declare to the government the total amount that have been spent in the last three years and what it was spent for. So, in the course of carrying out the above exercise, I discovered a total sum of $150MILLION in the escrow account that is unknown to anyone and with no records. My intention is to reveal about USD $100M to the federal government so that I can be in his good books and make arrangement to transfer the outstanding USD $50M into a safe account abroad. It is based on this that I am making this urgent contact with you. However, I am doing this because of the nature of my job. I am a civil servant that is poorly paid and more so, there is no way I can remain in this office forever. I have children to cater for even when I retire as the director, which is just next year. So, I need something tangible to fall back on when I retire. Besides, if I declare the total funds to the government, it would probably go into the pockets of a few people that control the government. This is to enlighten you on the degree of corruption in Nigeria. So, do not blame me for my action because you would do the same if you were in my shoes, knowing fully well that there will be no compensation even if you disclose everything to the government. Well, I have discovered that I can transfer this money if we could quickly create you as an artificial contractor, by using your company document and Bank account to receive the money, in the same way my successor transferred theirs. The only difference is that the final payment is going to be made to your named company through any of our correspondent payment center in Europe or America, due to the policies adopted by the new democratic government. The entire process is not easy, but it is achievable due to my position in the foreign remittance department of the CBN, and the relationship I have with the present director of external payment and finance of the federal ministry of finance. The entire operation will be between the three of us: (I) I shall take care of all documentation, (ii) My friend in the federal ministry of finance will take care of all lobbying and use of influence to get all documentation, (iii) You shall take care of the banking arrangements, provide the needed invoices to enable us apply for claims and approvals and travel as the beneficiary to receive the funds from the payment center you shall be paid from. After we have succeeded in transferring this funds, 20% shall be retained by you for your assistance, 5% for the settlement of all debts we might incur in the course of this transaction and the remaining 75% shall be for me and my colleague, which we would possibly invest in into your company or any viable business venture you suggest. If you are comfortable with this programme please revert to me at once via telephone number 234-1-7593507 or fax number 234-1-7590440. Should your response be positive, I would then instruct on the next step to take. Due to security reasons, when you call, do not ask for any name, simply ask me to reconfirm the telephone number. Once I reconfirm my number to be 234-1-7593507, you can then mention my name before you go into any discussion. If I fail to reply correctly, do not wait for a second trial, just drop the phone and call back later. We demand a quick response from you. Any delay might result in contacting someone else. Irrespective of what happens, we count on your maturity to keep the transaction to yourself. So, you are advised to treat this transaction with utmost confidentiality. Looking forward to your urgent response. Yours faithfully, Dr Rasheed Mohammed __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ <Embedded Picture (Device Independent Bitmap)<
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