Example 419 Email Fraud 0077
From ???@??? Sat Jun 08 11:33:40 2002
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 17:21:54 -0800 (PST)
From: omo ehis
Reply-To: omo ehis
Subject: BUSINESS PROPOSAL
To: karuabu@yahoo.com
ATTN: THE PRESIDENT/CEO
BUSINESS/ INVESTMENT PROPOSAL
My name is FRANK O. OSAGIE, a member of the Presidential Task Force on Oil
Spillage Clean-up. Early last year there was a major oil spillage in the Niger
Delta Region of Nigeria which rendered over 70% of the communities homeless.The
contract was handled by a foreign firm but because of the huge monetary profit
we envisaged we decided to over-invoice the contract sum. Now the contract has
been completed and the original contractor has since been paid,but the contract
balance of US$38 million,which resulted from the over invoiced contract sum that
has been left in a suspense account with the CENTRAL BANK of NIGERIA,is what me
and my partners are planning to take out of the country for ourselves.The
problem is as government officials,we are not suppose to own fat bank
accounts,talk less of having foreign ones.
To this end, we are soliciting your assistance as a foreign partner who can
assist us and receive this amount into your account. We are ready to share this
money with you on the basis of participation. We also have plans to invest part
of this money in any viable business in your country under your care,as we are
nearing our retirement age. In any case, I received a reference of