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From: "USMAN BELLO"
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 17:06:13
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Subject: URGENT ASSISTANCE NEEDED
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ATTN: PRESIDENT/CEO.
I AM HUMBLY DELIGHTED TO WRITE YOU ON THIS VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE. YOU
MAY NOT KNOW ME BUT MY INSTINCT DIRECTED ME TO CONTACT YOU FOR
ASSISTANCE ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE.
MY NAME IS USMAN BELLO, THE MANAGING DIRECTOR/CEO OF
CONSOLIDATED OIL AND ALLIED PRODUCTS (NIG) LTD., AN INDIGENOUS OIL
COMPANY OPERATING HERE IN NIGERIA. ON DECEMBER 2001 OUR OIL COMPANY
WAS CAUGHT BY THIS PRESENT GOVERNMENT FOR ALLEGEDLY INVOLVED IN AN
ILLEGAL SELL OF CRUDE OIL TO SOME FOREIGN EXPATRIATES AND
CONSEQUENTLY OUR COMPANY'S OIL LICENSE, BANK ACCOUNTS, MY PERSONAL
ACCOUNT INCLUDING MY INTERNATIONAL PASSPORTS AND OTHER RELATED
TRAVELLING DOCUMENTS WERE SEIZED BY THE GOVERNMENT PENDING THE
OUTCOME OF THEIR FINAL INVESTIGATION.
HOWEVER, ALONG THE PROCESS OF THE INVESTIGATION, I HURRIEDLY
CONTACTED OUR ACCOUNT MANAGER WITH ONE SECURITY & FINANCE COMPANY IN
ONE OF THE EUROPEAN COUNTRIES WERE SOME PROPORTION OF OUR MONEY WAS
KEPT, TO USE HIS POSITION TO BLOCK ANY POSSIBLE TRACE OF THE FUNDS
DURING THIS INVESTIGATION PERIOD, BUT HE TOLD US THAT IT WILL NOT BE
POSSIBLE FOR HIM RATHER WE SHOULD LOOK FOR A COMPANY WHOM THIS MONEY
WILL BE TRANSFERED INTO THEIR BANK ACCOUNT TO AVOID TRACE AND SEIZE
BY OUR FEDERAL AUTHORITY. THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE MONEY IS- THIRTY TWO
MILLION SIX HUNDRED AND TWENTY FOUR THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY
($32,624.000.00).
HENCE, WE WRITE TO SEEK FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE FOR YOU TO PROVIDE AN
OFF-SHORE ACCOUNT WHERE THIS MONEY CAN BE TRANSFERED INTO AS I CANNOT
TRAVEL OUT OF NIGERIA NOW TO LOOK FOR ANOTHER ACCOUNT DUE TO THE
SEIZURE OF MY INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT AND OTHER TRAVELING DOCUMENTS.
FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE, WE SHALL GIVE YOU 20% OF THE TOTAL MONEY, 5% IS
TO OFFSET ANY MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES THAT IS TO BE INCURRED ALONG THE
PROCESS OF THE TRANSACTION WHILE 75% IS FOR THE COMPANY .
AS SOON AS WE RECEIVE YOUR REPLY TO ASSIST ME AND MY COMPANY, WE HAVE
TO SIGN AN AGREEMENT (DEEDS OF ASSIGNMENT) BY BOTH PARTIES ON HOW THE
FUND WILL BE INVESTED AND SAFE-GUIDED. SECONDLY, AN AUTHENTICATED
POWER OF ATTORNEY WILL BE ISSUED TO YOU AS WELL IN ORDER TO ENABLE
YOU CLAIM THE MONEY LEGALLY.
THEREAFTER, I WILL GIVE YOU THE NAME OF OUR ACCOUNT MANAGER, THE NAME
AND THE WEBSITE OF THE SECURITY AND FINANCE COMPANY IN EUROPE WHERE
THE MONEY IS PRESENTLY DEPOSITED FOR YOU TO CONTACT AND CONFIRM THE
MONEY AND MAKE FINAL ARRANGEMENTS ON HOW BEST TO EFFECT THE TRANSFER
OF THE FUND INTO YOUR DESIGNATED BANK ACCOUNT WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY.
FINALLY, AT THE END OF THE TRANSACTION, YOU'II COLLECT YOUR 20% AND
KEEP OUR SHARE OF THE MONEY PENDING WHEN THE INVESTIGATION WILL BE
OVER.
I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU SOONEST. THANKS AND GOD BLESS.
YOUR'S FAITHFULLY,
USMAN BELLO,
CEO.