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Scam Alert !!
If you get this email (below) be careful! This is a dangerous scam....
<----------------------Email Content ----------------------->
CONFIDENTIAL.
URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL.
DEAR SIR,
I, MR TINUBU SAKA, THE FINANCIAL CONTROLLER OF NATIONAL ELECTRIC POWER
AUTHORITY (NEPA), LAGOS NIGERIA AND BY THAT VIRTUE A DIRECTOR IN THE
PARASTATAL. I GOT YOUR CONTACT ADDRESS FROM AN ASSOCIATE WORKING WITH THE
NIGERIA EXPORT PROMOTION COUNCIL AND DECIDED TO PROPOSE TO YOU THIS
BUSINESS
IN STRICT CONFIDENCE.
PURPOSE: ON BEHALF OF MY COLLEAGUES AND MYSELF WHO ARE NEPA OFFICIALS AND
OTHER OFFICERS IN CHARGE OF OFFSHORE REMITTANCE IN THIS PARASTATAL, WE
ARE
SEEKING YOUR ASSISTANCE FOR THE TRANSFER OF EIGHTEEN MILLION UNITED
STATES
DOLLARS ONLY ($18,000,000.00) TO YOUR ACCOUNT FOR FUTHER PRIVATE
INVESTMENT
PURPOSE. HENCE OUR REQUEST FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE.
SOURCE OF FUND: THIS AMOUNT TO BE TRANSFERRED TO YOUR ACCOUNT OCCURRED
FROM
OVER INVOICED CONTRACT ON RECENT REHABILATION AND RESTRUCTURING OF NEPA
GENERATING SUB-STAIONS BY EXPATRIATE COMPANIES THROUGHTOUT THE
FEDERATION.
THE CONTRACT WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY VALUED AT ONE HUNDERD TWENTY MILLION
UNITED STATES DOLLARS ($120, 000,000.00) WAS MANUPULATED TO READ ONE
HUNDRED
AND THIRTY-EIGHT MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS (138,000,000.00). THE
EXTRA
$18,000,000.00 IS WHAT WE WANT TO TRANSFER TO YOUR ACCOUNT.THIS CONTRACT
HAS
BEEN COMPLETELY EXECUTED AND THE CONTRACTORS HAVE BEEN PAID ALL THEIR
CONTRACT BILLS, REMAINING THIS $18,000,000.00.
REQUIREMENTS: WHAT WE EXPECT FROM YOU BY EMAIL OR FAX ARE :
(1) NAME AND ADDRESS OF YOUR BANK.
(2) YOUR BANK ACCOUNT NUMBERS
(3) THE BENEFICIARY’S NAME AND ADDRESS
(4) YOUR TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS FOR EASY COMMUNICATION.
DISBURSEMENT: WE HAVE RESOLVED THAT YOU TAKE 30% OF THE TOTAL AMMOUNT FOR
YOUR ASSISTANCE BECAUSE, IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR US TO CLAIM THE OVER-INVOICED
IN
NIGERIA WITHOUT YOUR ASSISTANCE. IN ADDITION, 10% HAS BEEN MAPPED OUT FOR
ANY MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES INCURED BY BOTH PARTIES DURING THIS
TRANSATION,
AND 60% IS FOR MY COLLEAGUES AND ME.
SECURITY: ALL MODALITIES TO EFFECT THE APPROVAL OF THE TRANSFER HAS BEEN
WORKED OUT. IT MIGHT SURPRISE YOU WHY WE CHOOSE AND TRUSTED YOU. YES, WE
BELIEVE THAT GOOD FRIEND CAN BE DISCOVERED AND BUSINESS LIKE THIS CANNOT
BE
REALIZED WITHOUT TRUST. THIS IS WHY WE HAVE DECIDED TO TRUST YOU IN THIS
TRANSACTION. BE FURTHER INFORMED THAT YOUR INTEREST AND SECURITY HAS BEEN
CONSIDERED BEFORE YOUR WERE CONTACTED. BUT LET HONESTY AND TRUST BE OUR
WATCH WORD THROUGH OUT THIS TRANSACTION, AND YOUR PROMPT REPLY WILL BE
HIGHLY APPRECIATED.
REPLY DIRECTLY TO MY FAX NUMBER: 234-1-7593364.
I AWAIT YOUR REPLY SOONEST.
REGARDS.
TINUBU SAKA
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There are many variations of this out there. Do not respond to anything like this.
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