Forum Archive Index - January 2001

["Mike Beal" <mike.beal@approved.co.nz>]

You mean it's a scam?

I told my business partners not to send the $25,000 deposit too...oh well,
live and learn.

It's almost as bad as the 'buy FFS before they get taken over scam' that I
got sucked into as well.

Ha.



----- Original Message -----
From: <nickkearney@xtra.co.nz>
To: <sharechat@sharechat.co.nz>
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 12:12 PM
Subject: Re: [sharechat] [Fwd: confidential]


>
> > Hiya all
>
> Grant, I was a bit disheartened to see your response.
>
> One could have a lot of fun replying to this if one uses his imagination
and tells as many truths as the sender.
>
> Lighten up.  Let's have some fun.
>
> NK
>
>
> > From: Iain Ballantyne <sales@aircharter.co.nz>
> > Date: 2001/01/30 Tue AM 10:06:07 GMT+12:00
> > To: sharechat@sharechat.co.nz
> > Subject: [sharechat] [Fwd: confidential]
> >
> > Anyone want to make a few thousand or forward this to the Nigerian CIA.
> >
> > Rgds
> > >
> > > From: ola george <olag93@yahoo.com>
> > > Date: 2001/01/30 Tue AM 08:06:21 GMT+12:00
> > > To: sales@aircharter.co.nz
> > > Subject: confidential
> > >
> > >         NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION
> > >                      FALOMO-IKOYI
> > >                          LAGOS.
> > >                   FAX: 234-1-7591489           TEL:
> > > 234-1-7755118
> > >
> > > FROM: ENGR. OLA GEORGE
> > >
> > > TRANSFER OF: US$25M
> > >
> > > Dear Sir,
> > >
> > > I am making this contact with you on behalf of my
> > > colleagues after a satisfactory information we
> > > gathered from Chamber of Commerce and Industries. I am
> > > a member of the TENDER BOARD COMMITTEE of the Nigeiran
> > > National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Lagos. Our
> > > duties includes: award, evaluation and review of
> > > contracts.
> > >
> > > In 1996, my committee (TBC) awarded a contract of
> > > US$150,000,000 (One Hundred and Fifty Million United
> > > States Dollars only) to a joint venture of
> > > SPEIBATIGNOLES and FOUGEROLLE, for an engineering,
> > > procurement, construction of pipeline network at Eleme
> > > Petro-Chemical plant. As it were, the acutal contract
> > > sum was deliberately over-invoiced by us (TBC) with
> > > the sum of US$25,000,000.00 (TWENTY-FIVE MILLION
> > > UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY). The project was executed,
> > > commissioned and the contractor(s) paid accordingly.
> > >
> > > My colleagues and I want to transfer the over-invoiced
> > > amount into a viable foreign account. We have
> > > therefore resolved that as long as you can act as the
> > > sole beneficiary of the fund. The following will be
> > > the mode of sharing: 25% (i.e US$6.25M)  for
> > > beneficiary i.e. owner of account, 10% for expenses
> > > incurred during the course of transfer, and 65% for us
> > >  the officials.
> > >
> > > Let me reiterate at this juncture, that there are top
> > > and influential government officials involved in this
> > > transfer and as such I would appreciate it, if this
> > > business is treated with utmost confidentiality. I do
> > > hope I can trust you as regards this matter. In the
> > > light of this, I would like you to forward to me the
> > > following information:
> > > 1. Your company name and address if any
> > > 2. Your personal fax number
> > > 3. Your personal telephone number  for easy
> > > communication.
> > > This will enable us to forward the information to the
> > > Corporation  for purposes of processing and immediate
> > > remittance of this funds to the  account that will be
> > > provided by you.
> > >
> > > All modalities have been worked out and the necessary
> > > machinery put in place with the officials of the
> > > Federal Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank of
> > > Nigeria (CBN) to effect this transfer within the
> > > shortest possible time. It is worthy to note that this
> > > transaction is 100% risk free, my only fear is the
> > > confidentiality of this business from your end. It is
> > > pertinent to note that only an expatriate firm can lay
> > > claim to this fund. We are barred from operating
> > > foreign accounts as civil servants still serving the
> > > government.
> > >
> > > Please send your reply through this my  FAX No.:
> > > 234-1-7591489.
> > > Your quick response will be highly appreciated.
> > >
> > > Yours faithfully,
> > > ENGR. OLA GEORGE
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > __________________________________________________
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> > >
> >
> >
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