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Got a funny email today, I wonder if anyone still falls for these.

MUTUAL BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP.

I am the Chief Accountant of The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and I head a five man tender board in charge of contract AWARD and payment REVIEW.I came to know of you in my search for a reliable business partner/person to handle a very confidential transaction which involves the transfer of a huge sum of money to a foreign account.

There were series of contracts executed by a contortion of multinationals in the oil industry in favor of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) among which were for the following:

1. The expansion of the pipelines network within for a crude down stream products distribution and subsequent evacuation which cost $8bUSD (8Billion United States Dollars).

2. Contract for the turn around maintenance (TAM) of the various refineries in the country $115 million United States Dollars. The construction of storage tanks for petroleum products (depots) $190 Million United States Dollars.

The original value of these contracts were deliberately over invoiced to the sum USD$28.5M (TWENTY-EIGHT Million, FIVE Hundred thousand United States Dollars only) which has been approved and ready to be transferred, being that the companies that actually executed these contracts had been fully paid when the projects were officially commissioned.It does not matter whether your company's did the contract or not, the assumption is that your company won the major contract and sub-contracted it out to other companies.

Consequently, I’m willing to transfer the total amount to your account for subsequent disbursement, and for further investment on properties and Real Estate in your Country. As civil servant I am NOT allowed, mores I am prohibited by the code of conduct bureau (civil service laws) from opening or operating foreign accounts in my name, hence I contacted you. Needless to say, the trust imposed on you at this junction is enormous.

I have decided within myself to offer you 30% of the total sum that will be transferred, while 10% shall be set aside for incidental expenses (internal and external) between the parties (You and I) in the course of the transfer of the fund to your bank account, and the remaining 60% is for me for further investment in your Country with your full supervision/cooperation.

Modalities have been worked out at the highest level of the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Justice for the immediate release of the fund within 14 working days subject to your satisfaction of the above stated terms.

My assurance is that your role is RISK-FREE both now and in future, I accord this transaction the legality it deserves and for mutual security of the fund, the whole approval procedures will be officially and legally processed with the name of your company or your personal name as the case maybe as the BONAFIDE beneficiary of the above mentioned amount.

Therefore, when the business is successfully concluded I shall through my contacts and connections withdraw all documents used from all the concerned Government Ministries for 100% security risk free, and to ensure that there will be no traces of the transfer of the fund at the end of the transaction.

Once more, I want you to understand that having put in over 22years in the civil service of my country, I am very careful to have my image and career deemed.

Please contact me immediately through E-mail If you are interested in this deal or not, if you are not, it will enable us scout for another foreign partner to carry out this deal but whereby you are interested do get back to me urgently.

Thanks as I wait in anticipation for your fullest co-operation.

Yours truly,

Mr .Musa Bello

I remember reading a while ago on some forum about some guy who was playing along with it for like half a year (he knew it was a scam). It was so funny, they exchanged like 500 emails.

dun read all, dun see any point to laugh

Probly cos you didn't read it all. Lol.

Well, I am a rich man since I did that

*goes and lights a cuban cigar with $$$*