URGENT RESPONSE TO THIS PROPOSAL

[MALLAM KADIRI MUSA <k1musa@netscape.net>]

                     STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL & URGENT
   DEAR SIR,
WE ARE SENDING THIS LETTER TO  YOU  BASED  ON  INFORMATION   GATHERED  FROM
THE  FOREIGN  TRADE   OFFICE  OF  THE  NIGERIAN  CHAMBERS  OF COMMERCE  AND
INDUSTRY.WE  BELIEVE   THAT  YOU  WOULD BE
   IN  A  POSITION  TO   HELP  US  TOWARDS    OUR BID  TO TRANSFER  THE
SUM  OF   FOURTY-ONE  MILLION,
   FIVE  HUNDRED  THOUSAND   DOLLARS(US$41.5M) INTO  A  FOREIGN   ACCOUNT.
WE  ARE  MEMBERS OF THE  SPECIAL   COMMITTEE   FOR  BUDGET   AND
PLANNING  OF  THE  MINISTRY   OF
   PETROLEUM   AND  MINING.  THIS  COMMITTEE  IS   PRINCIPALLY  CONCERNED
WITH  CONTRACT  APPRAISALS/
  APPROVAL  OF   CONTRACTS  IN  ORDER  OF  PRIORITIES  AS  REGARDS
CAPITAL  PROJECT  OF THE  FEDERAL
  GOVERNMENT  OF   NIGERIA  ON  OUR   POSITION,  WE  SUCESSFULLY  SECURED
FOR  OURSELVES  THE SUM
  OF  FOURTY-ONE  MILLION, FIVE  HUNDRED  THOUSAND  UNITED  STATES
DOLLARS(US$41.5M)THIS     AMOUNT
  WAS  ACCRURED   BY  THROUGH  UNDECLARED  WINDFALL  FROM  SALES  OF
CRUDE   OIL  DURING  GULF  WAR.
 WHAT  WE  NEED  FROM  YOU   IS  TO  PROVIDE  A  SAFE  ACCOUNT  WHERE  THE
FUNDS  WILL  BE   TRANSFER-
 RED  HENCE   WE  ARE  NOT  PERMITTED   UNDER  CIVIL   SERVANT CODE  OF
CONDUCT OF FEDERAL REPUBLIC
 OF  NIGERIA.  IT  HAS  BEEN  AGREED THAT  THE   OWNER  OF  THIS  ACCOUNT
WILL  BE  COMPENSATED  WITH
US$8.3M  OF  THE  REMITTED  FUNDS,  WHILE US$2M  WILL  BE  SET  ASIDE  TO
OFFSET   EXPENSES  AND PAY
THE NECESSARY  TAXES  WHEREBY  THE  BALANCE  OF  US$31.2M  WILL  BE
SHARED  AMONG  ALL   PARTIIES
INVOLVED.
KINDLY  INDICATE  YOUR  INTEREST    THROUGH  THE  ABOVE   FAX   OR
TELEPHONE  NUMBERS  TO  ENABLE  US
UNFOLD  THE  MODE  OF OPERTION  TO  YOU.  ALL  MACHINERIES  HAS  BEEN  PUT
IN  PLACE FOR  SMOOTH  AND
HITCHFREE  EXECUTION  AND  ONCE  STARTED  WILL  NOT  TAKE  MORE  THAN
10-14  WORKING   DAYS  WITH  THE
ABSOLUTE   CO-OPERATION  OF  ALL  PARTIES   INVOLVED.  BE  REST   ASSURED
THAT  THIS  TRANSACTION  IS
100%    SAFE,  BUT  UTMOST  PRIORITY  IS  TO  KEEP   THIS  TRANSACTION
STRICTLY  CONFIDENTIAL.
THIS   LETTER   WAS    SENT   TO   YOU  BY  ONE  OF   OUR  COLLEAGUE
PRESENTLY  IN   THE   NETHERLAND  FOR
A  COURSE.   ENDEAVOUR   TO   CONTACT  US   ON  THE   MENTIONED   NUMBERS
FOR   MORE  INFORMATION.
GOD  BE  WITH   YOU   AS  I   LOOK   FORWARD  TO   YOUR   REPLY.
YOUS  FAITHFULLY,
MALLAM KADIRI   MUSA.