Enron, ...all over again

It seems that Dr. George is the Internal Auditor for the National Petroleum Corporation. Now, the details are a little unclear but it seems as though he got $20.5 million for "influencing the contract in their favour amidst heavy competition from rival companies". Who "they" are I still haven't figured out. Now, unfortunately for Dr. George, "civil servants are forbidden to operate or own foreign accounts" and it appears that he needs some help getting the funds out of the country -- this is where I come in!

Grade: C
Comments: First of all, don't type words like RISKS and TROUBLE in all-caps -- it just draws more attention to them. Secondly, find a different industry. An energy company is just going to make people think that you once worked for Enron and you'll never get a cent!
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From the desk of:
DR.GEORGE CHUKS
Email:g_chuks@indiatimes.com
Lagos, Nigeria.
Attn: Managing Director,

Dear Sir/Madam,

REQUEST FOR AN URGENT CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP. After due deliberation with my colleagues, I have decided to forward to you this business proposal. We want a reliable person who could assist us to transfer the sum of twenty Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars ( $20,500,000 ) into his / her account [maybe I could use my Roth IRA so that I wouldn't have to pay taxes].

This fund resulted by way of gratification from a contract awarded by us under the budget allocation to my Ministry and this bill has been approved for payment by the concerned Ministries. The contract has since been executed, commissioned and the contractor company, paid off. We are left with the balance of US$20.5M which was given to us by the company for influencing the contract in their favour amidst heavy competition from rival companies [why, I've never heard of such a practice, is it common?] . But under our protocol division, civil servants are forbidden to operate or own foreign accounts. This is why I am contacting you to be our custodian for this fund. As you may want to know and to make you less curious, I got your address from adverts in the business directory that portrayed your establishment in good light. I am the Chief Accountant/Internal Auditor of the Contract Award Committee ( CAC ) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation ( NNPC).

This transaction is very much free from all sorts of RISKS and TROUBLE from my Government. We the N.N.P.C. Officials involved in this deal have put in many years in service to this Ministry [and *this* is how they treat you, by disallowing foreign bank accounts]. We have been exercising patience for this opportunity for so long and to most of us this is a life time opportunity we cannot afford to miss. You need not to worry about the responsibilities of transferring this fund into your account, for all the administrative steps needed for the transfer of this fund into your designated bank account will be done by me. I and my colleagues have agreed to COMPENSATE you duly if agreement is reached by both of us. I and one of my colleagues involved in this deal will come to your country to arrange for our share, upon the confirmation from you that the money has been credited into your nominated bank account.

Consequent upon your acceptance of this proposal, kindly confirm your interest by Email g_chuks@indiatimes.com. Your indication by emailing me of your sincere and serious interest will enable me fax you the PROCEDURE FOR OPERATION.
NOTE: In the event of your inability to handle this transaction please inform us so that we can look for another reliable person who can assist in this respect. It might surprise you why we choose you and trusted you for this transaction. Yes, we believe that good friends can be discovered and business like this can not be realised without trust [you mean, like the way the Nigerian Petroleum Corp. trusts you???] . This is why we have decided to trust you for this transaction. We are looking forward to doing this transaction with you. Be further informed that everyones interest and security had been considered before you were contacted, so be rest assured and feel free to go into this transaction with us. But let Honesty and Trust be our watchword throughout this transaction and your prompt reply will be highly appreciated [Ok, you convinced me, you're honest and trustworthy -- yeah, right!].

Thank you, and God bless.

Best Regards,

DR. GEORGE.
NB:
Please, should in case you want to reply by email, do send your response to; g_chuks@indiatimes.com