fROM: THE DESK OF DR EMEKA FRANK NIGERIAN GAS COMPANY PLC. LAGOS TEL: 234-1-775-0857 FAX: 234-1-759-7912.
DEAR SIR,
FIRST AND FOREMOST, I MUST SOLICIT FOR YOUR CONFIDENCE IN THIS TRANSACTION BY VIRTUE OF ITS NATURE BEING UTTERLY CONFIDENTIAL.
I AM DR EMEKA FRANK THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE FOR THE NIGERIAN GAS COMPANY PLC. I CAME TO KNOW OF YOU IN MY SEARCH FOR A RELIABLE AND REPUTABLE PARTNER TO HANDLE THIS CONFIDENTIAL TRANSACTION WHICH INVOLVES A HUGE SUM OF MONEY TO BE ENTRUSTED IN THE HAND OF A FOREIGNER.
THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS THAT, A FOREIGNER BY NAME , LATE ENGINEER JOHN ANDERSON AN AUSTRALIAN CITIZEN, WHO WAS AN OIL MERCHANT WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA, BEFORE HIS DEATH TEN YEARS AGO IN A GHASTLY AIR CRASH, DEPOSITED THE TOTAL SUM OF $10,200,000 (TEN MILLION, TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES OF AMERICAN DOLLARS ) WITH US HERE IN NIGERIA AT THE NIGERIAN GAS COMPANY PLC. LAGOS, BEING PAYMENT FOR LIFTING OF GAS PRODUCTS FOR RE-SELL IN THE AUSTRALIAN MARKET. UPON HIS DEATH THIS SAID SUM OF MONEY HAS BEEN LYING IN THE CREDIT OF HIS ACCOUNT WITH US AND IS EXPECTED TO BE CLAIMED BY MR JOHN ANDERSON`S NEXT OF KIN.
SINCE HIS DEATH, FERVENT VALUABLE EFFORTS, HAVE BEEN MADE BY THE NIGERIAN GAS COMPANY PLC, TO GET IN TOUCH WITH ANY OF LATE ANDERSON'S FAMILY BUT TO NO AVAIL. IT IS BECAUSE OF OUR INABILITY TO LOCATE MR ANDERSON`S NEXT OF KIN, THAT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE COMPANY ARE CONTEMPLATING THAT THE FUNDS WOULD BE CONVERTED TO THE COMPANY'S FUND IF CLAIM IS NOT MADE BY ENGR. ANDERSON`S NEXT OF KIN BEFORE OUR ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING COMING UP THIS FIRST QUATER OF THE YEAR.
ALL THAT IS REQUIRED FROM YOU NOW, IS TO ACT AS THE NEXT OF KIN, TO THE LATE ENGR. JOHN ANDERSON, AS THE MODALITIES SHALL BE WORKED OUT, TO FACILITATE THE RELEASE OF $10.2 M TO ANY BODY THAT WILL STAND FIRMLY AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO THE LATE ENGINEER WITHIN THE STIPULATED TIME. THE FUNDS WILL BE SUCCESSFULLY RELEASED TO YOU, AND IT WILL BE JUSTIFIABLY PRESENTED AS HAVING BEEN PAID TO THE NEXT OF KIN WHICH WE ASSUME TO BE YOU. YOUR INTEREST WILL BE PROTECTED AS NECESSARY DOCUMENTATION WILL BE PROVIDED CERTIFYING YOU, AS THE RIGHTFUL BENEFICIARY AND ADEQUATE PERCENTAGES (%) SCHEDULED FOR MUTUAL BENEFITS ARE INDICATED BELOW:
( 1 ) NEXT OF KIN WHICH IS YOU, -- 30% ( 2 ) MYSELF, THE ORIGINATOR -- 60% ( 3 ) 10% INCIDENTAL EXPENSES THAT MIGHT BE INCURRED IN THE COURSE OF THIS TRANSACTION.
NOTE THAT ALL MODALITIES NECESSARY FOR THE RELEASE OF THE FUNDS HAVE BEEN PERFECTED AND THE TRANSACTION IS 100% RISK FREE, AS NO TRACE WILL BE FOUND AFTER THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE TRANSACTION.
I AM WAITING FOR YOUR PROMPT RESPONSE.
BEST REGARDS
DR EMEKA FRANK
PLEASE SEND DOWN YOUR PHONE NUMBER , IT WILL BE NEEDED TO START THIS TRANSACTION.
As I said, I don't know how anyone could fall for this but, sadly, I bet some have.