FOR YOUR KINDLY ATTENTION,
First, I must solicit your strictest confidence in this transaction, this
is by virtue of it's nature as being utterly confidential and top secret
as you were introduced to us in confidence through the Nigerian Chamber
of Commerce, foreign trade division. and if the contents of this mail
does meet with your approval, I humbly crave your indulgence.
I am recently retired as the director of finance of the Federal Ministry
Of Power & Steel (FMP&S). During my tenure, I was also in charge
of the tenders board. The job of the tenders board was to access bids
made to the FMP&S by foreign and local contractors for execution of
contracts recommend to the government foraward. In the course of our work
at the tenders board, we
recieved a bid of (USD56.8M) from Arab Contractors Company of Egypt for
the refurbishing of the six therminal flow stations and the supply of
27KVA transformers for the south-western part of the
country. The bid was unsually low for the contract in question considering
the other bids we had gone through. The tenders board then invited them
for an appraisal of their bid. After the appraisal, we the five members
of the tenders board agreed to recommend them for the award of the contract
only if they increase thier bid to USD90M. The balance USD33.2M was to
be paid to us (the members of the tenders board)after the execution of
the contract for us. Not trusting the contractors to live up to their
own part of the bargain, we established the above mentioned company and
had them su-contract the USD33.2M to the company as a sub-contract. The
deed of sub-contract
was perfected by a notary public and copies circulated to the FMP&S
and the central bank of Nigeria (CBN).Arab contractors have executed the
whole contract and have been paid off, leaving the balance USD33.2M.Considering
the amount of the fund involved we cannot ask the CBN to pay directly
into our local bank account as the bank regulatory bodies will want to
know the directors of the company. Though I am retired, my other four
partners are still in government employ.
I have therefore been mandated as a matter of trust by my partners to
source for a business partner to whom we could transfer the sum of USD33.2M
by drawing up a letter of domiciliation instructing the concerned government
parastatals i.e the FMP&S and CBN to pay into the partner's account
the ontractual entitlement of USD33.2M. You will agree with me that a
letter of domiciliation is an accepted form of doing businessworldwide.
Should this transaction interest you, you are to contact me on my personal
e-mail address, so that I can brief you fully, and discuss your renumeration
for this undertaking.
All logistics are in place and all modalities worked out for the smooth
conclusion of the transaction
within ten to fourteen days of commencement after receipt of the following
information: Your full
name/ company name, address, company's details & activities, telephone
& fax numbers.
These information will enable us make the applications and lodge claims
to the concerned ministries & agencies in favour of your company and
it is pertinent to state here that a legally binding contract will be
entered by all parties involved, this is to safeguardour mutual interest.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this letter using my personal E-mailaddress.
Yours Faithfuly
Chief Topa Ibe.