I have recently been sent a similar email from a 'bank' in Nigeria where it
was suggested that I should pretend to be the heir of an estate and the bank
and I would split the proceeds! Apparently, this is a well known scam. This
looks very very similar. Do not pass on your bank details.
Regards
Phill
Prof. P. M. Dickens
Dept. of Engineering & Technology
De Montfort University
The Gateway
Leicester
England LE1 9BH
Tel: +44 (0)116 257 7689
Fax: +44 (0)116 257 7025
Mobile: +44 (0)7768 827039
Email: pdickens@dmu.ac.uk
www.rmg.dmu.ac.uk
-----Original Message-----
From: john mukaka [mailto:jmukaka@yahoo.com]
Sent: 10 May 2001 15:02
To: rp-ml@ltk.hut.fi
Subject: URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL
PETROLEUM(SPECIAL)TRUST THE SECRETARY, CONTRACT AWARD AND MONITORING
COMMITTIE (M.N.I.M),CHIEF JOHN MUKAKA URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL DEAR
SIR/MADAM, BUSINESS PROPOSAL- STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL I AM CHIEF JOHN MUKAKA,
THE SECRETARY TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA CONTRACT AWARD AND
MONITORING COMMITTEE IN THE PETROLEUM TRUST FUND (P.T.F). SOMETIME AGO, A
CONTRACT WAS AWARDED TO A CONGLOMERATE OF FOREIGN COMPANIES IN P.T.F BY MY
COMMITTEE, THE CONTRACT WAS OVER-INVOICED TO THE TUNE OF US$20.5 MILLION.
THIS WAS DONE DELIBERATELY, THE OVER- INVOICING WAS A DEAL BY ME AND MEMBERS
OF MY COMMITTEE TO BENEFIT FROM THE PROJECT. WE NOW DESIRE TO TRANSFER THIS
MONEY WHICH IS PRESENTLY IN A SUSPENSE ACCOUNT OF THE P.T.F IN OUR APEX BANK
INTO AN OVERSEAS ACCOUNT WHICH WE EXPECT YOU TO PROVIDE FOR US. BENEFIT FOR
PROVIDING THE ACCOUNT WHERE WE SHALL REMIT THE MONEY AND FOR ASSISTING US IN
THE REALIZATION OF THE TRANSFER AND ALSO PARTAKING IN THE ENTIRE PROCESS,
YOU WILL BE ENTITLED TO 30% OF THE MONEY, 65% WILL BE FOR ME AND MY
PARTNERS, WHILE 5% HAS BEEN MAPPED OUT FROM THE TOTAL SUM TO COVER ANY
EXPENSES THAT MAY BE INCURRED BY US DURING THE COURSE OF THIS TRANSACTION,
BOTH LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL EXPENSES. WE HAVE STRONG AND RELIABLE
CONNECTIONS AND CONTACTS AT THE APEX BANK AND THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF
FINANCE AS WELL AS THE D.R.C -THE APPROVING BODY FOR FOREIGN PAYMENTS. AT
THE CONCLUSION OF THIS BUSINESS, WE SHALL THROUGH OUR SOURCES WITHDRAW ALL
DOCUMENTS USED FROM ALL THE CONCERNED GOVERNMENT MINISTRIES FOR 100%
SECURITY. WE WANT THIS MONEY TO BE TRANSFERRED TO THE OVERSEAS ACCOUNT WHICH
YOU ARE GOING TO PROVIDE FOR SAFEKEEPING, PENDING WHEN WE WILL DETERMINE HOW
WE WANT OUR PORTION OF THE MONEY. ALL EXPENSES REGARDING THE ACCOUNT OPENING
IF NOT ALREADY IN EXISTENCE WILL BE BORNE BY YOU. FORTUNATELY, ALL YOUR
EXPENSES ARE REIMBURSABLE AS ALREADY STATED ABOVE ON CONCLUSION OF THIS
BUSINESS. UPON YOUR POSITIVE RESPONSE TO THIS DEAL, WE SHALL IMMEDIATELY
BEGIN NECESSARY APPLICATION FOR THE RELEASE OF THIS FUNDS. ALTHOUGH, WE HAVE
ALREADY STARTED THE PAPER WORK, THE PERIOD FOR A SUCCESSFUL EXECUTION IS
ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT 10 WORKING DAYS. PLEASE CONTACT ME AS SOON AS YOU
RECEIVE THIS LETTER; BY E-MAIL FOR US TO DETERMINE YOUR LEVEL OF INTEREST A
SERIOUSNESS. FOR MORE DETAILS ON THIS BUSINESS PROPOSAL, E-MAIL ME ON
jmukaka@yahoo.com I WAIT IN ANTICIPATION OF YOUR CO-OPERATION. YOURS
FAITHFULLY, CHIEF JOHN MUKAKA For more information about the rp-ml, see
http://ltk.hut.fi/rp-ml/
For more information about the rp-ml, see http://ltk.hut.fi/rp-ml/
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