NIGERIAN SCAM LETTER FROM
BIMBO DARAMOLA
REQUEST
FOR URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP
Dear Sir,
First, I must solicit your strictest confidence in
this transaction; this is by virtue of its nature as
being utterly confidential and top secret. I am Mr.
Bimbo Daramola, Director of Projects Management in the
Federal Ministry of Water Resources. My department is
charged with the duties of implementation, execution
and monitoring of all water related projects in the
country. I came to know of your name and in my search
for a reliable and low-key person to handle a very
confidential transaction based on unflinching trust,
as we have not met before. This transaction involves
the transfer of huge sum of foreign exchange (United
States Dollars) to a foreign account. In the 2001
financial year, the Federal Government of Nigeria
allocated the sum of US$458 million to my department
as budgetary allocation. Within the year various
multinational corporations executed series of
contracts and all these contacts were duly paid for.
But in all we were not able to exhaust our budgetary
allocation. There are still some excess funds left. My
colleagues and I have decided to keep this excess
amount for ourselves. If the money is returned to
government treasury my department's future allocation
will be reduced or worse still, the money will be
embezzled by officials of our apex bank (Central Bank
of Nigeria). This money is currently lying in a
suspense account in the Central Bank of Nigeria. As
civil servants we are prohibited by the Code of
Conduct Bureau (Civil Service Laws) from opening or
operating foreign account and or dealing in foreign
exchange in our names, so we cannot directly acquire
the money. I have therefore been mandated as a matter
of trust by my colleagues to look for an overseas
partner to whom we could transfer the excess amount
to. Consequently, my colleagues and I are willing to
transfer the total amount to your nominated bank
account as payment for consultancy services rendered
to my department for subsequent disbursement. In
return we have agreed to offer you 30% of the
transferred sum, while 10% shall be set aside for
incidental expenses (internal and external) accrued
between the parties in the course of the transaction
and 60% for us. Our share will be used to purchase
equipment and heavy machineries and I intend to have a
front that will manage this fund and invest it into
fiber-plastic and thermodynamic industres,property
development, buying of shares\ stocks in multinational
companies and engage in non-speculative investment and
other related ventures from your country as we cannot
repatriate the physical cash back to Nigeria. All
logistics are in place and all modalities worked out
for the smooth conclusion of the transaction within
ten to fourteen days of commencement. It is imperative
to bear in mind that having put 29 years in service of
the government, I am averse to having my image dented.
This matter should therefore be treated with utmost
secrecy and urgency. Kindly expedite action by
contacting me and indicating your interest in this
transaction in order for me to give you full details.
Please I am urgently waiting your response.
Regards,
Bimbo Daramola.
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