NIGERIAN SCAM LETTER FROM

DR. TUNJI MATTHEWS / MATHEWS

From: DR TUNJI MATTHEWS [mailto:tumatthews@email.com]
Sent: 03 July 2002 13:54
Subject: overseas assistance required!!!

               ASSISTANCE REQUIRED FOR ACQUISITION OF ESTATES.

Dear Sir,

I write to inform you of my desire to acquire estates or landed
properties in your country on behalf of the Director of Contracts and
Finance Allocation of the Federal Ministry of works and Housing in
Nigeria.

Considering his very strategic and influential position, he would want
the transaction to be strictly as confidential as possible. He further
want his identity to remain undisclosed at least for now, until the
completion of the transaction. Hence our desire to have an overseas
agent.

I have therefore been directed to inquire if you would agree to act as
our overseas agent in order to actualise this transaction.

The deal in brief  is that the funds with which to carry out our
proposed investments in your country is presently in a coded account in
the Nigerian apex bank and we need your assistance to transfer the funds to your country or any safe  account outside your country in a
convenient bank account that will be provided  by you before we can put
the funds into use. For this you shall be considered to have executed a
contract for the ministry. The contract sum of which shall run into
US$15.5Million of which your share shall be 30% if you agree to be our
overseas agent. Your area of specialisation does not matter in this
transaction, all that is required of you is a safe account and your
willingness to assist us acquire estates in your country.

As soon as payment is effected and the amount mentioned above is
successfully transferred into your account, we intend to use our own
share in acquiring some estates abroad. For this too, you shall serve as
our agent . It might interest you to note that last year, a similar
transaction was carried out with one MR. CHIENCHEN YU of  Taiwan  but after securing the payment approvals, and payment effected, MR.CHIENCHEN YU changed his numbers and addresses, and was no where to be found on our getting to Taiwan. That was how we lost US$7.5Million. So this time around , I will be with you before the remmittance is made into your provided account to avoid future occurrence and allow trust to play a very minimal role until performance is seen.

You are requested to communicate your acceptance or otherwise of this
proposal, through my fax number:234 1 7599463 or via email . After which we shall discuss in details  the modalities for seeing this transaction through.  If however, you  are not disposed to assist, kindly destroy this letter in view of the confidentiality of the proposed transaction and interest of personalities involved.

Thank you in anticipation of your co-operation.
Best Regards,

Dr. Tunji Mathews.

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