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From: "Dr. Maikanti Baru Baruu" <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2021 07:43:09 -0800
Subject: Dr. Maikanti Baru
NNPC Towe: ,
Central Business District, Herbert Macaulay way,
P.M.B. 190, Garki, Abuja.
From: Dr. Maikanti Baru
Group Managing Director(GMD), NNPC
Sir/Madam,
I know that this proposal may come to you as a surprise especially
having come from someone you have not met before. I got your
information from your country chamber of commerce here in Nigeria.
My name is Dr. Maikanti Baru, Group Managing Director of the Nigerian
National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Be informed that my partner
Dr.Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu is Minister of Petroleum and awarded a
contract to a foreign firm (Sheng Yang Contraction Company) with
contract Ref No: NNPC/PED/1456/PHCREF/2018) for the maintenance of the
Nigeria petroleum-chemical complex located at Rivers, Nigeria.
I am awre that this proposal may come to you as a surprise, but I
would like you to co-operate with me so that this $35,500,000.00 will
be released and transferred into your bank account. It is my profound
intention to contact you for this very important and highly
confidential transaction for the transfer of $35,500,000.00 (Thirty
Five Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars) Only into
your bank account.
The contract has been successfully executed by the contractors and
their contract sum has been paid to them, leaving our overestimated
balance of ($35, 500,000.00 (Thirty Five Million Five Hundred Thousand
United State Dollars Only) still pending at the bank. Right now, we
are left with this overestimated balance of ($35, 500,000.00) which is
still floating at the escrow account in the Central Bank of Nigeria
(CBN) waiting for final payment to any reliable foreign bank account
you will provide.
We, as government officials, are not permitted to own or operate
foreign bank accounts. Therefore we need a reliable person who will
provide us with a foreign account to transfer and deposit this
$35,500,000.00, that is the reason we are soliciting for your sincere
assistance to provide us with an account to transfer this money.All
modalities for the easy transfer of this money is now in place, the
period of this transaction is only two weeks from the day we receive
your bank account details.
Note that 10% of our share will be invested in your country, as we
propose to give you 30% of the $35,500,000.00. My partners and I will
get 60% of the money.
The balance of 10% will be allocated to cover all expenses uncured by
both partners, be informed that this proposal is urgent and
confidential, Please send to me your bank account details and full
company name and address, your private phone and fax number for easy
communication which will be used in securing all the necessary
documents for easy transfer of the funds.
Awaiting your urgent response.
Best regards.
Dr. Maikanti Baru
Group Managing Director,
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)