From: Shannon Fang Date: 2002-12-03T18:21:40+09:00 Subject: SPAM? Hi, I received the following message from ruby-talk, I think it is a spam, can the administrator please inspect this, and probably delete this address from our mailing list? Thanks. Shannon >From: "DR. SANI SABO" >Reply-To: ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org >To: ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org (ruby-talk ML) >Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 09:49:26 +0900 > >FROM: DR. SANI SABO >Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation >Central Business District, FALOMO >P.M.B.1064. LAGOS - Nigeria. > Email: sani2002@safe-mail.net > >Dear Sir, >REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE-STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL > >I am Dr. SANI SABO, a top management staff in the Nigerian National >Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and I head a seven-man tender? board in charge >of Contract Awards and Payments Approvals. I came to know of you in my >search for a reliable and reputable person to handle a very confidential >transaction that involves the transfer of a huge sum of money to a foreign >account. There were series of contracts executed by a consortium >Multinationals in the oil industry in favour of NNPC among which were: >The Supply of Y2K Compliant Personal Computers and Accessories to the >Warri, Port Harcourt and Kaduna Refineries; Supply of Drugs and Relief >materials to the victims of the Niger/ Delta crises; The construction of >Schools, Hospitals and Housing Units in the Niger/Delta Region. >The original value of these contracts were deliberately over invoiced in >the sum of USD TWENTY ONE MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($21.5M) >which has been approved and is now ready to be transferred as all the >Companies that actually executed these contracts have been paid and the >projects officially commissioned. >Consequently, my colleagues and I are willing to transfer the total amount >to your account for subsequent disbursement, since we as civil servants are >prohibited by the Code of Conduct Bureau (Civil Service Laws) from opening >and/ or operating foreign accounts in our names. >In return for your services, we have resolved to give you 25% of the >transferred sum, while 5% shall be set aside for incidental expenses >(internal and external) between the parties in the course of the >transaction. You will be mandated to remit the balance 70% to other >accounts in due course. > >Furthermore, Modalities have been worked out at the highest levels of the >Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank of Nigeria for the immediate >transfer of the funds within 10 working days subject to your satisfaction >of the above stated terms. Our assurance is that your role is risk free. >To accord this transaction the legality it deserves and for mutual security >of the fund, the whole approval procedures will be officially and legally >processed with your name or any company you may nominate as the Bonafide >beneficiary. > >Once more, I want you to understand that having put in over 26 years in the >service of my country, I am averse to having my image and career dented. >This matter should therefore be treated with utmost secrecy and urgency. > >Kindly expedite action as we are behind schedule to enable us include this >transfer in the third batch of this financial quarter payment. > >Please acknowledge the receipt of this message via my direct email: >sani2002@safe-mail.net > >Yours Sincerely, > >Dr. SANI SABO >sanisabo@mail.com _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail