[ih] test - please ignore (xf3153)

[Joe Touch]

(this is a copy of mail that should be caught...)

DEPARTMENT OF PETROLEUM RESOURCES
  PLOT 225 KOFO ABAYOMI STREET VICTORIA ISLAND,LAGOS, NIGERIA.
DIRECT FAX: 234 1 759 0904. TEL; 234 1- 7763126

ATTENTION: THE PRESIDENT/C.E.O

RE: URGENT & CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL

Dear Sir,

I am ENGR JOE UDAH (MON)member committee of the above department
My term of reference involves the award of contracts to multinational 
companies.
My office is saddled with the responsibility of contract award, screening,
categorization and prioritization of projects embarked upon by 
Department of Petroleum Resources
(DPR) as well as feasibility studies for selected projects and 
supervising the project consultants involved.
  A breakdown of the fiscal expenditure by this office as at the end of 
last fiscal quarter of 2000 indicates that DPR paid
out a whooping sum of US$736M(Seven Hundred And Thirty Six Million, 
United States Dollars) to successful contract beneficiaries.
The DPR is now compiling beneficiaries to be paid for the first Quarter 
of 2003.
The crux of this letter is that the finance/contract department of the 
DPR deliberately over invoiced the contract value of the various 
contracts awarded.
In the course of disbursements, this department has been able to 
accumulate the sum of US$38.2M(Thirty-eight Million,
two hundred Thousand U.S Dollars) as the over-invoiced sum.
This money is currently in a suspense account of the DPR account with 
the Debt Reconciliation Committee (DRC).
We now seek to process the transfer of this fund officially as contract 
payment to you as a foreign contractor,
who will be fronting for us as the beneficiary of the fund. In this way 
we can facilitate these funds into your nominated account for possible 
investment abroad.
We are not allowed as a matter of government policy to operate any 
foreign account to transfer this fund into.
However, for your involvement in assisting us with this transfer into 
your nominated account we have evolved a sharing formula as follows:
(1) 20% for you as the foreign partner
(2) 75% for I and my colleagues
(3) 5% will be set aside to defray all incidental expenses both Locally 
and Internationally during the course of this transaction.
We shall be relying on your advice as regard investment of our share in 
any business in your country.
Be informed that this business is genuine and 100% safe considering the 
high-power government officials involved.
Send your private fax/telephone numbers. Upon your response we shall 
provide you with further information on the procedures.
Feel free to send response by Fax: 234-1-7590904 / TEL: 234-1-7763126 
expecting your response urgently.
All enquiries should be directed to the undersigned by FAX OR PHONE.
Looking forward to a good business relationship with you.
Sincerely,

ENGR JOE UDAH (MON)