Dear Partner to be,

First, I must solicit your strict confidence in this transaction.

I am a highly placed Government official working for the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology.

My committee - The Niger Delta Development Corporation(NDDC)-which is in charge of managing and supervising the disbursement of oil sales revenues for the Nigerian government.The revenues under our control runs into several hundred of millions of dollars monthly.My self and other colleagues in the NDDC are currently in need of a silent foreign partner with whose bank account we shall transfer the sum of Forty Nine Million Five Hundred Thosand United States Dollars($49.5m).This fund accrued to us as commission for oil sales contracts handled under our supervision.

The fund is presently waiting to be transferred by our offshore fund managers to the beneficiary submitted to us as the funds receiver. However, by virtue of our position as civil servants and members of the NDDC, we cannot acquire this funds in our name. This is because as top civil servants, we are not allowed by law of the land to own or operate bank accounts outside our shores.

I have been delegated as a matter of trust by my colleagues, to look for an overseas silent partner in whose account we would transfer the fund on trust.Hence the reason for this mail.We shall be Transferring the money to your account as an investment we are making with your company. For your support and partnership, please reply me to negotiate your fees or the percentage you wish to be paid when the funds arrive your bank account. It is after your fees and expenses have been deducted from the funds that the balance could be dealt with, according to our instruction. You must however note that this transaction, with regards to our disposition to continue with you, is subject to these terms. Firstly, our conviction of your transparency.

Secondly, that you treat this transaction with utmost secrecy and confidentiality. Finally and above all, that you will provide an account that you have absolute control over.

The transaction, although discrete, is legitimate and there is no risk or legal disadvantages either to ourselves or yourself.

The transfer will be effected to your account within ten-fourteen (10-14) working days as soon as we reach an agreement and you furnish me with a suitable bank account for the transaction.

I am looking forward to doing business with you and do solicit your confidentiality in this transaction, Please mail your response to me.

Yours faithfully, Kenneth Usman

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