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An Email with the Subject "BUSINESS PROPOSAL" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Thu, 16 Feb 2006 05:54:12 -0800 and has been classified as a Advance Fee Fraud/419 Scam Email. The sender shows as martins hills <martinshills50@earthlink.net>.
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Comrade MARTINS HILLS Treasury Controller Ministry of Finance Nigeria this is my priavte email adderss plz reply here EMAIL:martinshills48@yahoo.com DEAR SIR /MADAM BUSINESS PROPOSAL. I am the Treasury Controller, Ministry of Finance Nigeria West Africa. The Minister has mandated me to transfer the sum of US$88 million recovered from an over-invoiced contracts involving the Ministry of Nigeria (CBN) into several private account in overseas. A total sum of US$73,700,000.00 has been transferred before the emergence of this present Administration, leaving the balance of US$14,300,000.00. I have made proper arrangement/documentation to transfer the balance which is retained in a coded account of the (C.B.N) with the Central Bank of Nigeria. We are soliciting that you help us to receive the fund in trust. We cannot complete this transaction smoothly without the participation of a foreign partner who would provide an account where the funds could be lodged. Since it is a contract payment, the funds must be remitted to a foreign account as a contractor with (CBN). The remittance of the funds requires little documentation. There is no risk involved in this transaction since the minister and I have covered this transaction with adequate contract and external credit documents from the beginning. What we require from you by e-mail or phone are viz: {i} Acceptance letter of this offer {ii} Your company name or complete personal name and confidential telephone and fax numbers {iii} Convincing Honesty, Trust worthiness and Willingness to abide by the requirements of this proposal paramount of which is CONFIDENTIALITY. We have agreed that you will retain 20% of the entire US$14,300,000.00 for your effort in this transaction, 70% for us here in Nigeria and the remaining 10% will be used for defrayal of incidental cost in the course of this transfer. Please I prefer you reply urgently by e-mail as we expect that the transaction will not take more than ten working days. And please note that this transaction must be top Confidential. So I will appreciate you reply me through my private e-mail address EMAIL:martinshills48@yahoo.com In your reply do remember to include your full name and your direct Telephone/Fax number so we can discus more elaborately. Best regard. Comrade MARTINS HILLS (Treasury Controller (CBN)