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An Email with the Subject "ATTENTION" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Sat, 10 Mar 2007 16:40:37 -0800 and has been classified as a Advance Fee Fraud/419 Scam Email. The sender shows as "teddy3" <teddy3@mailequity.com>.
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DEAR FRIEND, WE ARE SENDING THIS PROPOSAL TO YOU BASE ON THE PROMISING BELIEVE WE HAVE IN YOU, THAT YOU WILL BE OF HELP IN OUR BID TO TRANSFER THE SUM OF FORTY-ONE MILLION,FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($41.5M USD) INTO A FOREIGN ACCOUNT. WE ARE MEMBERS OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE FOR BUDGET AND PLANNING OF THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM, THIS COMITTEE IS PRINCIPALLY CONCERNED WITH CONTRACT APPRAISALS AND APPROVAL OF CONTRACTS. WITH OUR POSITIONS, WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY SECURED FOR OURSELVES THE SUM OF FORTY-ONE MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS (US$41.5M). THIS AMOUNT WAS SECURED FROM THE RECENT HIGH EXCESS SALES OF CRUDE OIL . WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU IS TO PROVIDE A VERY SAFE ACCOUNT, INTO WHICH THE FUND WILL BE TRANSFERRED INTO, SINCE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ARE NOT ALLOWED BY OUR LAWS TO OPERATE FOREIGN ACCOUNT. IT HAS BEEN AGREED THAT THE OWNER OF THE ACCOUNT WILL BE COMPENSATED WITH $8.3MILLION OF THE REMITTED FUNDS, AND US$31.125 MILLION WILL BE KEEP FOR US, WHILE US$2.075 MILLION WILL BE SET ASIDE TO OFFSET EXPENSES AND PAY THE NECCESSARY TAXES. IT MAY INTEREST YOU TO KNOW THAT TWO YEARS AGO A SIMILAR TRANSACTION WAS CARRIED OUT WITH ONE MR. PATRICE MILLER, THE PRESIDENT OF CRAINE INTERNATIONAL TRADING CORPORATION AT NUMBER 135, EAST 57TH STREET, 28TH FLOOR ,NEW YORK. 10022 WITH TELEPHONE NUMBER (212)308-7788 AND TELEX NUMBER 6731689, AFTER THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN BOTH PARTNERS IN WHICH HE WAS TO TAKE 5%. THE MONEY WAS DULY TRANSFERRED INTO HIS ACCOUNT ONLY TO BE DISAPPOINTED ON OUR ARRIVAL IN NEW YORK, AS WE WERE RELIABLY INFORMED THAT MR. PATRICE MILLER WAS NO LONGER ON THAT ADDRESS WHILE, HIS TELEPHONE AND TELEX NUMBERS HAVE BEEN REALLOCATED TO SOMEBODY ELSE, THAT IS HOW WE LOST US$27.5MILLION TO MR.PATRICE MILLER. THIS TIME AROUND WE NEED A VERY RELIABLE, HONEST, TRUSTHWORTHY AND GOD FEAR PERSON LIKE YOU OR A REPUTABLE COMPANY TO DO BUSINESS WITH HENCE THIS EMAIL TO YOU. SO IF YOU CAN PROVE YOURSELF TO BE TRUSTED, RELIABLE,HONEST, GOD FEAR PERSON AND INTERESTED IN THIS PROPOSAL, THEN WE ARE PREPARED TO DO BUSINESS WITH YOU, WHAT WE WANT FROM YOU IS THE ASSURANCE THAT YOU WILL LET US HAVE OUR SHARE WHEN THIS AMOUNT OF US$41.5M IS TRANSFERRED INTO YOUR ACCOUNT. NOTE: IF THIS PROPOSAL SATISFIES YOU, PLEASE SEND YOUR DIRECT TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBER ON YOUR RESPONSE , SO WE CAN ADVICE YOU ON THE MODALITIES OF THIS TRANSACTION. ALL MODALITIES OF THE TRANSFER HAVE BEEN WORKED OUT AND ONCE STARTED, IT WILL NOT TAKE MORE THAN 14 WORKING DAYS WITH THE ABSOLUTE SUPPORT OF ALL CONCERNED. THIS TRANSACTIN IS 100% RISK FREE. PLEASE TREAT AS URGENT AND VERY CONFIDENTIAL.GOD BE WITH YOU AS I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR REPLY. ONCE AGAIN, REMEBER TO SEND YOUR DIRECT TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBER ON YOUR REPLY. YOURS FAITHFULLY, DR. BAYO ADALOLA. B,sc. (UNN) M.sc. Ph.D:MNIM: MCIA, MANAGER 11, BUDGET AND PLANNING , NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION.