Unlettered
A reader received the following letter: Dear Sir, I• was able to collect your address through a friend who imports goods from your country. He told me you are a trustworthy person who could be taken into confidence though I did not explain to him the type of business I want to do with you.
I am the secretary to the Chief Accountant of Nigerian Telecom- munications Limited. My boss asked me to look for a foreign account where we will put in the sum of $45 Million US Dollars.
This amount is an over invoice of a contract done in 1982 during the last civilian Regime. We Civil Servants used to get our own little money from such over-invoicing of projects awarded by the Government.
This sum of $45 Million US Dollars is scheduled to be shared as follows:- 35% to the account owner, 55% to the officials, And 10 for miscellaneous expenses in- cluding fax, telephone, telex messages.
This money will not waste time to get into your account as soon as you indi- cate interest through your reply. There are some documents that we need to help us process this money: 1. Three copies of your letter headed papers, signed and stamped; 2. Three copies of proforma invoice, signed and stamped; 3. Name of your Bank, address and Telex numbers; 4. Account number.
The people involved in this business are top Government officials who will be resigning at the end of the year to go into politics so they will not want their image to be spoilt. So help us to keep this business secret.
Finally, the officials will travel down- to your country as soon as the money gets into your account to collect their own share. You are free to and any question to me and you are assured of full protection.
I expect your reply soon.
Yours faithfully,
Prince Okechukwu Ogbu
do Shasha Road, Postal Agency, 54 Shasha Road, Dopemu-Agege, Lagos.
Nigeria.
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