Mr. John Ojo, Lagos, Nigeria. Dear Sir, FINANCIAL RECEIVER I am Mr. John Ojo, 55, an immediate past Senior Special Assistant to the immediate past Minister of Finance (May 1999-May 2003) of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. As an SSA, it was my responsibility to handle some very intrinsic matters for, on behalf or with the Minister. By my duties, it was almost impossible for any file to get to the Minister or out from his office, without it passing through my scrutiny. In the course of my service, during our tenure, I had cause to help a lot of foreign contractor-companies (mainly American) to secure the release of their entitlements from the coffers of the government of Nigeria. I did that, principally, as a help to the concerned companies, but in appreciation of my efforts, most of them committed themselves to paying some handsome monetary honorarium to me. However, because of my position as a political appointee, it was impossible for me to collect such money immediately or even directly. So, I told them to be patient until after our tenure. Now that I am out of office, it is time for me to collect the money, which, in total, amounts to Three Hundred and Fifteen Thousand United States Dollars ($315,000) only. The snag is that I just discovered that I still couldn’t collect this money, directly, from these companies in my name or the name of any of my family members, because government will investigate “why?” and “what for? Therefore, to forestall any such problems, I decided to contact you, to solicit your assistance in this regard. You will receive the Checks in your name on my behalf, and remit the money to me through my lawyer. That way, there will be no link between the companies and me. I will instruct the concerned companies to make the money available to you in installment of not more that $75,000, as the case may be. From the money you receive on my behalf, you would be entitled to retaining 10% of the sum while you would be required to wire the balance 90% to my lawyer. For example, if you receive a Check of $75,000, you would be required to retain $7,500 while you wire the balance $67,500 to my lawyer in Lagos, Nigeria. This is basically on trust and I can assure you that if you keep to our agreement, this will be the beginning of a mutually beneficial relationship between the two of us. Afterward, there are a lot other things we can do together that will fetch you a fortune. What I would need from you now, if you are interested are the following: Your full names 2. Full address 3. Telephone # 4. Scanned copy of your International Passport or Driver’s License. I will then send a draft of a working AGREEMENT between you and I, to guide and guard this relationship. Once I all these are sorted out, I will notify the first company of my desire to receive my money through you and instruct them to send a Check, in your favour, to you, immediately. I look forward to hearing from you. My regards, MR. JOHN OJO.
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