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Dear Sir,

REQUEST FOR CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP

First, I must solicit your strict confidence in this transaction. This is by
virtue of its nature being confidential and "TOP SECRET". I am a highly
placed officialworking for in the Federal Ministry of Petroleum & Mineral
Resources, Nigeria. My committee - The Petroleum Trust Fund - 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
millions of dollars monthly.

My self and two other colleagues in the Petroleum Trust Fund are currently
in need of a silent foreign partner with whose bank account we shall
transfer the sum of Eighteen Million Five Hundred Thousand U.S. Dollars
(US$18,500,000.00). This fund is due 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 Petroleum Trust Fund, 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. We propose to sign a
silent partnership agreement with you before the funds leave to your
account, as our assurance that you will hold the money in trust for us.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 seven (7) 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 immediately.

Yours sincerely,

Engr. Philip Eze