Subj:    Thanks
Date:   7/9/01 7:17:05 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From:   [log in to unmask] (Usman  Mohammed)
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USMAN MOHAMMED ESQ.
USMAN & ASSOCIATES
BOOK SHOP BUILDING,
11TH FLOOR 23 BROAD STREET,
LAGOS - NIGERIA
FAX: 234 1 7593943

SIR,

I AM USMAN MOHAMMED ESQ (SAN) SENIOR PARTNER OF
AHMED & ASSOCIATES LAW CHAMBERS, A
LAWYER/ATTORNEY TO HAMZA AL MUSTAPHA WHO
WAS THE FORMER CHIEF SECURITY OFFICER TO THE
MILITARY DICTATOR OF NIGERIA, GENERAL SANI
ABACHA. THE LATE GENERAL SANI ABACHA DIED
UNEXPECTEDLY ON THE 8TH OF JUNE 1998. HIS
COLLEAGUES IN THE ARMY POISONED HIM IN THE
PRESIDENTIAL VILLA (ASOROCK) BECAUSE HE RULED
NIGERIA WITH AN IRON HAND AND HE DID NOT WANT
DEMOCRACY IN THE COUNTRY.

WITH THE DEATH OF THE DICTATOR, ELECTIONS WERE
HELD IN THE COUNTRY AND A CIVILIAN
ADMINISTRATION WAS SWORN INTO POWER. WITH THE
ADVENT OF THE NEW CIVILIAN ADMINISTRATION, A
DECISION WAS TAKEN BY THE PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA
TO PROBE AND PROSECUTE ALL MILITARY OFFICERS
THAT SERVED IN THE LAST MILITARY REGIME OF THE
LATE GENERAL SANI ABACHA. MY CLIENT, MAJOR
HAMZA AL MUSTAPHA WAS SINGLED OUT BY THE
GOVERNMENT OF THE DAY AS AN ARMY OFFICER THAT
MUST BE PUNISHED BECAUSE OF HIS CLOSENESS TO THE
LATE DICTATOR AND GROSS HUMAN RIGHT ABUSES ON
THE CITIZENS OF NIGERIA. MY CLIENT AND I WERE BEST
OF FRIENDS AND HE SHARED HIS SECRETS WITH ME.

THE FORMER CHIEF SECURITY OFFICER TO THE LATE
HEAD OF STATE MAJOR HAMZA AL MUSTAPHA HAD
PRIVATE ACCOUNTS THAT ARE WORTH 100 MILLION
UNITED STATES DOLLARS AROUND THE WORLD.
PRESENTLY HE HAS BEEN ARRESTED BY THE
GOVERNMENT OF THE DAY AND IS PRESENTLY IN
PRISON WAITING TO BE TAKEN TO COURT ON CHARGES
OF GROSS HUMAN RIGHT ABUSES ON THE CITIZENS OF
NIGERIA. I WAS DIRECTLY INFORMED BY MY CONTACTS
AT THE PRESIDENTIAL VILLA, THAT HE WILL BE
CONVICTED BECAUSE OF HIS POSITION AS THE FORMER
CHIEF SECURITY OFFICER TO THE LATE DICTATOR.

SHORTLY BEFORE THE PRESENT GOVERNMENT
ARRESTED MY CLIENT, HE ENTRUSTED TO ME THE SUM
OF TWENTY -SIX MILLION, FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND
UNITED STATES DOLLARS (us$26,400,000.00) FOR
SAFEKEEPING. THIS AMOUNT WAS TO BE SENT TO HIS
MISTRESS IN LEBANON TO LAUNDER FOR HIM.

I HAVE SINCE HAD THIS AMOUNT WITH ME STASHED
AWAY A PRIVATE SECURITY COMPANY IN NIGERIA. I
CANNOT SEND THIS MONEY TO MY CLEINT'S MISTRESS
ANY MORE BECAUSE OF THE SITUATION OF THINGS
OVER HERE. AS A RESULT OF THIS I HAVE BEEN
MANDATED BY MY CLIENT TO SOLICIT FOR A PARTNER
ABROAD WHO IS WILLING AND READY TO ASSIST IN
RECEIVING THE $26.4 MILLION. THEREFORE, I NEED YOUR
ASSISTANCE IN MOVING AND SECURING THIS MONEY IN
YOUR ACCOUNT ABROAD. YOU WILL BE ADEQUATELY
COMPENSATED WITH 15% OF THE TOTAL SUM FOR YOUR
ASSISTANCE AND CO-OPERATION WITH ME TO MOVE
THIS FUNDS OUT OF THE COUNTRY.

I INTEND TO SAFEGUARD AND INVEST THIS AMOUNT OF
MONEY ABROAD WITH A RELIABLE FOREIGN BUSINESS
PARTNER SO THAT WE CAN INVEST THE FUNDS IN REAL
ESTATE BUSINESS OR ANY VIABLE BUSINESS IN YOUR
COUNTRY. THAT IS WHY I AM SOLICITING YOUR
ASSISTANCE AND COOPERATION AS REGARDS THIS
BUSINESS. ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN CONCLUDED
WITH A SECURITY COMPANY IN EUROPE TO RECEIVE THE
MONEY IN CASH DEPENDING ON WHERE IS CONVENIENT
FOR YOU.

PLEASE INDICATE YOUR WILLINGNESS TO ASSIST US.

I AM WAITING TO HEAR FROM YOU VERY SOON.

BEST REGARDS,

USMAN MOHAMMED