So, as I was posting, he replied to my request for more info. Here was his reply to me, and my reply to him...

-----Original Message-----
From: seba billson [mailto:sebastianbillson@yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 12:31 PM
To: Egan, Michael
Subject: MORE EXPLANATIONS.


Dear Sir,

Thanks for responding to my request for assistance.I
give you some more explanation.
Alhaji wants to buy vaccine for his cattle and I
want you to assist me so that we can get the vaccine
from the producers in London and supply it to Alhaji.I
will like you to tell Alhaji that you are the
Manufacturer of this vaccine.If Alhaji agrees that we
should supply him this vaccine, he will make a 50%
down payment and then we will order the vaccine for
him from the London producers.

I do hope we are going to do this business with trust
and to the benefit of you and I.
Actually, I contacted you to support me in this
transaction because I needed somebody to act as the
producer of the vaccine in question.
I would also like you to assure me that you will not
treat me like my boss did to me if eventually we go
into this supply.

Dangote Farms is situated at Yamousoukoro, a northern
town in Cote d'Ivoire with a corporate office in
Abidjan.
The name of the drug is AX2B,cow vaccines.It is
used in treating cattle desease.

For us to succeed in winning this supply contract,I
told the buyer-Dangote Farms(WA),that you are the
manufacturer of the drug.
I am going to give you the contact of Dangote Farms,
so that you can introduce yourself to them as the
AX2B,cow vaccine manufacturer one Mr SEBASTIAN
BILLSON.told them of.Find out from them the quantity
they would require, when and their mode of payment.
Any question they ask you, do not hesitate to call me
on phone so that I will brief you.
Assure them that your drug is of a high quality and
that you are going to supply them at a cheaper rate.

The president of Dangote Farms-Alhaji Musuru Dangote
is an old man of about 78yrs. He is an illiterate but
a very serious industrialist and a big time farmer.By
the time my boss was supplying him this drug, I found
this man to be an honest man who keeps to his words.
Once we are able to make him trust us and can prove to
him that the drug is of high quality,he normally pays
50% of the total purchase in advance. The balance of
50% will depend on your arrangement with him.

If you are satisfied with my explanations, then I
will like you to go ahead and contact Dangote Farms to
introduce yourself.
Their Contact is:

DANGOTE FARMS(WA)LTD
Tel:++225 077 33 389
Fax:++225 070 85 574
Email: dangotefarms_ets@hotmail.com
President: ALHAJI MUSURU DANGOTE
Secretary: MOHAMMED ABDULKADRI.

The most important thing you have to note is that I
have already convinced Alhaji that you are the
manufacturer of this drug and therefore you must not
let them know that you are not.Tell them that you are
going to supply it to them at US$4,400 per carton of
12bottles(500ml bottle).

When you finnish all arrangements with the buyer and
they agree on your conditions, I will then request
that you the contact the London Company, so that
you can arrange with them.Reconfirm from them their
price per carton of 12 bottles which I have already
told you is US$2000.
Bellow is the contact of the London producers.

AFRIVET SERVICES UK
TEL: 00 44 7796546227
FAX: 00 44 7950075050
E-MAIL: AFRIVETSERVICES@YAHOO.CO.UK
CONTACT PERSON: DONALD KLEEVEN


Coming to my commission, I am going to have 20%.
If you are OK with giving me 20%,then we can go
ahead with the supplies.
I am going to forward my bank account particulars to
you as soon as Dangote Farms makes the final payment.

Thanks once again for accepting my proposal.
Anything you do not understand, do not hesitate to
call me on phone so that I can explain it to you.
If you want to call me, please call me on
my private tel. line; ++225 05 01 34 23.
Sir, I will also need your tel and fax number in your
next mail.

Waiting for your urgent response.

Yours Sincerely,

Mr Sebastian Billson.

::::: MY REPLY :::::


Sir:
I do not have a telephone nor a fax number.
I would be very interested in helping you, except it seems slightly difficult for me. How can I be sure that I am able to trust you?
Besides, does Mr Dangote speak English? I don't speak any other languages. What should I say? I am not familiar with the product that we are trying to sell him. What if he asks questions?
Could you give me some more information on it?
What time should I call him? I live in Indiana, USA. With the time zones, when will he be in business?
I don't want to seem unprofessional or anything.
Mike