It begins with a so called Nigeria letter from Sierra Leone. Hamilton Jones, an unsuspecting computer salesman from Scotland, more or less on a whim makes contact with whoever wrote the Nigeria letter. It turns out that there is indeed a reality behind this.
Hamilton Jones is consultant for last Governor's wife in order to locate the diamonds with the help of a mutual friend from the past. Traces of wealth lead to a number of countries in Africa, Asia and Europe.
It turns out that three suspicious international financial puppies who, with the help of just this treasure, are trying to manipulate financial markets