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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.
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From: Claudia McVeigh <xmms5@live.co.za>
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:19:52 -0400
Subject: Immediate Action On Your Payment.
Mrs. Claudia McVeigh
Foreign Debts Working Committee
Plot 1215 Maitama way,
Abuja-Nigeria.
Sir/Madam,
PLEASE IT'S ADVISED YOU READ THIS CAREFULLY AND UNDERSTAND IT BEFORE RESPONDING:
It has come to the notice of this committee that you are one of the foreigners that have not yet received their outstanding payment from Nigeria despite been cleared.
This is due to massive corruption discovered in the bank and public sector by some bank officials and top government officials frustrating your efforts so that you can forget your outstanding payments then they look for a foreign partner to claim your payment and then share the money with the foreign partner. For this reason the Federal government of Nigeria has sacked all the bank officials and top government officials involved and setup a special committee called FOREIGN DEBTS WORKING COMMITTEE (FDWC) to look into and clear all foreign debts owed by Nigeria this quarter following the last meeting of the United Nations deliberations on the matter.
FOLLOWING THIS DEVELOPMENT, We wish to use this medium to inform you that your CONTRACT/INHERITANCE/WINNING Payment of USD$2,500,000.00 (Two Million and Five Hundred United States Dollars) from CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA have been RELEASED and APPROVED for onward transfer to you via an ATM CARD which you will use to withdraw all the USD$2,500,000.00 in any ATM SERVICE MACHINE in any part of the world, but the maximum you can withdraw in a day is USD$10,000.00 Only
We have mandated IBTC CHARTERED BANK PLC, to send you the ATM CARD and PIN NUMBER which you will use to withdraw all your USD$2.5 Million Dollars in any ATM SERVICE MACHINE in any part of the world, but the maximum you can withdraw in a day is USD$10,000.00 Only.
Tell Dr. Gordon Smith that you received a message from the New Federal Ministry of Finance Foreign Debts Working Committee (FMFFDWC) Federal Republic of Nigeria instructing him to send you the ATM CARD and PIN NUMBER which you will use to withdraw your USD$2.5 Million Dollars in any ATM SERVICE MACHINE in any part of the world, also send him your direct Phone number, Fax number, Contact address where you want him to send the ATM CARD and PIN NUMBER to you.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION PLEASE: BE INFORMED THAT THE CARD WILL BE SENT TO YOU THROUGH COURIER SERVICE TO YOUR DOORSTEP, YOU WILL BE PAYING FOR THE COURRIER SERVICE AND THIS WILL BE PAID BEFORE THE CARD WILL BE DISPATCHED FROM HERE. WE ARE NOTIFYING YOU ABOUT THIS COURRIER FEE BEFORE YOU RESPOND TO THIS MESSAGE. IF YOU KNOW YOU CAN NOT PAY FOR THE COURIER FEE BEFORE YOUR ATM CARD WILL BE DISPATCHED TO YOU, PLEASE DON'T RESPOND. WE ARE SORRY BUT THIS IS THE POLICY BUT YOU HAVE ALL THE ASSURANCE THAT YOUR CARD WILL BE DELIVERED TO YOUR DOORSTEP WITHOUT ANY HITCH. PLEASE SEND YOUR INFORMATION TO DR. GORDON SMITH FOR YOUR ATM CARD IF YOU ARE READY TO COMPLY TO THIS THE ABOVE INSTRUCTION.
IF HAVE AGREED YOU WILL BE TAKING CARE OF YOUR COURRIER CHARGES TO ENABLE US DISPATCH YOUR CARD TO YOU,PLEASE DO NOT CLICK REPLY,SIMPLY CONTACT DR. GORDON SMITH ON HIS CONTACT EMAIL: atmdepartmentcard@post.ro OR CALL DIRECTLY.+234 8050540007.
Contact Person: Dr. Gordon Smith
Chairman, Foreign Debts Working Committee
Email:atmdepartmentcard@post.ro
Direct telephone number: +234 8050540007
You are to immediately forward the following to my boss Dr. Gordon Smith the Chairman of the committee for proper verification and immediate release of your payment to you via ATM Master Credit Card as approved by the Federal government of Nigeria. Send the following to my boss via this email address atmdepartmentcard@post.ro Attn: Dr. Gordon Smith for immediate action on your Payment.
Your full names......................................
Contact address ( P.O .Box not accepted).....................................................................
Mobile phone number......................Fax Number..............................
Age............Occupation..................................................
Intending Amount Owned (This will be verified incase its above US$2.5Million).............
We are very sorry for the plight you have gone through in the past years. Thanks for adhering to this instruction and once again accept our congratulations.
Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Claudia McVeigh.
Secretary, Foreign Debts Working Committee
Federal Ministry of Finance (FMFFDWC)
NB: PLEASE DO NOT CLICK REPLY,SIMPLY CONTACT DR. GORDON SMITH ON HIS CONTACT EMAIL: atmdepartmentcard@post.ro OR CALL DIRECTLY.+234 8050540007.
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