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Fraud email example:
From: "Jerry Abugana" <drjerry_abugana@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: drjerryabugana@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 01:54:52 +0000
Subject: PAYMENT ENQUIRY
OM: CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN)
DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN
OPERATION/ TELEX DEPARTMENT
SIR,
RE: LETTER OF ENQUIRY ON CONTRACT PAYMENT.
WE WRITE TO ENQUIRE FROM YOU IF YOU HAVE SENT SOMEBODY,ONE MR ANTHONY MOORE
AND SOME NIGERIA REPRESENTATIVE TO THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN) TO MAKE
CLAIM OF YOUR FUNDS ON YOUR BEHALF.
LAST FRIDAY AT ABOUT 10.00 AM NIGERIA TIME, MR ANTHONY MOORE AND YOUR
NIGERIAN REPRESENTATIVE WALK IN TO THE BANK SAYING THAT YOU HAVE SENT THEM
TO CHANGE YOUR BANK ACCOUNT AND PUT CLAIM ON YOUR BEHALF FOR YOUR CONTRACT
SUM. I INITIALLY INSTRUCTED FOR THE RELEASE OF THE FUND TO THEM AS A MATTER
OF FACT WHEN THEIR
FILE WAS CHECK ALL THE OBLIGATORY DOCUMENTS WAS INTACT, BUT ON CROSS
CHECKING OF YOUR OWN FILE WITH US WE FOUND SOME MANIPULATION IN THEIR FILE
IT WAS THEN
DISCOVERED THAT THE BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER PRESENTED WAS DIFFERENT FROM YOURS
AND THE BENEFICARY OF THE ACCOUNT BROUGHT WAS CHANGORI AND CHANGORI WHICH
MADE US TO SUSPECT THEM.
INVIEW OF THIS, YOU NEED TO RECONFIRM INFORMATION BELOW TO ASCERTAIN IF THE
CONTRACT INFORMATIONS ARE CORRECT OR NOT,ALSO RECONFIRM YOUR BANKING
INFORMATION TO US TO AVOID MISTAKE IN TRANSFER.
AS SOON AS YOU RECONFIRM ABOVE INFORMATION TO US,WE WILL NOT HESITATE TO
TRANSFER YOUR CONTRACT SUM INTO YOUR NOMINATED BANK ACCOUNT AS WE HAVE BEEN
GIVEN A MANDATE BY THE PRESIDENCY TO RELEASE ALL CONTRACTORS FUND UNDER
72HOURS PENDING THE TIME HE/SHE COMPLIES TO THIS NOTICE.
YOUR REPRESENTATIVES ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD A POWER OF ATTORNEY FROM YOU,
INFORMING THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN) OF THE CHANGE IN ACCOUNT NUMBER
UNTIL
THIS MOMENT,THEY ARE NOWHERE TO BE FOUND, COULD YOU PLEASE TELL THIS BANK IF
YOU WERE THE PERSON SENT THIS TWO GENTLE MAN FOR THIS MISSION AND COULD YOU
PLEASE
CONTACT THE UNDERSIGNED THROUGH THE EMAIL,TO CONFIRM THIS MATTERS BEFORE WE
START TAKING LEGAL ACTION, BUT IF THEY ARE FROM YOU, KINDLY GIVE THEM THE
POWER OF
ATTORNEY FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE CONTRACT FUNDS
PLEASE NOTE,BY THE AUTHORITIES OF THE PRESIDENCY IN LINE WITH THE ENABLING
DECREE OF 512? A, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE RELEVANT BODIES; THE CENTRAL BANK
OF NIGERIA (CBN), THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE (NEIC) AND
THE FEDERAL MINISTRY
OF FINANCE (FMF), WE HAVE RESOLVED THAT ALL OVERDUE CONTRACT PAYMENTS BE
RELEASED THIS QUARTER IN ABSOLUTE COMPLIANCE TO THE I.M.F AND WORLD BANK
MANDATORY CONDITIONS OF SERVICE TO OUR FOREIGN CAPITAL DEBTS.
BASED ON THIS, THIS OFFICE HAS BEEN MANDATED BY THE PRESIDENCY TO HANDLE ALL
PAYMENTS DUE TO FOREIGN CONTRACTORS. YOU SHOULD THEREFORE DISREGARD ANY
CORRESPONDENCE THAT YOU MAY HAVE OR MAY COME TO YOU FROM ANY OTHER
DEPARTMENT IN THE PAST.
PLEASE ASSIST US TO EXPEDITE ACTION AND IMMEDIATELY AS YOU RECEIVE THIS FAX
NOW. I AM IN THE OFFICE WAITING FOR YOUR ANTICIPATING YOUR PROMPT RESPONSE
AND CO-OPERATION.
YOURS FAITHFULLY,
FOR: CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN).
DR JERRY ABUGANA.
DIRECTOR FOR TELEX DEPT.OM: CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN)
DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN
OPERATION/ TELEX DEPARTMENT
SIR,
RE: LETTER OF ENQUIRY ON CONTRACT PAYMENT.
WE WRITE TO ENQUIRE FROM YOU IF YOU HAVE SENT SOMEBODY,ONE MR ANTHONY MOORE
AND SOME NIGERIA REPRESENTATIVE TO THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN) TO MAKE
CLAIM OF YOUR FUNDS ON YOUR BEHALF.
LAST FRIDAY AT ABOUT 10.00 AM NIGERIA TIME, MR ANTHONY MOORE AND YOUR
NIGERIAN REPRESENTATIVE WALK IN TO THE BANK SAYING THAT YOU HAVE SENT THEM
TO CHANGE YOUR BANK ACCOUNT AND PUT CLAIM ON YOUR BEHALF FOR YOUR CONTRACT
SUM. I INITIALLY INSTRUCTED FOR THE RELEASE OF THE FUND TO THEM AS A MATTER
OF FACT WHEN THEIR
FILE WAS CHECK ALL THE OBLIGATORY DOCUMENTS WAS INTACT, BUT ON CROSS
CHECKING OF YOUR OWN FILE WITH US WE FOUND SOME MANIPULATION IN THEIR FILE
IT WAS THEN
DISCOVERED THAT THE BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER PRESENTED WAS DIFFERENT FROM YOURS
AND THE BENEFICARY OF THE ACCOUNT BROUGHT WAS CHANGORI AND CHANGORI WHICH
MADE US TO SUSPECT THEM.
INVIEW OF THIS, YOU NEED TO RECONFIRM INFORMATION BELOW TO ASCERTAIN IF THE
CONTRACT INFORMATIONS ARE CORRECT OR NOT,ALSO RECONFIRM YOUR BANKING
INFORMATION TO US TO AVOID MISTAKE IN TRANSFER.
AS SOON AS YOU RECONFIRM ABOVE INFORMATION TO US,WE WILL NOT HESITATE TO
TRANSFER YOUR CONTRACT SUM INTO YOUR NOMINATED BANK ACCOUNT AS WE HAVE BEEN
GIVEN A MANDATE BY THE PRESIDENCY TO RELEASE ALL CONTRACTORS FUND UNDER
72HOURS PENDING THE TIME HE/SHE COMPLIES TO THIS NOTICE.
YOUR REPRESENTATIVES ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD A POWER OF ATTORNEY FROM YOU,
INFORMING THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN) OF THE CHANGE IN ACCOUNT NUMBER
UNTIL
THIS MOMENT,THEY ARE NOWHERE TO BE FOUND, COULD YOU PLEASE TELL THIS BANK IF
YOU WERE THE PERSON SENT THIS TWO GENTLE MAN FOR THIS MISSION AND COULD YOU
PLEASE
CONTACT THE UNDERSIGNED THROUGH THE EMAIL,TO CONFIRM THIS MATTERS BEFORE WE
START TAKING LEGAL ACTION, BUT IF THEY ARE FROM YOU, KINDLY GIVE THEM THE
POWER OF
ATTORNEY FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE CONTRACT FUNDS
PLEASE NOTE,BY THE AUTHORITIES OF THE PRESIDENCY IN LINE WITH THE ENABLING
DECREE OF 512? A, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE RELEVANT BODIES; THE CENTRAL BANK
OF NIGERIA (CBN), THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE (NEIC) AND
THE FEDERAL MINISTRY
OF FINANCE (FMF), WE HAVE RESOLVED THAT ALL OVERDUE CONTRACT PAYMENTS BE
RELEASED THIS QUARTER IN ABSOLUTE COMPLIANCE TO THE I.M.F AND WORLD BANK
MANDATORY CONDITIONS OF SERVICE TO OUR FOREIGN CAPITAL DEBTS.
BASED ON THIS, THIS OFFICE HAS BEEN MANDATED BY THE PRESIDENCY TO HANDLE ALL
PAYMENTS DUE TO FOREIGN CONTRACTORS. YOU SHOULD THEREFORE DISREGARD ANY
CORRESPONDENCE THAT YOU MAY HAVE OR MAY COME TO YOU FROM ANY OTHER
DEPARTMENT IN THE PAST.
PLEASE ASSIST US TO EXPEDITE ACTION AND IMMEDIATELY AS YOU RECEIVE THIS FAX
NOW. I AM IN THE OFFICE WAITING FOR YOUR ANTICIPATING YOUR PROMPT RESPONSE
AND CO-OPERATION.
YOURS FAITHFULLY,
FOR: CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN).
DR JERRY ABUGANA.
DIRECTOR FOR TELEX DEPT.
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