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From: "Dr.Alfred Moroco" <amcbn01@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 05:29:43 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Urgent Attention................
FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR,
FOREIGN REMITTANCE,
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA.
Dr.ALFRED MOROCO.
ATTN CONTRACTOR,
OUR REF :CBN/CPN9/05
YOUR REF:NLAG/FGN/FMF/CBN/B2517/99
RELEASE OF YOUR REMAINING CONTRACT PAYMENT
Sorry for the late attention on your overdue remainig contract payment. I assume office as the new Director of Foreign Remittance and I am meant to understand that from the records of outstanding contractors due for their remaining payment with the Federal Government of Nigeria your name/company was discovered as next on the list of the outstanding contractors who have not received their remaining payments.
I wish to inform you that your payment is being processed and will be released to you as soon as you respond to this letter,from our affiliate paying Bank.Omni American Credit Union Bank ,USA Also note that from the record in my file your outstanding remaining contract payment with the contract file number NLAG/FGN/FMF/CBN/B2517/99 Please re-confirm to me if this is inline with what you have in your record and also re-confirm to me the
following
1) Your full name.
2) Phone, fax and mobile #.
3) company name,position and address.
4)profession, age and marital status.
5) Copy of int'l passport.
As soon as this informations are received, your payment will be wired to your bank account diretly from Omni American Credit Union. And a copy will be given to you for you to take to your bank for confirmation.It is important that soon after you received this letter, you respond to it with the details requested from you. So that I can call you for serious discussion for more confirmation before payment. Let it be known to you that before action can be carried on your file, you must have contacted me on the above email address to enable us confirm that the receipient is still a life, since most of these contracts were even executed long ago. As a
result of the on-going drive of the Government to update its books and clear payment to contractors, I strongly recommend that you promptly start your clearance as soon as possible. Note, if you are receiving this mail on error do humbly get back to me
immediately.
Best Regards,
Dr. Alfred Moroco.
Executive Director, Foreign Remittance,
Central Bank Of Nigeria(CBN)
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