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From: From Barrister Frank Oko <bfranklegal3@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <bfrank_legal@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2007 02:43:06 -0800
Subject: From National Security Agency.
NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY (NSA).TINUBU SQUARE LAGOS-NIGERIA
Sir/Madam
I am writing on behalf of this office (NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY OF NIGERIA) in colaboration with the world security agencies regarding your contract/inheritance or lotto payment which has been approved for payment by the Senate Committee on Foreign Payments. Your part payment of $6.8 million has been approved for payment by the Senate Committee of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The paying bank has tried to make transfer to your account yesterday as your name was listed 3rd on the payment schedule only to find out that the account details have been changed. A lady by name Mrs. Tina Burke came to the paying bank with a lawyer applying for a change of beneficiary to her name on the same payment. She said that you have instructed her to receive the fund on your behalf as your partner.We are writing to inform you that the bank cannot make the transfer to her account until you have confirmed that you know her also confirm to this office that you want the transfer to carry on to the account she provided to us so that we can pass the instruction to the bank. The below stated account was forwarded to us by Mrs. Tina Burke of California USA.WACHOVIA BANK LOS ANGELESACCOUNT NUMBER: 9887-676900ACCOUNT NAME: LGMC LLC We need you to reconfirm that you sent her also that the bank should go ahead and transfer the above amount to her account immediately other wise, you are required to reconfirm the following to us immediately for us to process and instruct the bank for your transfer of fund to take place into your bank account without any time wasting. If this transfer is not made now i don't know what will happen to your fund in time coming because this is a new Government entirely that just stepped into power.Forward as a matter of urgency the following: YOUR FULL NAME AND ADDRESS David Lyle EvansonYOUR TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS Telephone no.: 563-535-7689YOUR BANK NAME AND ADDRESS Waukon State Bank Bank address: 22 West Main St. Waukon,Ia. 52172 Po. Box 246TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBER Waukon State Bank Telephone no.: 568-3451YOUR BANK ACCOUNT DETAILS, ROUTING NUMBERS ETC. MY sAVINGS aCCOUNT: 07520861 Bank routing no.: 073903985 Upon receipt of the above by you, we shall proceed immediately to process your transfer and instruct the paying bank to wire the above amount to your account immediately. If we do not hear from you till the next 48 hours, we shall go ahead and transfer the funds to Mrs. Tina Burke’s account. We sincerely apologize for the inconveniences the delay in transferring your payment may have caused you and we wish to ask that you work with us to finalize this payment before the next 48 hours.Transfer documents will be sent to you by the bank upon confirmation of your email with your details. Thanking you for letting us serves you better. Yours faithfully, Barr,Frank Oko.National Security Agency (NSA),
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