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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: PAUL JONES <paul_jones-34@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <govcbnng@presidency.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:41:10 -0700
Subject: Attn: Beneficiary,Payment notification on your funds.{CBN2007XXN}.
Office of the Governor.Central bank of NigeriaTinubu, square, Lagos- Nigeria.
Date 21st November, 2007.
Our ref: Cbn/Ohg/Oxd1/2007Your ref: ..............................Telex: CENBANK.Payment file: Cbn/Ben/07Attention Credit Beneficiary,
This is to inform you that this AUTHORITY has precedence over your Funds and as such is totally in control of all correspondence and negotiations concerning the prompt release of your funds to you, due to various turn-around plights and complaints of beneficiary funds been held for long by some dubious Officials of this office and other financial institutions in the country who have just being brought to face the law by this Honorable country and are also been fished out.
I am Mr. Paul Jones, the secretary to Prof. Chukwuma Soludo; the executive governor of the central bank of Nigeria (C.B.N), the central bank of Nigeria is the parent bank of all banks here in Nigeria.
The topmost confidence of effecting immediate discharge of this task was reposed in this Body by the Federal Government Of Nigeria praying that adequate measures will be taken by this Body as to forestall Fund diversion, Fraudulent practices, Graft and Financial crimes as perpetrated by some unscrupulous individual(s) and / or office(s).
Furthermore, we have today withdrawn your Fund payment in order to avert any misdirection of the same. In pursuance to the same project, you are hereby required to co-operate with this Body as it's the only authorized office that will guarantee the easiest and safest release of your Fund to you in less than 72 hours.
I was instructed to initiate contact with you by my boss the executive governor of the central bank of Nigeria (C.B.N) on an urgent issue, kindly note that your funds totaling usd$20 million only were re-called and re-deposited into the "federal suspense account" of the CBN, because you did not forward your claim as the right beneficiary and also due to the unprecedented visit of three men who said you sent them with authorization from you to come and collect your funds on your behalf.
Note that they actually tendered some vital documents which proved that you actually sent them for the collection of these funds. Below is list of the documents which they tendered to this bank today:
1. Letter of administration.2. High court injunction.3. Order to release. Note that my boss has asked these men to come back tomorrow so he can verify this fact from you first. Kindly clarify us on this issue before we make this payment to these foreigners whom came on your behalf.
To this effect, you are required to reconfirm and authenticate your given particulars below for certainty and onward processing and release of you funds as we may not be held liable for any wrong payment.
YOUR FULL NAME:COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE:YOUR PHONE NUMBER:SEX:AGE:
Most assuredly, we must not hesitate in discharging our fund payment obligations to you reliving this as a way of preventing you from further occurrence of illegal taxation's. Remember that this Body still reserves the rights to withhold, cross-examine, determine and / or effect all fund settlements in the event of any bureaucratic hurdles.
Note that for security reasons you have been assigned a code/password which is {CBN2007XXN}, please note that this code is the reference number for your transfer and it’s being disclosed to you alone, guard this jealously and all your email response should carry this code as the subject.
PRECAUTION:
Be advised that your furtherance of these payment negotiations with any person or group of persons, office(s) is tantamount to a total fund payment irregularity; thus, it shall be to your own discredit and peril, as THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA do not and will not charge for the processing of your fund. If you have made any payment to any individual(s) and / or office(s) you will be refunded along side your funds only if you provide evidence of payment and information of the individual(s) and / or office(s) funds was paid to. A prompt attention to this email shall be in your own advantage.
All replies should be forwarded to Prof Chukwuma Soludo {the Governor of the central bank of Nigeria}. Via email:
Email: govcbnng@presidency.com
This office is staunch in action at 24 hrs. Service. Once more, accept our Congratulations!
Yours faithfully,
Mr. Paul Jones.
Secretary.To the Governor.aCentral bank of NigeriaTinubu square, Lagos- Nigeria.
Statement of confidentiality: "the information in this email and in any attachments may contain confidential information and is intended solely for the attention and use of the named addressee(s). It may not be disclosed to any person without authorization. If you are not the intended recipient, or a person responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient you are not authorized to and must not disclose, copy, distribute or retain this message or any part of it."
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