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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: "Ferdinand John" <online@compuchairinc.com>
Reply-To: fjjohn@sify.com
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:16:07 +0000
Subject: FROM CBN - THE NEW INHERITANCE REMITTANCE METHOD.
THE PRESIDENT,
PRESIDENTIAL COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN PAYMENTS,
FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA {CBN}
OUR REF: PRS/COM/00452/IMP DATE: TUE. 28TH FEB. 2008
SWIFT CREDIT CARD PAYMENT
Going by series of petitions received from International Bodies on the way your inheritance fund had been wrongly handled by our correspondence office, I, Mr. Ferdinand John had been newly delegated as the President, Presidential Committee On Foreign Payments, Foreign Remittance Department Central Bank Of Nigeria {CBN} to ensure that you are duly paid your inheritance fund without any further delays.
After extensive close door meetings with the Board of Directors and other Stake holders in the Government, subcommittees of the House of Assembly and the House of Representative, Federal Republic of Nigeria. It was Resolved and Agreed upon that your Heritance Fund would be released on a special method of payment, which was tagged SWIFT CREDIT CARD (SCC). This method of payment is designed by the Government to avert fraud perpetration or stoppage of fund by some agencies, either through Anti Terrorist Certificate or other vital certificates. This SCC would be issued to you upon meeting the Bank’s laid down requirements.
This office has been delegated to be in charge of the issuance of the SCC and that your inheritance payment file, passed directly to my desk for clarification .Upon Certification that your file is intact, this office shall furnish you with directions on how to receive your over due inheritance fund via SCC. This particular SCC shall be delivered to you via a delegated courier company that transports goods and valuables. In view of this vital information mentioned, you are required to re-furnish this office with the following information of your self to be sure of not dealing with wrong person, because we already have some of your data in your payment file;
Full Names:
Median Name:
Home/Office Addresses:
Tel/Fax Number:
Names, Next of Kin:
Date of Birth:
The above information would be used in opening an account here in your favour. It is from this very account that your ATM shall used to issue the SCC whereby all your account information shall be inserted. Upon completion of the issuance of the SCC, it shall be sent to you via the courier to your residential or office address that shall be furnished us by you.
Be re-informed that your fund is already in a suspense account, so a fresh account has to be in opened on your behalf before the issuance of the SCC.
Yours Sincerely,
DR. FERDINAND JOHNTHE PRESIDENT,
PRESIDENTIAL COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN PAYMENTS,
FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA {CBN}
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