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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: Holmes Jennifer <holmesjennifer00@yahoo.com.au>
Reply-To: msjenniferholmes@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:58:57 +1000 (EST)
Subject: Please contact Mr.Jonathan J.Goodluck Immediately For Your ATM CARD.
MS JENNIFER HOLMES
Auditor, Unity Bank of Nigeria
Lagos - Nigeria
Date: 14th April, 2008
Attention: Beneficiary,
I am Ms Jennifer Holmes, an American Lady working as a private auditor to Unity Bank Of Nigeria,I am instructed to officially inform you that we have verified your contract/inheritance file and found out that you have fulfilled all the statutory and financial obligations in respect of your payment but because of your Representatives and some bank official's selfish interest they made it impossible for you to receive your payment.
This has made it necessary for your payment to be programmed into Unity Bank ATM DEBIT CARD and to be paid instalmentally, The total fund in question is $1,000,000.00,This is the first part Payment of which the balance will subsequently be paid through the same method.
Please reconfirm your expected total amount to us for correlation because during the bank merger here, Unity bank acquired both the assets and liabilities of the former paying bank,you should endevour to indicate your former paying bank for documentation.
Secondly, we have been informed that you are still dealing with your representatives and some bank officials in the bank all in your attempt to secure the release of the fund to you, we advise you to stop further communication with any body or office's since your payment is as good as paid through ATM CARD which is the latest instruction from the newly elected president, Alhaji Umaru Musa Yara'dua (GCFR) Federal Republic of Nigeria to offset all local/foreign debts through this method, the ATM CARD CENTER will send you an ATM CARD which you will use to withdraw your money in any ATM machine in any part of the world, but the maximum is Two Thousand United States Dollars ($2,000.00) per day, what you have to do now is to send the following information stated below so that your ATM CARD will be despatched to your contact mailing address immediately.
1. Full Names and contact Address were you want them to send the ATM CARD to (P.O Box is not accepted)
2. Phone and fax number
3. Your age and current occupation
You are advised to contact the ATM CARD OFFICER in the person of MR.JOHNSON J.GOODLUCK on his private Telephone No:234-8083832066 immediately you receive this notice for the shipment of your ATM CARD.
The ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER is mandated to pay out about $8,000,000.000.00 as part payment for this new year 2008.
Also for your information, you have to stop any further communication with any other person(s) or office(s) to avoid any hitches in receiving your payment through ATM CARD.
Note that because of impostors, we hereby issue you our code of conduct, which is (ATM=2020) so you have to indicate this code when contacting the CARD CENTER by using it as your subject. We anticipate your total compliance to this message immediately.
Yours Sincerely,
Ms Jennifer Holmes
For: Auditor General.
NB: On Behalf of good people of Nigeria, We apologize for the pains or what ever you might have gone through during the course of trying to receive your payment.
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