Central bank of Nigeria Plc (CBN),
Tinubu square Lagos- Nigeria
Office of the honorable, Governor of CBN.
Our ref: cbn/ohg/oxd1/2010
Telex: Cenbank.
Tel: +234 702 529 7937
Fax: +234 702 520 3381
Date: 12th, June 2010
Attn:Beneficiary.
Re: change of account particulars on your payment file of (us$5,500,000.00) five million five hundred united states dollars only.
Sequel to the meeting held 4 th, June 2010 with all the Board of Directors in CBN, l hereby send to you the information(s) submitted to us by Mr.Bhanu P. Asthana with an application to transfer your said funds into his nominated bank account on your behalf. Please as a matter of urgency, you are required to verify the following information(s) once again and inform us if you are aware or know anything about this development before we approve the funds to him.
1. Did you instruct one Mr.Bhanu P. Asthana . of India whose information's is below, to claim and receive the payment on your behalf?
2. Did you sign any "deed of assignment" in his favor thereby making him the current beneficiary with the following account details?
1. Full name: Mr.Bhanu P. Asthana
2. Age: 59 years
3. Occupation: business / self employed / social service
4. Present address: 23 m g Marga, civil lines, Allahabad, up, lndia
5. Bank account: Hdfc bank account no. 02261000162637
6. Accounts name: s.b. a/c in name of Bhanu Prakash Asthana
7. Banks address: Hdfc bank, civil lines, Allahabad, up, India
8. Swift code: 0007534
9. Ld card/ intl passport: passport no; e0938952 dated 18.01.2002
10. Marital status: married.
And reconfirm your own particular to us.
Your full name.........
Home/company address:
Phone/fax number for effective communication..........
Sex/age..............
Occupation...........
Bank account........
Bank's name.........
Bank's address......
Swift code..........
A copy of your international passport or driver's license for identification........
Finally, you are hereby advised to indicate to this honorable office with immediate effect, if you are the person that instructed Mr. Bhanu P. Asthana. to come for the claim of these funds, to enable me endorse for the final payment approval order on his behalf. You are to get back to me for more clarifications.
Also note that upon the confirmation of your reply with the information(s) and ratification and verification, your funds release order hard copied documents will be send to you through our special courier service to deliver to you at your doorstep for endorsement and return to us to authenticate your urgent payment.
You are advise to report to us immediately so that we can expedite action urgently on your payment within 78 hours or let us know if you actually authorized him before we approve the funds to him.
We await your anticipated report.
Yours truly.
Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi
Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria Plc (C.B.N)