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From: EFCC <[email protected]>
Reply: [email protected]
Date: Mon, 14 May 2018 02:47:22 -0700
Subject: RE: FROM EFCC: YOUR COMPENSATION PAYMENT BY HSBC BANK, BRAZIL
Dear Sir/Madam,
FBI/ECONOMIC & FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION (EFCC). FBI/EFCC in
alliance with economic community of West African states (ECOWAS) with
head Office here in Nigeria. We
have been working towards the eradication of fraudsters and scam
Artists in Western part of Africa With the help of United States
Government and the United Nations and
some corrupt office administrators. Mr Ibrahim Lamorde has been sacked
who happened to be the former EFCC chairman.
This email is being directed to you because your email address was
found in one of the scam Artists file and computer hard disk in our
custody here in Nigeria and
with the information gathered from this Scam artist, we noticed that
you have been scammed of so much money
and have decided to compensate you with a little token to recover the
loss of your fund. You are therefore being compensated with the total
sum $ 4.5 Million Dollars.
We have also arrested all those who claim that they are barristers,
bank officials, Inheritance, Lottery Agents who have money for
transfer or want you to be the next
of kin of such funds which do not exist.
Since your name appeared among the lucky beneficiaries who will
receive a compensation of USD$ 5.5 Million, we have made arrangements
to open an account with us
through our Global Bank, where you will have full access to your
Account, to transfer your fund personally to your Private Bank Account
with no complication of things
or questioning as the Account will be fully registered in your Name.
Note that we will apply for a waiver on your behalf and once this is
achieved the federal government will make use of 10% of your total sum
to deduct all other
charges.
Feel free to contact the processing officer MR. DANIELO ALVES for the
account opening. It is made much easier for you to transfer your fund
to your private Bank
Account personally, to avoid any delay or complication of issues. With
this account opening and Transfer Processing, you can only transfer
the Maximum Amount of
US $500.000.00 daily / instalmentally till the total amount of your
Compensated / deposited fund is transferred and completely paid to you
and also if you choose to
receive your payment VIA ATM CARD it is still acceptable, so you get
back to him with your choice of payment.
Please note also that the paying bank is the HSBC BANK, BRAZIL.
So you are advised to contact the account opening officer MR. DANIELO
ALVES with your provided information required for verification below.
NAME OF THE PAYING BANK: HSBC BANK, BRAZIL
CONTACT PERSON: MR. DANIELO ALVES
CONTACT EMAIL: [email protected]
TELEPHONE: +5511970407194.
Provide the information below to enable the account opening officer
deposit your total compensated fund.
1) YOUR FULL NAME
2) YOUR ADDRESS
3) YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER
4) YOUR OCCUPATION
5) YOUR IDENTITY.
6) COUNTRY
Contact MR. DANIELO ALVES on the information required for
verification to enable him start the processing of your account
opening
Registration.
We guarantee your safety and wish you the best of luck.
Best Regard,
Mr. Ibrahim Mustafa Magu
CHAIRMAN ECONOMIC & FINANCIAL
CRIME
COMMISSION
(EFCC) FOREIGN OPERATIONS
DEPT