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From: "CBN BANK"<[email protected]>
Reply: <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2018 00:07:08 +0100
Subject: BANK TRANSFER.
From The Desk Of Mrs. Aishah N, Ahmad
Central Bank of Nigeria ( CBN )
Zaria Street, Garki II, Nigeria – P.M.B. 0187, Garki, Abuja.
CONTRACT #: CBN/NNPC/FGN/MIN/013,
Foreign Remittance Department.
Attention: Customer,
I am Mrs. Aishah N, Ahmad,The Deputy Governor, Financial Accountant
Telex/Wire Directorate of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) I am
contacting you today to alert you of a notification which will be a
great help to you,I am the new director of fund approved payment
department here in CBN and I saw a file last week in your name with
all your information from our central computer stating that abandoned
fund worth of US$10,500,000,00 (TEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLARS ONLY) belongs to you,Please;I want to know from you the reason
why you abandoned such big fund here in our bank for long up til this
moment without any claim by you. I hereby officially notifying you
about the present arrangement to pay you as i have been appointed and
directed to take in-charge of your fund payment here in my
department,This arrangement was initiated/constituted by the World
Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) during the board
meeting due to fraudulent and scam activities going on within
I am now in charge of your fund payment in my department here in
Central Bank of Nigeria ( CBN) and like i stated in my mail that your
name appear in our Central Computer here as a beneficiary who have not
receive his contract payment for long,Be informed that your fund of
US$10.5Million Dollars has been approved by the IMF and the federal
government for payment and we have decided to convert your fund into
an bank to bank transfer which we will transfer to you in your country
for the withdraw of your fund in any bank in your country to make it
easy for your payment in other to avoid much expenses in receiving
your fund and we have made every arrangement regarding your payment
through your fund since last week Due to the instruction given to us
for your immediate payment. Dear beneficiary,I therefore to inform you
that we have approved an your fund on your behalf which we will
transfer to you for the withdraw of your fund and we have converted
your total fund of (TEN MILLION FIVE
You are hereby to quickly respond back to my department today and
provide or reconfirm to me your personal information once again where
you base right now and your home address where you desire to receive
your fund to avoid mistake during the transfer for us to quickly
submit your fund together with your current residential address for
the transfer to your bank account in other for you to receive it and
start making a withdraw of your fund in any fund machine in your
country,This is the conclusion and agreement of your fund payment here
in our bank. The information required from you for the transfer of
your fund is such as below.
Kindly provide the following information and respond back to my
department today as I will be waiting to hear from you as soon as
possible with the required information for the proceed and transfer
bank to bank of your fund into your bank account.
Best Regards,
Mrs. Aishah N, Ahmad (Board Member)
Deputy Governor, Financial Accountant Telex/Wire Directorate
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)