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From: "Mr. Simon Ridley" <[email protected]>
Reply: [email protected]
Date: Sun, 05 May 2019 22:12:57 +0200
Subject: REF:- INSTRUCTION TO CREDIT YOUR ACCOUNT WITH THE SUM OF (US$28,500,000.00)
Standard Bank Centre
5 Simmonds Street Johannesburg
Email: [email protected]
Tel: +27843247495
Attn: Beneficiary,
REF:- INSTRUCTION TO CREDIT YOUR ACCOUNT WITH THE SUM OF (US$28,500,000.00)
This is the second time we are notifying you about this said fund.
After due vetting and evaluation of your Inheritance file which The
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in conjunction with the
Department of Finance South Africa forwarded and contracted us to see to your immediate payment of the sum of USD28,500,00 from their Offshore Account with us.
We were meant to understand from our findings that you have been going
through hard ways by paying lot of charges to see to the release of your
fund (UD$28,500,000,00) which has been delayed and has been the han diwork
of some miscreant elements from Nigeria We advice that you stop further
communication with any correspondence from Nigeria. Your representatives
in Nigeria will tell you to still go ahead with them but on your own risk.
The only thing required from you is to obtain Non-Resident Clearance
Form/Receipt, Government of Nigeria have paid us for handling/processing of
your payment with other customers. We will help you to see that you obtain
the form so that our bank will effect immediate transfer of your
Inheritance sum (US$28, 500, 000, 00) into your designated bank account.
Should you follow up our directives, your fund will reflect in your
account within 12 hours from the time you obtain this form. Do not go
through anybody again but through this Bank if you really want your fund.
Finally, you are advice to forward to this bank your receiving Account.
Where you want this fund t o be remitted. Do forward your reply to STANDARD BANK < [email protected] >
Yours faithfully,
Mr. Simon Ridley
Executive Director,
Standard Bank,
South Africa.
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