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From: REV FRANK OWOLABI <[email protected]>MY NAME IS DR FRANK OWOLABI FROM CBN ,I AM NEWLY APPOINTED TO
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2023 12:16:10 +0100
Subject: I NEED YOUR HELP
HEAD THE DEPARTMENT OF (FFSD) IN THE APEX BANK (CBN). AND I AM A
NIGERIAN .IN PURSUIT, I AND TWO OTHER STAFF OF MY DEPARTMENT FOUND OUT
SOME IRREGULARITIES GOING ON WITH YOUR PAYMENT ,WE FOUND OUT THAT YOU
HAD MET ALL THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS FOR YOU TO BE PAID BY OUR BANK
BUT ALL EFFORTS WAS FUTILE . I AM NOT HAPPY IN ANY WAY ON HOW SOME
STAFFS ARE IN COLLABORATIONS WITH GHOST WORKERS WHICH THEY HAS BEEN
EXTORTING MONEY FROM YOU IN A PRETEXT TO HELP YOU RECEIVE YOUR (TEN
MILLION DOLLARS) THAT WAS KEPT ON HOLD FOR THE PAST YEARS AGO .
I WILL ADVISE YOU FROM THIS MOMENT TO DECLINE OR STOP FROM
COMMUNICATING WITH THESE UNSCRUPULOUS ELEMENTS THAT PARADED
THEMSELVES TO BE GOOD INNOCENT PEOPLE, I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT
IF YOU DID NOT STOP FROM DEALING WITH THIS BAD ELEMENTS , NOTE THAT
YOU WILL CONTINUE PAYING YOUR HARD EARNED MONEY TO THEM WITH THEIR
ENDLESS STORIES, REQUESTING ONE CERTIFICATE TO ANOTHER. I CAN ASSURE
YOU THAT SINCE FEW YEARS AGO THIS THEIR FRAUDULENT ACTIVITIES HAD
STARTED AND NONE OF THEM CAN PAY YOU $100 OR THE SUPPOSED MONEY OWED
TO YOU . NOTE THAT ALL THE MONEY YOU HAD PAID TO THEM WERE USED FOR
THEIR PERSONAL BENEFITS, I REPEAT THAT YOU SHOULD STOP ANY FURTHER
CORRESPONDENCE WITH THIS IMPERSONATORS, UNSCRUPULOUS HUMAN BEINGS.
IT IS A PITY THAT THIS PEOPLE HAD EXTORTED MUCH MONEY FROM YOU BUT I
HAD PERSONALLY INTRODUCED A DEVICE THAT CAN BE POSSIBLY USE TO PAY YOU
ALL THIS MONEY BEEN OWED TO YOU WITHOUT ANY FURTHER DOCUMENTATIONS,
BUT IT MUST BE KEEP SECRET BECAUSE I WANT TO USE THE METHOD NIGERIAN
GOVERNMENT TOP OFFICIALS USED TO BRING IN AND OUT FOREIGN
CURRENCIES INTO OUR COUNTRY , ALSO SAME WAY BY USING A SERVICE
OF A DIPLOMAT ATTACHE FROM AN EMBASSY , IT WILL BE ARRANGED THROUGH
DIPLOMATIC PREFERENCE CARRIAGE SCHEME . I WILL DISPATCH ONE BOX
THAT WILL CONTAINED $10M AND OF $100 BILLS TO YOUR PRIVATE ADDRESS AND
AFTER RECEIPT OF THE BOXES AND YOU CONFIRM THE CONTENTS BY HELP OF
YOUR BANKERS, I WILL ARRANGE TO COME OVER THERE FOR MY SHARES OF 5%.
I WILL ADVISE THAT YOU WILL NOT LET ANY BODY TO KNOW ABOUT THIS METHOD
TO AVOID SOME PEOPLE EYEBROWS. I HAD ARRANGED WITH A DIPLOMAT ATTACHE
, THE COMPANY AGREED TO DISPATCH THE BOX BUT I DID NOT DISCLOSED TO
THEM THE AMOUNT INVOLVE , THIS IS TO GUIDE AGAINST THEFT .
I WILL FINALLY CONCLUDE WITH THE DIPLOMAT WHEN I RECEIVE YOUR
CONSENT OF INTEREST AND GO AHEAD ORDER , KINDLY STOP ANY FURTHER
DISCUSSION WITH THESE PEOPLE AND DO NOT PAY ANY MORE MONEY TO THEM
OR TO THOSE CALLED THEMSELVES BANK OFFICIALS,
I WILL FURNISH YOU WITH MORE INFORMATION AS SOON AS I RECEIVED YOUR GO
AHEAD ORDER FROM YOU AND WE WILL SHARE THE FUND WHEN IT IS SAFELY
DELIVERED , MOST IMPORTANTLY , BEAR IN MIND , THE DIPLOMAT AGENT
HAS VIVIDLY CONFIRMED THAT WE SHOULD PROVIDE THE COMPANY WITH THIS
INFORMATION BELOW.
(1) YOUR PRIVATE ADDRESS WHERE TO DELIVER THE BOXES
(2) YOUR PRIVATE PHONE NUMBERS
(3) YOUR COPY OF IDENTITY OF ANY KIND
ALONG WITH NUMBER BELOW
(4) ON MY SIDE I WANT A PROMISSORY NOTE OF 5% OF THE FUND FROM YOU ,
IT WILL BE AGREEABLE BETWEEN US TO GIVE M(E COMPENSATION IMMEDIATELY
IT IS SUCCESSFULLY DELIVERED .
AWAITING TO HEAR FROM YOUR QUICK RESPONSES BEFORE I SHOULD PROCEED
FURTHER .
BEST REGARDS
DR FRANK OWOLABI
CBN,DEPT (FFSD)