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From: Dsp Matthew Anderson <[email protected]>Nigeria Police Force Headquarter
Reply: [email protected]
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2023 17:41:26 +0000
Subject: Re: RECOVERY OF DIVERTED ATM DEBIT CARD
Ken caleb House
Obalende Ikoyi
Lagos State, Nigeria.
Phone: +2347-0409-81759
Attn:
RECOVERY OF DIVERTED ATM DEBIT CARD
I am contacting you to personally notify you of our discovery as well
as get some facts from you. Recently we arrested a man named Francisco
Zuela a Ghanian Citizen who works with D.H.L office in Lagos with an
ATM CARD with your name on it as the beneficiary and the owner of the
card. However the entire parcel containing the proof of claim
ownership which is also in your name has so far been recovered from
him.
After we arrested and interrogated him, he confessed as stated below.
My name is Francisco Zuela, I work with the D.H.L office in Nigeria.
February this year, I was approached by a lawyer asking me to divert
a parcel containing ATM DEBIT CARD belonging to you. Which I agreed
and we collaborated to divert the card to another address in your
country from where to be sure it confirmed entry into your country
after which it was returned back to Nigeria to avoid any suspicion.
Later we wrote to the Issuing bank as the beneficiary and with the
help of the collaborator, the risk and management department of the
bank gave me the pin code of the card. Since then I have been making
withdrawals with my collaborators until this week when the card was
blocked by the bank that I should contact the issuing bank. I have
made withdrawals of about USDUS86,800.00 within this period.
The above is the suspect’s confession and we have contacted the card
issuing bank who also told us that there was an initial complaint from
the beneficiary though the identity of the mentioned person was not
disclosed. They confirmed that there was an application from you to
re-release the ATM Card Pin upon receipt which directly was sent to an
email with your name but they are not aware that you have not received
the card since you did not inform them hence the card was diverted.
We would like to hear from you immediately to enable us carry out
action as well make arrangements for the ATM CARD $15.5million to be
re-dispatched to you without any delay upon reconciliation with the
issuing bank. From our secret investigation so far, we have confirmed
that this suspect is in collaboration with some officials of the bank
to divert this CARD without your knowledge which is confirmed in our
Investigation. At this point, do not communicate with anyone to avoid
leakage of information until we are able to arrest everyone involved.
Upon your response, we shall forward an official notification to the
Director Internal Regulatory Department of your country Consulate here
in Nigeria. And also you are to make a payment of $560 for us to get
back your ATM CARD to you with insurance. We have to re-validate and
insure the ATM CARD everything will cost $560 Get back to me with
your phone number, your current house address and a copy of your
Identification Card.
Waiting for your Immediate Response.
Dsp Matthew Anderson
Lagos State
Force Public Relation Officer