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From: Federal Reserve Bank <[email protected]>
Reply: [email protected]
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2020 22:55:27 +0100
Subject: Dear: Esteem Customer
Federal Reserve Bank
Head Office
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
33 Liberty Street
New York, NY 10045
Dear: Esteem Customer
It has come to the attention of the New York Fed that your payment
files from three (3) different banks, Nat-west Bank of London, Central
Bank of Nigeria and Bank of America was compiled and submitted to my
desk this morning for review.
The total sum owed to you by the 3 banks mentioned above was sum up to
the tune of US$10,500,000.00 [Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand United
States Dollars]
We are in receipt of an approval document forwarded to our office by
the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to effect an immediate
payment of US$10,500,000.00 [Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand United
States Dollars] to your nominated account.
Basically, there are three (3) options for you to get your fund
transferred to you. These options includes 1. Bank To Bank Transfer 2.
Online Bank Account Opening 3. ATM Card Payment.
You are to make your preferred and affordable choice from the three
options below:
Option (1)
Bank To Bank Transfer:This is a direct electronic transfer that will
enable you receive the sum of money in any account that you will
provide for this Bank to effect the transfer as it is always done
electronically. It will take three (3) business days to reflect in the
account that you will provide.
Cost of transfer:…………….$300
VAT:………………………..$120
Insurance:…………………..$100
Total:………………………$520
Option (2)
Online Bank Account Opening: You will have to open a new Online Bank
account here and it will be registered for international transfer and
you can make an online transfer as it will take 24Hours to get the
account done.
Account Opening:…………….$50
VAT:……………………….$230
Insurance:………………….$355
Total:……………………..$635
Option (3)
ATM Card Payment: You will have to receive an ATM Card, this will take
two (2) business days to deliver to your doorstep. We will have to use
our courier company to deliver the parcel to your location.
Delivery Charges:…………………..$100
VAT:……………………….$50
Insurance:………………….$65
Stamp Duty …………………$235
Total:……………………..$450
Please respond to this email by making a selection from the (3)
options above.
Note: Your funds are protected by a hardcover insurance policy, which
makes it impossible to deduct any amount from the money before it can
be remitted to you. This means that the above charges cannot be
deducted from the Funds and hence must be provided by you before your
fund is transferred to you.
The payment for any of the above options should be sent via Western
Union Money Transfer or Money Gram in the name of the On-line Account
Admin Mrs. Inolah Savage Chaplin
Find below the payment information.
Name: Inolah Savage Chaplin
Address: 107 Pleasant Meadows Dr. Gaffney, South Carolina 29341 USA
Name of Sender:…………………………..
Address of Sender:………………………..
MTCN#……………………………………
As soon as we receive your payment, we shall proceed with your fund
transfer immediately.
In anticipating for your urgent cooperation
Yours sincerely,
Charles P. Thomas
Department : Accounts
Federal Reserve Bank