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Messages asking for personal information is only part of the story. Unfortunately, Google does not offer any further specific information on this kind of scam e-mail.
Sometimes I feel the Africans are quite naive. The story told here of the Govenor of a state bank who would actually personally deal with someone about an inheritance matter is pretty far fetched.
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From: JEFF SMITH
Date: 2008/9/6
Subject: URGENT MESSAGE FROM CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA.
To:
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR.
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
TINUBU, SQUARE, LAGOS- NIGERIA.
DATE:6TH SEPTEMBRE, 2008.
OUR RE5: CBN/OHG/OXD1/2008
YOUR REF: …………………………
TELEX: CENBANK.
PAYMENT FILE: CBN/BEN/08.
ATTN: BENEFICIARY,
PAYMENT NOTIFICATION OF YOUR FUNDS.
I AM MR. JEFF SMITH, THE SECRETARY TO PROF. CHARLES SOLUDO; THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR OF THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (C.B.N), THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA IS THE PARENT BANK OF ALL COMMERCIAL BANKS HERE IN NIGERIA. I WAS INSTRUCTED TO INITIATE CONTACT WITH YOU BY MY BOSS THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR OF THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (C.B.N) ON AN URGENT ISSUE, KINDLY NOTE THAT YOUR FUNDS WERE RE-CALLED AND RE-DEPOSITED INTO THE “FEDERAL SUSPENSE ACCOUNT” OF THE CBN LAST WEEK, BECAUSE YOU DID NOT FORWARD YOUR CLAIM AS THE RIGHT BENEFICIARY.
MY BOSS THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR OF THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (C.B.N), WAS VISITED IN HIS OFFICE BY THREE GENTLEMEN TODAY, REALLY THESE MEN WERE UNEXPECTED BY HIM BECAUSE THEIR VISIT WAS IMPROMPTU. HE HAD TO ASK THEM WHY THEY CAME TO SEE HIM IN PERSON AND THEY SAID THAT THEY CAME TO COLLECT THE INHERITANCE/ CONTRACT FUNDS BILL WHICH RIGHTFULLY BELONGS TO YOU AS SHOWN IN YOUR FILE WITH US, ON YOUR BEHALF AND BY YOUR AUTHORIZATION.
NOTE THAT THEY ACTUALLY TENDERED SOME VITAL DOCUMENTS WHICH PROVED THAT YOU ACTUALLY SENT THEM FOR THE COLLECTION OF THESE FUNDS. BELOW IS LIST OF THE DOCUMENTS WHICH THEY TENDERED TO THIS BANK TODAY:
1. LETTER OF ADMINISTRATION.
2. HIGH COURT INJUNCTION.
3. ORDER TO RELEASE.
DUE TO THE NATURE OF HIS JOB, HE CANNOT AFFORD TO MAKE ANY MISTAKE IN RELEASING THESE FUNDS TO ANYONE EXCEPT YOU WHO IS THE RECOGNIZED TRUE BENEFICIARY TO THESE FUNDS. NOTE THAT MY BOSS HAS ASKED THESE MEN TO COME BACK TOMORROW SO HE CAN VERIFY THIS FACT FROM YOU FIRST. KINDLY CLARIFY US ON THIS ISSUE BEFORE WE MAKE THIS PAYMENT TO THESE FOREIGNERS WHOM CAME ON YOUR BEHALF.
KINDLY TO DIRECT YOUR RESPONSE TO THE PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS OF MY BOSS, PROF. CHARLES SOLUDO, THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR OF THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA CBN,BELOW FOR QUICKER DELIBERATION AND RESPONSE FROM HIM ON THE RELEASE OF YOUR FUNDS TO YOU. PLEASE REMEMBER TO INDICATE A PHONE NUMBER HE CAN REACH YOU ON IN YOUR RESPONSE..
EMAIL:charlessoludo160@gmail.com
NOTE THAT FOR SECURITY REASONS YOU HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED A CODE/PASSWORD WHICH IS {TT7270CBN}, PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS CODE IS THE REFERENCE NUMBER FOR YOUR TRANSFER AND IT’S BEING DISCLOSED TO YOU ALONE, GUARD THIS JEALOUSLY AND ALL YOUR EMAIL RESPONSE SHOULD CARRY THIS CODE AS THE SUBJECT.
YOURS FAITHFULLY,
MR.JEFF SMITH.
SECRETARY.
TO THE GOVERNOR.
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
TINUBU SQUARE, LAGOS- NIGERIA.
+011-234-803-866-9874
r. Shamsudeen Usman has been posted here before. Just click search for Usman and you will find a couple of examples.
The message goes on to say that he has some money from John Wheeler and asks if I want to inherit it.
Other than that, this is not all that easy to read, the formatting is all wrong.
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From: fmf @email. com <fmf_elezebeth_smit@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 3:54 AM
Subject: PAYMENT NOTIFICATION ON APPROVED ENTITLEMENT FUND (US$30,000,000.00)
To:
FROM THE OFFICE
OF: MRS ELEZEBETH SMITH (Secretary) DR SHAMSUDDEN USMAN: FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE 5TH FLOOR, ANNEX 3 SHEHU SHAGARI WAY, fmf_elezebeth_smit@yahoo.co.uk ATTENTION: BENEFICIARY RE-CONFIRMATION OF $30 MILLION DOLLAR IN YOUR FAVOR I AM MRS ELEZEBETH SMITH , (SECRETARY ) FEDERAL MINISTER OF FINANCE,I AM CONTACTING YOU TO CONFIRM ACTUALLY IF YOU KNOW (MR JOHN WHEELER) WHO CLAIM TO BE YOUR BUSSINESS ASSOCIATE. FOLLOWING THE PROTEST OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY,THE WORLD BANK,IMF AND THE INSTRUCTION FROM THE PRESIDENT AND THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE ARMED FORCE(PRESIDENT UMARU YAR’ADUA) THAT ALL OUTSTANDINGFORIEGN DEBTS ESPECIALLY CONTRACT /INHERITANCE PAYMENT SHOULD BE RELEASED TO THE LEGAL FOREIGN BENEFICIARIES WHICH YOUR PAYMENT FILE WAS AFFECTED. JUST AS THIS WAS RESOLVED, THIS (MR JOHN WHEELER) CAME TO MY OFFICE TODAY CLAIMING TO BE YOUR BUSSINESS ASSOCIATE AND THAT YOU ARE DEAD AND THAT HE WILL LIKE TO CHANGE ALL THE INFORMATIONS THAT YOU GAVE TO US AS OUR BONAFIDE BENEFICIARY. WITH HIS FOLLOWING BANK DETAILS: MR JOHN WHEELER,AC/NUMBER:6503809428. ROUTING/122006743,B/NAME:CITI BANK,ADDRESS:NEW YORK,USA. HERE COMES A BIG QUESTION ? DID YOU SIGN ANY DEAD ASSIGNMENT WITH HIM,WE NEEDED AN URGENT CONFIRMATIOM FROM YOU IF TRUE THAT YOU ARE DEAD AND MR JOHN WHEELER IS TRUE WITH HIS ETAILED INFORMANTION, SO THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL NOT BEHELD RESPONSIBLE FOR FALSE CLAIM. IF WE DID NOT HEAR FROM YOU AFTER TWO WEEKS (10 WORKING DAYS) OF THIS MAIL, IT WILL MEAN THAT YOU ARE ACTUALLY DEAD AND THE INFORMATION GIVEN TO US BY (MR JOHN WHEELER) IS CORRECT. THIS IS ALSO TO NOTIFY YOU THAT YOUR OVER DUE INHERITANCE FUNDS OF $30,000.000.00 (THIRTY MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS) HAS BEEN GAZZETED TO BE RELEASED TODAY UNDER THE NAME’S OF CATEGORY ”A”AWAITING THE RECEIPT OF HIS PAYMENT. AS YOU MAY KNOWN THE TOTAL AMOUNT APPROVED IN YOUR FAVOR BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA,with THE HELP OF THE NEW SENATE PRESIDENT IS the SUM OF $30 MILLION USD. DO FURNISH US WITH YOUR FULL DETAIL OF YOUR INFORMATION FOR VERIFICATION PURPOSES TO AVOID MAKING PAYMENT TO A WRONG ACCOUNT YOUR FULL NAMES:………………. CORRESPONDING ADDRESS:………….. TELEPHONE / FAX NAUMBERS:………… MOBILE PHONE:…………….. OCCUPATION/POSITION:…………….. AGE/MARITAL STATUS……………. YOUR SWIFT / URGENT RESPONSE TO THIS MAIL WILL HELP THIS MINISTRY ALOT ON THIS EFFECT AND AVOID EFFECTING PAYMENT ON A WRONG ACCOUNT. BEST REGARDS, DR.SHAMSUDDEN USMAN: MINISTER OF FINANCE, MRS ELEZEBETH SMITH SECRETARY)
Can anyone tell me what an inheritance has to do with a lottery? There are a lot of further points which marks this message as a scam, even for the uninformed.
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From: United Nations
Date: Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 6:29 AM
Subject: Payment Notification From United Nations
To:
Chairman Committee On Foreign
Contract And Inheritance fund Payment Notification
From United Nations And USA Government
Sir. Eric Ben.
Attn: Beneficiary,
U.S.A Government, World Bank And United Nations Organization Official Has Approved To Pay You Part Payment Of Your Inheritance Fund And Lottery/Award Winning Payment Valued Of USD8.5m.
The British Prime Minister in conjunction with U.S.A GOVERNMENT, WORLD BANK AND UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION do hereby give this irrevocable approval order with This Release Code: GNC/3480/02/08 In Your Favor For Your Contract Entitlement And Your Inheritance Fund Which You Have Not Received Yet, Now It Was Approved By The World Bank, That Your Contract/Inheritance Fund should be released through UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION. So You Are Advised To Present Any Of Your Choice Among This Two Option Of The Payment, On How You Want To Receive Your Fund, Either By WIRE TRANSFER OR IN CASH THROUGH OUR DIPLOMATIC COURIER SERVICES, AS YOUR INHERITANCE PAYMENT, So In Regards To The Transfer You Will Provide Any Of Your BANK ACCOUNT DETAILS For The Transfer Of Your Fund With Out Delay. Anyway, I Am Contacting You In Regards To The Instruction Given By United Nations, Please I Will Urge You To Try And Indicate On How You Want Your Fund To Be Released To You From The Two Options Above.
Now your new Payment, United nations Approval No; UN5685P, White House Approved No: WH44CV, Reference No.-35460021, Allocation No: 674632 Password No: 339331, Pin Code No: 55674 and your Certificate of Merit Payment No: 103, Released Code No: 0763; Immediate Citibank Telex confirmation No: -1114433; Secret Code No: XXTN013, Having received these vital payment number, therefore You are qualified now to received and confirm Your payment with the United Nation immediately within the next 72hrs.
As a matter of fact, you are required to Deal and Communicate only with MR. ROBERT BISCHOFF, HEAD OF INTERNATIONAL REMMITTANCE CITIBANK, UNITED KINGDOM, with the help of monitory team from the CITIBANK OF NEW YORK which is our official remitting bank, Committee On Foreign Payment Matters in United Nations, has look up to make sure you receive your Fund. So contact: MR ROBERT BISCHOFF on his contact information, Direct Citibank Fax Number: +44 870 286 0893, Cell/mobile +44 702 401 5993 or cell/mobile +44 702 401 5993 Fax Number: +44 870 286 0893
Telephone Number: +44 702 401 5993, Email: robertbischoff1@i12.com, For immediate release of your contract/inheritance/Award Winning claim be informed that you are not allowed to correspond with any person or office anymore, you are required to send bellow information for your transfer.
1) YOUR FULL NAME:
2) ADDRESS, CITY, STATE AND COUNTRY:
3) PERSONAL CELL PHONE, FAX AND MOBILE:
4) COMPANY NAME (IF ANY) POSITION AND ADDRESS:
5) BANK NAME:
6) BANK ADDRESS:
7) ACCOUNT NUMBER: ROUTING NUMBER OR SWIFT CODE NO:
9) OCCUPATION, AGE AND MARITAL STATUS:
10) COPY OF YOUR INT’L PASSPORT/DRIVERS LICENSE:
Note: Your Personal Contact/Communication Code With Citibank Is (011), You Are Advised To Send Your Full Banking Information To The Citibank London, International Remittance Director Headed By Mr. Robert Bischoff And Make Sure You Speak With Him, With Your New Payment Code For The Release Of Your Payment And Send To Him All Your Banking Information Now.
Contact Person: Mr. Robert Bischoff
Position: Head Of International Remittance Citibank Of London.
Fax Number: +44 870 286 0893, +44 870 286 0893
Cell/Mobile, +44 702 401 5993 or Cell/Mobile +44-702 403 7544
Email: robertbischoff1@i12.com,
Chairman Committee On Foreign Contract And Inheritance fund Payment Notification from United Nations And USA Government.
Sir. Eric Ben.
The story is somewhat confused as this message talks about contractors and next of kin. Could it be I am the next of kin to a contractor?
———- Forwarded message ———- From: MR. GEORGE SMITH <christine.peycelon@wanadoo.fr> Date: Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 12:04 PM Subject: URGENT PAYMENT NOTIFICATION……… To: undisclosed-recipients
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA TINUBU SQUARE,VICTORIA ISLAND, LAGOS-NIGERIA
OUR REF: CBN/IRD/CBX/021/067
Attn: Honourable Contractor
RE: IMMEDIATE PAYMENT OF YOUR CONTRACT INHERITANCE ON CONTRACT #:MAV/NNPC/FGN/MIN/009.
Following the protest of the International Community, The World Bank, IMF and the instruction by the President and Commander in Chief of the armed forces(UMAU MUSA YARADUA) that all outstanding forieghn debts especially next of kin payment should be released to the benefeciaries forthwith unconditionally.
From the records of outstanding contractors due for payment with the Government of Nigeria. Your name and company was discovered as next of kin on the list of the outstanding contractors who have not received their payments. I wish to inform you that your payment is being processed and will be released to you as soon as you respond to this letter. Also note that from the record in my file, your outstanding contract payment is $10,500 000(Ten Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars). Please re-confirm to me if this is inline with what you have in your record and also re-confirm to me the followings:
1) Your full name. 2) Phone, Fax and Mobile #. 3) Company name, Position and Address. 4) Profession, age,sex and marital status. 5) Any kind of identification
As soon as this information are received, your payment will be made to you in a certified bank draft or wired to your bank account directly from Central bank of Nigeria or any of the asisters bank and a copy of the transfer confirmation informations will be given to you for you to take to your bank and confirm it.
YOURS SINCERELY,
MR GEORGE SMITH, DIRECTOR FOREIGN REMMITERNCE DIPERTMENT CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA CBN.
ROUTING NUMBER OR SWIFT CODE NO:
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