Attn: Dear Beneficiary, Your Payment
Allegedly from: Emefiele
Attn: Dear Beneficiary,
Citing the strong business tie between the people of Americans,and Africa,the Central Bank in collaboration with the Federal Bureau of Investigation(FBI) are conducting an investigation to worldwide fraud practices that are known as "Advance fee-fraud" or "419-fraud". This Joint Task Force is saddled with the responsibility to check,probe and investigate cases that center on abuse of office, diversion of public funds and property, mismanagement and stealing of public funds at the Federal, States and International levels and other Corrupt Practices within the shores of the Africa Continent.
The Central Bank has also received several complaints from various affected beneficiaries from all over the world who have been swindled off their hard earned monies and has not received their funds hitherto. We are not unaware that you have not received your fund due to the past corrupt Government Officials who has frustrated and subjected you to various insensitive procedures, all in their selfish bid to swindle your fund into their personal accounts abroad.
At this juncture, you are advised to refrain from any activities or dealing with any anonymous African(s), as we have been mandated to control this payment exercise by ensuring that all funds owed to every individual beneficiary or organizations are duly paid to them without delay. Therefore, you are enjoined to rely on the conventional integrity of THE Central Bank and the constitutional processes to effect the release of your payment.
To this effect, we wish to gladly inform you that from the calculated sum of US$4.5 Billion from the World Bank for the Africa Debts Resolution, you have been approved to receive a part-payment sum of US$20 Million United States Dollars only, and you will have to receive your funds in form of bank to transfer direct into your account or Automated Teller Card commonly known as ATM Card, alongside a custom pin number which you will use to make withdrawals of your funds from any Inter-switched ATM machines.
Therefore, you are advised forward information as listed below:
1.Your names:...........................................
2.Gender:..........................................
3.Age:..................................
4.Address:.....................................
5.Country/State of origin:....................................
6.Profession:.................................
7.Mobile phone no:......................................
8.A Copy of identity card.
We want you to know that the above requested information will officially enable us to re-validate your documents in other to effect your payment in accordance with the payment guideline of the World Bank.
This Memorandum is meant to inform you that your funds are no longer in the hands of those mischievous officials, as the World Bank has perfectly upgraded your fund into the ATM visa Card and you have to contact me for guideline on how to receive your funds without no delay. This way, we are confident to avoid further encumbrances and also impede the Government from imposing unnecessary principle and taxes on your funds.
Please note that due to the high rates of scams, impersonation and funds diversion among some top officials in the Government, we have deem it important to give you a prompt tip off to stop communicating with those cheats because they would only aggravate your efforts and of course ravage our collective efforts.
Finally, with the World Bank Payment Clearing Platforms, we are overconfident that you will receive your funds as much as you abide to our guidelines and stop corresponding to any person(s) beside us.
Thank you and may God bless our endeavors.
Awaits your immediate response.
Mr.Godwin Emefiele.
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