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"Central Bank Of Nigeria" Advance-fee Scams

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Updated: July 11, 2019 2019-07-11T15:39:45 -
Date: July 11, 2019 2019-07-11T15:38:29

The fake "Central Bank Of Nigeria" email below is a scam. Recipients are asked to delete it and should not follow the instructions in it. The fake email is being sent by scammers who are attempting to trick their potential victims into sending them money or personal information. An advance-fee scam is a form of fraud and one of the most common types of confidence trick. The scam typically involves promising the victim a significant share of a large sum of money, in return for a small up-front payment, which the fraudster requires in order to obtain the large sum.

A "Central Bank Of Nigeria" Advance-Fee Scam

From: "MR. GODWIN EMEFIELE" <drewbarrymaor890@gmail.com>

Date: July 11, 2019 at 5:22:59 AM MST

To: undisclosed-recipients:;

Subject: YOUR FUND PAYMENT NOTIFICATION

Reply-To: cbn.ofnigeria444@aol.com

Central Bank of Nigeria,

Plot 33, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Way Central

Business District, Cadastral Zone, Abuja,

Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria.

P.M.B. 0187, Garki Abuja.

Nigeria.

Attn: Beneficiary,

CBN DEBT PAYMENT NOTICE OF YOUR FUNDS

My name is Mr Godwin Emefiele the new Executive Governor Of The

Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Executive Chairman of "E.C.D.R".

I discovered your name and email address in the Central Computer that

you're among the list of unpaid contractors inheritance next of kin

and lotto beneficiaries that was originated from Africa, (Europe,

Asia, Middle east and Americans) are all among the list, Your unpaid

fund has been located to a suspense account and your name appeared

among the beneficiaries who will receive a payment of $15,000,000,00

Million and has been approved already for Payment. But last Monday two

foreigners (Mr. David L Smith and Mr. John Shook) visited my office on

your behalf and stated that you and Mr.Jesus Martinez Cardona sent

them to come down here on your behalf to claim your fund, But we Bank

do not understand why you sent these men to come and Collect your

Funds on your behalf, If actually you want them to help you Collect

your contract fund, at least you should have informed me as the new

Executive Governor of this Bank. They actually tendered some Vital

documents which Proved that you actually sent them for the collection

of this Funds. Honestly, it really baffles me that you took such

decision without my consent. Here are the document which they tender

to this Bank.

1. LETTER OF ADMINISTRATION.

2. ORDER TO RELEASE.

Actually, these documents which they tendered to this Noble Bank is a

clear Proof that you sent them to Collect this Funds for you, Finally,

I told them to come back Next week Monday morning and they promised to

come back. As the Governor of this Noble Bank, I was supposed to

Release this Funds to them but I refused to do so because I wanted to

hear from you first. due to the Nature of my job, I will not want to

make any mistake in Releasing this Funds to anyone except you whom is

the Recognized Bonfire Beneficiary to this Funds. Kindly clarify us on

this issue before we make this Payment to these foreigners whom came

on your Behalf. In receipt of this confidential Letter, you are

required to email this Bank immediately you receive this Confidential

Letter.

You are required to reconfirm to me your information bellow.

1, Your full name and your address

2, Your Telephone number or fax

3, Your Age and Marital status,

4, Your Occupation

As soon as i receive these information’s, I will proceed with the

Processing of your fund transfer to your account.

Best Regards

OFFICIALLY SIGNED.

MR. GODWIN EMEFIELE.

EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA.

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July 20, 2019 at 9:51 AM by info
"On Monday, August 12, 2013 1:40 AM, Dr Usman Shamsudeen <atmcardoffice2@yahoo.cn> wrote:
Attention: Cupid Time.
Compliment of the day, How are you doing today. Hope my email meet you in good condition and in better health. What is happening, why have you not responds back to my email. I have explain to you in my previous mail that we have a very limit time left in this Transaction and delaying this Transaction is Dangerous because delaying can warrant you to loose your Funds.
Well i have try my possible best to assist you with this Transaction but i think you are not helping yourself. I have explain to you in my previous mail that since you can not Travel down here to sign the release of your Funds by yourself then you have to Contact the Lawyer and follow all the Instruction given to you in order to enable him assist you in signing the release of your Funds on your behalf because he is the only person that can help you to sign the needed document since you can travel down here to do that for yourself due to one reason or the other.
Listen good to me if care is not taken it can warrant you to loose your total Funds of $5,000,000.00. You are the only person left that have not receive is own Funds among the Federal Government Payment Shedule List, due to the reason that they Cooperate and follow the rules and regulations given to them in regards to the release of there Funds. I want you to find below Tracking Numbers of the people i have help to receive there Funds this Year 2013 for you to know that you are the only person left that have not start making withdraw from is own Funds due to your Lack of Cooperations.
1.)WWW.FEDEX.COM
TRACKING NO: 509265861199
2.)WWW.FEDEX.COM
TRACKING NO: 537053444807
3.)WWW.FEDEX.COM
TRACKING NO: 898891698600
You are hereby advice to get back to the lawyer now so that he can proceed further to the Court Today to sign the release of Funds in order to enable the Immediate dispatched of your ATM CARD to your door step over there in your Country.
Your co-operative responses will be highly appreciated by me. I will be looking forward to hear some thing good from you.Thank you for your understanding. Once again congratulation to you. Update me as soon as possible. I await to hear back from you.
You can call me on 2348078900964 if you have any thing complicating on your mind.
Dr. Usman Shamsudeen,
Director (CBN, IRD, and ATM)
Dept. International Remittance
Swift Card Payment Center
Central Bank of Nigeria."
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July 16, 2019 at 2:01 AM by info
From: Dr Joseph N.Okwu <info@cbn.org>
Date: Mon, Jul 15, 2019 at 5:48 PM
Subject: After a serious thought
Hello,
After a serious thought, i decided to reach you directly and personally
because i do not have anything against you, but your Nigerian partners.
I am a Director in charge of Wire Transfer/Telex Section at the central
bank of Nigeria, Sometime in the past your Nigerian partners approached
me through a friend of mine who works with one of the ministries here
and requested that i assist them conclude a money transfer deal, they
told me to help program the transfer to you.
According to them, they wanted to use this strategy to transfer a huge
Amount of United States dollars fifteen million dollars($15M), the money
has been floating in the CBN suspense account since then. we agreed that
once i do this, they would give me $USD100,000.00 and give me another
$USD100,000.00 when i release the fund to your account. When they saw
that i have programmed it and your name has been approved among the list
of those to be paid, instead of giving me the agreed deposit of
us$100,000.00, they started avoiding me and resorted to threats. I
immediately deleted the transfer code of the fund, which is only known
to me because of my position, and released other contractors’ fund and
inheritance payments without yours. They became angry. When they saw
that their threat did not work, they started bribing other officials to
get another approval to transfer the money to you without success. i
want you to know that i am 100% responsible for the delay and
obstructions because of their breach of trust.
If you doubt what i have just told you, then consider what has
transpired through out your claim process, they continue to ask you to
pay money after money and at the end no result and they still tell you
to pay another fee without any result yet, they are simply wicked. Now
if you want us to work together, these are my conditions.
1. I will have 20% of the money because it is only the two of us left
for now.
2. You will assist my son to open an account in your country where i
will pay in my own share.
3. It will be useless and mere waste of time and money if you continue
with any other person, so we will conclude this transaction with utmost
secrecy.
4. You will provide me with your private telephone, mobile and a private
email to facilitate easy communication between you and I only. If these
conditions are acceptable to you, contact me as soon as possible to let
us finalize, so that the funds can be released to your account after due
protocols has been observed. But if you are not interested, i advice you
to forget the fund and stop wasting your time with your so called
partners in paying endless fees.
Please reply via drjosephokwunnanna1999@gmail.com
Best Regards,
Dr. Joseph N.Okwu
Director, Wire Transfer/Telex Dept.
Central Bank Of Nigeria
2347030510843"
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July 12, 2019 at 8:08 PM by info
"From: Central Bank Nigeria <creditexcit2435@dune.ocn.ne.jp>
Date: Thu, Jul 11, 2019, 5:34 AM
Subject: Your Immediate Release of Payment
Central Bank Of Nigeria
Custom street, Marina Rd, Lagos, Nigeria
In Affiliation with
Standard Chartered Bank
1 Basinghall Avenue London EC2V 5DD
United Kingdom
Our Ref: WB/NF/UN/XX017
011/07/2019.
Attn: Beneficiary:
We received a change of bank account notice from your lawyer. A new bank account below was sent to us for the transfer of your fund valued $35,500,000.00..
Bank Name: Bank of America.
Account name: Robert R Reital, Jr
Account number: 355007761178
Routing number: 021000321
While processing the transfer and going through the records we have in our file,we discovered your name and bank details as the bonafide beneficiary of the funds which does not match with the new bank details provided to us by your lawyer, hence we deem it necessary to contact you before we effect this transfer to avoid remitting this funds to the wrong person. You are therefore required as a ,matter of urgency to reconfirm this account details to be correct as yours for immediate remittance of the funds to you without any further delay. Do get back to us asap to enable us proceed..
Thanks for your patronage.
Yours Faithfully,
Dennis Olisa
Executive Director/Head of International Banking"
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