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An Email with the Subject "READ AND GET BACK" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:01:22 -0500 and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email. The sender shows as "OFFICE OF THE NIGERIAN PRESIDENCY" <PRESIDENCY@YAHOO.COM>.
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OFFICE OF THE NIGERIAN PRESIDENCY
COMPENSATION OFFICE DEPARTMENT
INITIATIVE OF CANADIAN GOVERNMENT/UNITED NATIONS.
SCAM VICTIMS COMPENSATIONS PAYMENTS 2008.
ATTN: SIR/MADAM,
REF/PAYMENTS CODE: FGN/PHBPLC/06654/08
($3.5Million USD)
This is to bring to your notice that we are delegated from the UNITED
NATIONS INTERNATIONAL FRAUD MONITORING UNIT, I wish to notify you that the
Canadian Government has been authorized to pay out to 50 innocent victims
of the widely know internet scam called Advanced Fee Fraud aka (419) the
sum of US3.5m (Three Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars Only each).You
have been listed and approved for this payment as one of the scammed
victims.
On these faithful recommendations, we want you to know that during the
last U.N. meeting held at Abuja, Nigeria, as it has come to an alarming
proportion based on reports from different victims, some of these victims
have almost lost their lives, families, properties, and friends.
The most alarming aspect of the issue was on the amount money lost by
these various innocent individuals to scams artists operating in
syndicates all over the world today,and in other to compensate victims,the
UNITED NATIONS Body in conjunction with the newly elected government in
Nigerian has agreed to pay 50 victims 3.5Million each in accordance with
the UNITED NATIONS mandate imposed on the government to help eradicate
this evil and corruption practice.
Due to the corrupt and inefficient Banking Systems in Nigeria, the
payments are to be made payable only by a finance company in
Toronto,Canada under funding assistance by the UNITED NATIONS.Benefactors
of this compensation award will have to be first cleared and recommended
for payment by the Canadian Government,according to the number of
applicants at hand, 11 Beneficiaries has already been paid so far, over a
half of the victims are from the United States, We still have an
outstanding of 39 scam victims left to be paid. Other victims who have not
been contacted can submit their application as well for scrutiny and
possible Consideration.
We shall feed you with further modalities as soon as we get a response
from you on how you intend receiving your compensation payment. Send a
copy of your response and payment code listed below to our remittance
officer Mr.lsaac stanford Kessler through the details stated
SCAMMED VICTIM/REF/PAYMENTS CODE: FGN/PHBPLC/06654/08
Amount: $3.5Million Dollars
E-mail: jamesbrown0115@hotmail.com
You are required to forward the following information listed below
immediately;
1) Your full name and residential address
2) Your direct phone number
3) Your file reference number
4) Your nominated account details where your funds will be transferred into
You are required to forward the above details to the payment officer to
know that you are a true beneficiary to the fund as we await your
immediate response.
Kindly, adhere strictly to this instruction thereby helping us to avoid
payment irregularity
Yours Faithfully,
Alhaji Baba Gana Kingibe
Secretary
Office of the Presidency