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An Email with the Subject "FROM JOHN AKIN" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:16:24 -0500 and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email. The sender shows as "JOHN AKIN" <johnakincbn@gmail.com>.
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CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR
TELEX / COMPUTER DEPARTMENT
TINUBU SQUARE
LAGOS - NIGERIA
CABLE: CENBANK NG
CONTACT NUMBER: 234-8062797434 (24 HOURS)
PRIVATE EMAIL: john000akin@yahoo.cn
URGENT
DEAR SIR,
MY NAME IS JOHN AKIN OF THE TELEX / COMPUTER DEPARTMENT OF THE
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA. I AM SENDING THIS PRIVATE FAX BASED ON
THE CONFIDENTIAL NATURE OF THE TRANSACTION. PLEASE I WILL LIKE
TO ADVISE THAT IF AFTER GOING THROUGH MY SUBMISSION AND YOU DO
NOT ACCEPT IT, KINDLY KEEP IT TO YOURSELF.
I AM STILL IN SERVICE WITH THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN)
AND I WOULD NOT LIKE TO LOSE MY JOB. AS I FOUND OUT THAT YOU
ALMOST MET ALL THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS OF THE CBN IN RESPECT
OF YOUR CONTRACT PAYMENT. YOUR PROBLEM IS THAT OF INTEREST
GROUPS. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN YOUR PAYMENT AND
THOSE PEOPLE ARE MERELY DOING PAPER WORK WITH YOU AND THAT
EXPLAINS WHY YOU RECEIVE EMAIL AND PHONE MESSAGES FROM
DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN NIGERIA EVERYDAY.
THEIR WHOLE GAME PLAN IS TO FRUSTRATE YOU INORDER FOR YOU TO
ABANDON THE CONTRACT PAYMENT AND THEN THEY WILL BE COMFORTABLE
AND FREE ENOUGH TO TRANSFER THE CONTRACT FUNDS INTO THEIR
OVERSEAS ACCOUNT. HENCE, YOU HAVE LOST TRUST ON WHOM TO
BELIEVE TO BE GENUINE.
TO SUM IT UP, I WISH TO ASSURE YOU THAT WITH MY POSITION HERE
IN THE TELEX DEPARTMENT I CAN PUNCH THE COMPUTER AND CREDIT
YOUR ACCOUNT STRAIGHT WITHIN FIVE (5) WORKING DAYS. FIRST OF
ALL, YOU HAVE TO LET ME KNOW HOW MUCH YOU WILL GIVE ME AT THE
CONSUMMATION OF THIS DEAL.
FINALLY, YOU WILL HAVE TO ACCEPT TO KEEP THIS TRANSACTION
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL, IF YOU ACCEPT MY SUBMISSION, KINDLY GET
BACK TO ME IMMEDIATELY ON MY ABOVE PRIVATE MAIL,
john000akin@yahoo.cn OR PRIVATE NUMBER: 234-8062797434
EVEN IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT MY OFFER, I WILL SINCERELY ADVISE YOU
TO FIND TIME YOURSELF TO COME AND REGULARIZE YOUR DEFECTIVE
DOCUMENTS INSTEAD OF FRUITLESS EXCHANGE OF FAX MESSAGES WITH
OFFICES HERE.
WHEN REPLYING THIS EMAIL, PLEASE RE-CONFIRM YOUR PRIVATE
TELEPHONE NUMBERS, AND EMAIL ADDRESS.
REGARDS.
MR. JOHN AKIN