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An Email with the Subject "Attn: Honorable Contractor" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Sat, 06 Mar 2010 06:35:12 -0800 and has been classified as a Advance Fee Fraud/419 Scam Email. The sender shows as "Ibu Nkita"<ibu@reply.com>.
The email address was probably spoofed. Do not reply to or contact any persons or organizations referenced in this email, or follow any URLs as you may expose yourself to scammers and, at the very least, you will be added to their email address lists for spam purposes.
Attn: Honorable Contractor We received a payment credit instruction from the Federal Government of Nigeria to credit your account with your full contract funds from the Nigerian Reserve Account. This is to notify you that your funds have been programmed for immediate release into your nominated bank account but due to money laundering laws and problems with International Monetary Fund (IMF) payment is now been made by Diplomatic Courier Service. Be informed that every arrangement regarding your cash payment through diplomatic services has been made; note that your funds have been packaged like a consignment on which we would send you the video clip and a snapshot of it at your request. Note that the money is $3.5millon US and the Diplomatic Agent will be moving down to the United States in order to deliver the Consignment to your doorstep immediately your details are verified as the beneficiary contractor. Before we would proceed we need to confirm your details with the one we have in our database. So therefore you are requested to send your details; Name in full Contact Address Profession Mobile and land phone number Next Of Kin Valid Id Place of Work Please understand that these required details are for security reasons and also necessary to enable the diplomat deliver your consignment to your doorstep. You will be required to contact the Diplomat as soon as he gets to your Airport with the following details Name: Pat Beasly Email: patbeasly@diplomats.com You are advised to send to us any suspicious fraudulent mail you might receive concerning your contract payment especially those spoofing to be from the Central Bank of Nigeria. Any Letter that looks suspicious to you please I would want you to send it to the Economic Financial Crime Commission {EFCC} so they can investigate on the matter and treat accordingly. Here is their email wfaridaoffice@gmail.com Mrs. Waziri Farida is the Head of Economic Financial Crime Commission. So if you are having any suspicious mail don’t fail to send it to the mail given to you YOURS SINCERELY, IBU NKITA GENERAL PAYMENT OFFICER, (GPO) CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN) TELEPHONE: 234-80-27287467