An Email with the Subject "YOUR FUNDS DELIVERY NOTIFICATION" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Fri, 01 Jun 2007 05:45:06 -0700 and has been classified as a Advance Fee Fraud/419 Scam Email. The sender shows as "DR. RAYMOND EGOBIA, DIRECTOR GENERAL (PAYMENT SETTLEMENT DEPARTMENT)." <paymentsetdept@freeuso.it>.
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FROM THE DESK OF DR. RAYMOND EGOBIA DIRECTOR GENERAL, FOREIGN PAYMENT SETTLEMENT DEPARTMENT (FPSD) HEAD QUATER, LAGOS - NIGERIA. TEL:+(234)-1-8716231 FAX:+(234)-1-8716231 CUSTOMER CARE:+(234)-802-201-207-7 URGENT MATTERS (paymentsetdept@yahoo.co.uk) Sir/Madam, RE-YOUR FUNDS DELIVERY NOTIFICATION Attn: Concerned Ccontractors & Beneficiaries!, I am Dr. Raymond Egobia, the director of Foreign payment settlement department(FPSD) working for the federal government of Nigeria(FGN). I am delighted to inform you that the contract panel, which just concluded its seating in Abuja just released your name among contractors/beneficiaries to benefit from the Diplomatic Immunity Payment. This Panel was primarily delegated to investigate manipulated contract claims contracts and over invoiced payment as the effect has eaten deep into the economy of our dear country. However, we wish to bring to your notice that your contract profile is still reflecting in our central computer as unpaid contractor while auditing was going on. Your contract file was forwarded to my office by the auditors as unclaimed fund, we wish to use this medium to inform you that for the time being Federal Government of Nigeria have stopped further payment through bank to bank transfer due to contractors numerous petitions to United Nations against Nigeria on wrong payment and diversion of contract funds to different account. In this regards we are going to send your contract part payment of 10 Million USD. to you via courier service and I have secured every needed documents to cover the money. Note: The money is coming on 2 security proof boxes. The boxes are sealed with synthetic nylon seal and padded with machine. This fund was brought to us from America; It was meant for our Local AFEM market.But since the money was not used, I will use my position as the National Security Adviser to the President to send these funds to you. Please you don't have to worry for any thing, as the transaction is 100% risk free. The boxes are coming with a Diplomatic agent who will accompany the boxes to your house address. All you need to do now is to send to me your full house address and your identity such as, international passport or driver's license including your contact phone numbers, The Diplomatic attaches will travel with it. He will call you immediately he arrives in your country's airport. I hope you understand me. Note: The diplomat does not know the original contents of the boxes. What l declared to them as the contents is Sensitive Photographic Film Material. I did not declare money to them please. If they call you and ask you the contents please tell them the same thing Ok. You are advice to reply me through my confidential Email address: paymentsetdept@yahoo.co.uk and I will let you know how far I have gone with the arrangement. I will secure the Diplomatic immunity clearance certificate that will be tagged on the boxes to make it stand as a diplomatic consignment. This clearance will make it pass every custom checkpoint all over the world without hitch. Confirm the receipt of this message and send the requirements to me immediately you receive this message. Please I need urgent reply because the boxes are schedule to live as soon as we hear from you. You reply me immediately you receive this message through my confidential email address above. Meanwhile, tow days ago, a lady called this office and sent an email as well, telling us that she is your business partner in Singapore, that you were involved in a ghastly accident, which as a result, you will not live long to see this trhough according to doctor's report, therefore, we should deliver the said funds to her nominated address below since you have given her the authority to act on your behalf in this regards. Below is the details of the lady:- Name: Mrs. Theresan E. Gah Address: 1004, MERAGI ROAD, NORTHVIEW GARDEN,SINGAPORE 907912 REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE. Furthermore, this other man has also been calling us too from United States of America, he said that he is your step brother, that you died two nights ago and you have mandated him as the only surviving kin remaining in the family before you died, to receive your contractual inheritance funds from Nigeria Ggovernment, that since you have asked him to do, that we should goahead and deliver the said funds to him through the address below:- Mr. Philip H. Chavis. Address:9700 East Kentucky Ave Independence, Missouri, usa. To this effect, you are advised to let us know if you have authoried these persons above to act on your behalf and receive your funds because everything here seems to be complicating and something inside me tells me that you are not dead and they are just framing up your death. Therefore, get back to us immediately you receive this email and if we didn't here from you from now till 48hrs, we will assume that you are dead as they claimed and we shall forge ahead to release the funds to them. Kindly re-confirm the following items to this office if you didn't authorise these persons above to receive your funds on your behalf:- 1) YOUR FULL NAME. 2) PHONE, FAX AND MOBILE #. 3) COMPANY NAME, POSITION AND ADDRESS. 4) PROFESSION, AGE AND MARITAL STATUS. 5) SCANNED COPY OF INT'L PASSPORT. We await your urgent response on this matter today along with the above mentioned particulars needed to proceed with the delivery of your funds to you. Best Regards, Dr. Raymond Egobia, Director General, Foreign Payment Settlement Department (FPSD) Federal Republic of Nigeria {FGN}.