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From: <cbnbank_contractpayment450@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 17:09:38 +0000
Subject: IMMEDIATE CONTRACT PAYMENT..............
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
TINUBU SQUARE,VICTORIA ISLAND,LAGOS-NIGERIA
DESK OF THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
PROF. CHARLES SOLUDO
TEL: 234-1-4338529E-MAIL: ltd_payment_cbn@hotmail.com
Our ref: CBN/CPN9/04
Your ref RJ99/NNPD/503
Attention: contractor,
IMMEDIATE CONTRACT PAYMENT
From the records of outstanding contractors due for payment with theFederal Government of Nigeria your name and company is on the listmajor contractors who have not received their payments for theFederal Plateau Project.I wish to inform you that your payment isbeing processed and will be released to you as soon as you respondto this letter. Also note that from the record in my file youroutstanding contract payment is $14.7million USD (fourteen MillionSeven Hundred Thousand United States Dollars).
Please re-confirm to
me if this is inline with what you have in your record and also
re-confirm to me the followings via this email
1) Your full name.
2) Phone, fax and mobile #.
3) Company name, position and address.
4) Profession , age and marital status.
As soon as this information is received and confirmed, your paymentwill be made to you in a certified bank draft from Central Bank of Nigeria and a copy will be given to you for you to take to your bank for confirmation. You must call me on my direct number as soon as youreceive this mail for a serious discussion with me and also get back
to me immedaitely via the above E-mail. As a result of the on-going drive of the Government to update its books and clear payment to contractors,
I strongly recommend that you promptly start your clearance as soon as possible.
Faithfully,
PROF. CHARLES SOLUDO.
Executive Governor,
Central Bank of Nigeria
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Prof. Charles Soludo.
Executive Governor Central Bank of Nigeria.
234-1-4338529E-MAIL: ltd_payment_cbn@hotmail.com
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