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From: musa bello <musa_bello0@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 20:18:23 +0000
Subject: RE: SOLUTION TO YOUR CONTRACT PAYMENT
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIACOMPUTER REMITTANCE DEPARTMENTTINUBU SQUARE, LAGOS ANNEX.DATE: 24TH AUG.2007.EMAIL:(drmsbello@yahoo.co.uk) DEAR SIR, RE: SOLUTION TO YOUR CONTRACT PAYMENT MY NAME IS ENGR MUSA BELLO, DIRECTOR COMPUTER REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT OF CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA; IT WAS RECENTLY THAT I RESUMED WORK IN THIS DEPARTMENT. MEANWHILE, YOUR FILE CASE WAS INTRODUCED TO ME BY ALAHAJI BABAGANA KINGIBE WHO IS THE NEW SECRETARY TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA WHO IS THE HEAD OF THE SERVICE NOW TO THIS APEX BANK, HAVING PERUSED CAREFULLY OVER YOUR LONG OVER DUE PAYMENT, I FELT CONCERNED WHY YOU HAVE NOT BEEN PAID EARLIER THAN NOW. HOWEVER, IN THE LIGHT OF THIS, I BY THIS LETTER FOUND THE PLEASURE TO CONTACT YOU PERSONALLY WITH A VIEW OF INFORMING YOU THAT THERE IS A DEVICE A WORKABLE ONE AND IT WILL BE BETWEEN ME AND YOU SECRETLY TO EFFECT THE RELEASE OF YOUR FUNDS BY A SELECTIVE ARRANGEMENT. NOTE, TO ACHIEVE THAT I WILL USE A SOPHISTICATED DENSITY MICRO REMITTANCE INSTRUMENT KNOWN AS PROXY DISK WHICH IS ENTIRELY PROPERTY OF APEX BANKS USED FOR REMITTANCES ONLY. IT IS ONLY OFFICERS THAT WORKS IN THE REMITTANCE/TELEX SECTORS ARE ALLOWED TO HAVE ACCESS TO IT. MORE SO, THE PAYMENT WILL BE BY INSTALLMENTS, THE FIRST PAYMENT WILL BE BETWEEN $500,000 TO $1MILLION DOLLARS. THIS IS A SELECTIVE ARRANGEMENT THAT WORKS VERY FAST, ALL I NEED FROM YOU IS YOUR MAXIMUM CO OPERATION AND PROMPTNESS. TENTATIVELY, I CRAVE THAT I PART WITH 5% OF EVERY REMITTANCE TO YOUR ACCOUNT. MORE IMPORTANTLY,IF POSSIBLE I ADVICE THAT YOU FORWARD ANOTHER ACCOUNT FOR THIS PURPOSE PREFERABLY BUT WHEREBY YOU DON'T HAVE,WE CAN STILL MAKE USE OF THE OLD ONE ALREADY IN OUR SYSTEM. PLEASE, GIVE ME YOUR DIRECT TELEPHONE/FAX NUMBERS COUPLED WITH YOUR CONTRACT DETAILS BANK,CONTRACT AMOUNT AND CONTRACT NUMBERS. SIR, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE CAPABLE REPRESENTATIVES HERE IN NIGERIA, WELL EVEN IF YOU HAVE, I DON'T WANT YOU TO DISCLOSE MY DEALINGS WITH YOU TO THEM. FRANKLY I SAID THIS EMPHATICALLY AND AUTHORITATIVELY BASED ON THE INFORMATION ON THE GROUND THAT IF YOU KEEP PURSUING THIS MONEY THE WAY YOU HAVE BEEN GOING ABOUT IT EXPECTING WHEN THE WHOLE MONEY WILL BE PAID TO YOU IN BULK, I BET YOU IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS YOUR CASE IN THIS MATTER WILL REMAIN THE SAME. A TRIAL WILL CONVINCE YOU. THIS PERIOD IS THE MOST CONVENIENT AND SUITABLE TIME TO IMPLEMENT THIS ACTION HITCHES FREE AND SUCCESSFULLY. PLEASE, CALL ME ON THE RECEIPT OF THIS MAIL VERY IMPERATIVE FOR FURTHER DIRECTIVES. TREAT THIS MATTER WITH UTMOST EXPEDIENCY AND CONCERN. THANK YOU FOR THE ANTICIPATED COOPERATION. YOURS FAITHFULLY,
ENG.MUSA BELLO. DIRECTOR COMPUTER REMITTANCE DEPT CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA [
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