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From: CONTACT PAYMENT OFFICIAL NOTICE <mailbox1111@emsergipe.com>
Reply-To: cbn_secuitpaymentunit204@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 12:01:53 -0300
Subject: OFFICIAL PAYMENT NOTICE
=20 FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA =20 CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA TINUBU SQUARE, VICTORIA ISLAND LAGOS.=46rom the desk of=20Professor. Charles c. soludothe executive governor=20Central bank of Nigeria (CBN)Tinubu square, Victoria IslandLagos-Nigeria.=20Tel: 234-8035650123=20(office of the governor)=20=20contract #: mav/nnpc/fgn/min/05009,Attention: honorable contractor.=20Immediate contract payment. Contract: # mav/nnpc/fgn/min/05009=20from the records of outstanding contractors due for payment with the fede=ral government of Nigeria, your name and company was discovered as next o=n the list of the outstanding contractors who have not yet received their= payments.=20i wish to inform you that your payment is being processed and will be rel=ease to you as soon as you respond to this letter. also note that from th=e record in my file your outstanding contract payment is usd$42,700,000.0=0(forty two million seven hundred thousand united state dollars.=20kindly re-confirm to me the followings:=201) your full name.---------------------2) phone, fax and mobile #.--------------3) company name, position and address.-----------------4) profession, age and marital status.--------------------5) copy of your identification, valid id or international passport.----=20as soon as this information is received, your payment will be made to you==2E in addition to this, you are required to indicate your method of paym=ent, if by wire transfer or by check.you can call me on my direct line {234-8035650123} as soon as you receive= this letter for further discussion get back to me on this=20e-mail: cbn_secuitpaymentunit204@yahoo.comThanks=20yours sincerely,=20prof Charles c. soludoexecutive governorcentral bank of Nigeria (CBN)TELEPHONE: - 234-8035650123
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