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From: <howard2008@mysinamail.com>
Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2008 17:55:55 +0800
Subject: IMMEDIATE PAYMENT NOTIFICATION VALUED AT US$25 MILLION
ECO BANK NIGERIA PLC
FOREIGN OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT
#2 AJOSE ADEOGUN STREET,
VICTORIA ISLAND LAGOS-NIGERIA
Our Ref: EBN-0XX2/987/2007
Dear Sir/Madam,
IMMEDIATE PAYMENT NOTIFICATION VALUED AT US$25 MILLION
It is my humble obligation to write you this message in confirmation of your fund payment through our honorable bank (ECOBANK). I am Dr. Howard Miller, The Director, foreign operations department Ecobank Nigeria Plc.Umar Musa Yar? Adua, the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has empowered my bank after much consultation and consideration to handle all international payment.
As the newly appointed/approved international paying bank, we have been instructed by the Federal Ministry of Finance in conjunction with the Senate Committee on national Debt and the Board of National Contract Review Panel to release your over due contract funds; contract #: MAV/NNPC/FGN/MIN/007, Transaction #: CBC/RXC/234 with Allocation #: EBN/X44/701BZ/FG/NG.
Be informed that we have verified your payment agreement file as directed to us; your name is next on the list of our outstanding contractors to received payment at the second quarter of the year. Be advised that because of too many beneficiaries of inheritance due for payment at this second quarter of the year, you are entitled to receive the sum of Twenty Five Million United States Dollars (US$25,000,000) only, as part payment so as to enable us pay other beneficiaries.
To facilitate with the process of this transaction, please kindly re-confirm the following information below:
1) Your full name and address
2) Phones, Fax and Mobile #.
3) Name of your company, position and address
4) Profession, age and marital Status.
5) Copy of your driver?s license for identification
As soon as we receive the above stated information, your payment will be released directly to your nominated bank account without any further delay.
Yours faithfully,
DR. HOWARD MILLER
DIRECTOR, FOREIGN OPERATIONS
Email:drhoward020@gmail.com
Phone: +234-8088442687
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