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Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 4:59 pm

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THE PRESIDENCY
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
[email protected]
[email protected]
www.nigeria.gov.ng

ATM CARD PAYMENT FOR FUND BENEFICIARIES
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
INTERNATIONAL CREDIT SETTLEMENT CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA.

ATTENTION BENEFICIARY:

I AM MR. FRANK NWEKE, NATIONAL SPECIAL ADVISER TO PRESIDENT OLUSEGUN OBASANJO
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AND MINISTER FOR INFORMATION.THIS IS TO OFFICIALY
INFORM YOU THAT WE HAVE VERIFIED YOUR CONTRACT/INHERITANCE FILE AND FOUND OUT
THAT WHY YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED YOUR PAYMENT IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOT
FUFILLED THE
OBLIGATIONS GIVEN TO YOU IN RESPECT OF YOUR CONTRACT / INHERITANCE PAYMENT.

SECONDLY WEHAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT YOU ARE STILL DEALING WITH THE NONE
OFFICIALS
IN THE BANK ALL YOUR ATTEMPT TO SECURE THE RELEASE OF THE FUND TO YOU. WE WISH
TO ADVIVE YOU THAT SUCH AN ILEGAL ACT LIKE THIS HAVE TO STOP IF YOU WISHES TO
RECEIVE YOUR PAYMENT SINCE WE HAVE
DECIDED TO BRING A SOLUTION TO YOUR PROBLEM.

RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ARRANGED YOUR PAYMENT THROUGH OUR SWIFT CARD PAYMENT CENTER
ASIA PACIFIC,THAT IS THE LATEST INSTRUCTION BY THE PRESIDENT CHIEF OLUSEGUN
OBASANJO(GCFR) FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA.

THIS CARD CENTER WILL SEND YOU AN ATM CARD WHICH YOU WILL USE TO WITHDRAW YOUR
MONEY IN ANY ATM MACHINE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD, BUT THE MAXIMUM IS US$1,500
PER DAY, SO IF YOU LIKE TO RECIEVE YOUR FUND THIS WAY PLEASE LET US KNOW BY
CONTACTING THE CARD PAYMENT CENTER AND ALSO SEND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:

1.YOUR FULL NAME
2.PHONE AND FAX NUMBER,
3.ADDRESS WERE YOU WANT THEM TO SEND THE ATM CARD
4.YOUR AGE AND CURRENT OCCUPATION
5.A COPY OF YOUR IDENTITY

DR. PATRICK AZIZA.
INTEGRATED PAYMENT DEPARTMENT
TEL: +234-1-4782972.
EMAIL TO CONTACT:[email protected]
THE ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER HAS BEEN MANDATED TO ISSUE OUT
$8,300,000.00 AS PART
PAYMENT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR 2007. ALSO FOR YOUR INFORMATION YOU HAVE TO STOP
ANY FURTHER COMMINUCATION WITH ANY OTHER PERSON(S) OR OFFICE(s). THIS IS TO
AVOID ANY HITCHES IN FINALIZING YOUR PAYMENT.

CALL ME ON MY DIRECT NUMBER +234-8032091736 OR EMAIL BACK AS SOON AS
YOU RECEIVE
THIS IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR FURTHER DIRECTION IN THIS REGARDS AND ALSO
UPDATE ME
ON ANY DEVELOPMENT FROM THE ABOVE MENTIONED OFFICE.

NOTE: THAT BECAUSE OF IMPOSTORS, WE HEREBY ISSUED YOU OUR CODE OF
CONDUCT, WHICH
IS (811) SO YOU HAVE TO INDICATE THIS CODE WHEN CONTACTING THE CARD CENTER.

Mr. Frank Nweke
Minister for Information
and National Orientation.
Cell Phone:+234-8032091736.
Email: [email protected]
Email: [email protected]

I have not had one of these before.

Baiting Guru Joined: 03 Mar 2006 Posts: 7101 Location: Yes

My guess is that card is going to cost you some nice sum to ship....

Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 6:21 pm

Inheritance scam. Similar to a safebox scam if you ask me. Not that I'm an expert or anything.

Edit: Or what les said below. Embarassed

Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 6:45 pm

ASEM by the lad looking to chop a dollar or two. Cool

Maybe he's lost his opening script. Laughing

Elite Baiter Joined: 01 May 2006 Posts: 1693

Hello

You have found two microsoft live sites here

http://ministerinfong.org/default.aspx
http://ministerforinformation.com/default.aspx

Send your post with this

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To whom it may concern
Below is an email from one of your sites

The format is a typical job scam/lottery/next of kin/scam and does dupe many millions from na�ve/gullible people.
The scammers are now using more of your sites for the only purpose to add a more professional email address to add more veracity to the scammers tale.
Your company hosting this fraudulent page is encouraging fraud and it could be construed that you are a third party in the scam. So close this site before some innocent person gets duped by these criminals.
I am sending a copy of this message to [email protected] this site was set up to counter all forms of Internet fraud and retains copies of all such abuse letters along with sufficient header information to allow them to be used as evidence of the date of this notification Should any victim wish to sue you for damages because you were knowingly hosting a fraudulent site, aa419 will provide this evidence as proof that you were aware of its fraudulent nature.
It is also noted that the opening of this sites require credit card authorisation and the scammers may use stolen credit card details to fund the sites.
Help us stamp out 419 scams. Shut down this website! For more information on 419 scams, please visit:
http://www.secretservice.gov/alert419.shtml
http://www.aa419.org
Microsoft live must immediately close these sites before they are used in fraudulent activities.
The email that was spammed

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Subject: ATM CARD PAYMENT.
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THE PRESIDENCY
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
[email protected]
[email protected]
www.nigeria.gov.ng

ATM CARD PAYMENT FOR FUND BENEFICIARIES
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
INTERNATIONAL CREDIT SETTLEMENT CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA.

ATTENTION BENEFICIARY:

I AM MR. FRANK NWEKE, NATIONAL SPECIAL ADVISER TO PRESIDENT OLUSEGUN OBASANJO
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AND MINISTER FOR INFORMATION.THIS IS TO OFFICIALY
INFORM YOU THAT WE HAVE VERIFIED YOUR CONTRACT/INHERITANCE FILE AND FOUND OUT
THAT WHY YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED YOUR PAYMENT IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOT
FUFILLED THE
OBLIGATIONS GIVEN TO YOU IN RESPECT OF YOUR CONTRACT / INHERITANCE PAYMENT.

SECONDLY WEHAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT YOU ARE STILL DEALING WITH THE NONE
OFFICIALS
IN THE BANK ALL YOUR ATTEMPT TO SECURE THE RELEASE OF THE FUND TO YOU. WE WISH
TO ADVIVE YOU THAT SUCH AN ILEGAL ACT LIKE THIS HAVE TO STOP IF YOU WISHES TO
RECEIVE YOUR PAYMENT SINCE WE HAVE
DECIDED TO BRING A SOLUTION TO YOUR PROBLEM.

RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ARRANGED YOUR PAYMENT THROUGH OUR SWIFT CARD PAYMENT CENTER
ASIA PACIFIC,THAT IS THE LATEST INSTRUCTION BY THE PRESIDENT CHIEF OLUSEGUN
OBASANJO(GCFR) FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA.

THIS CARD CENTER WILL SEND YOU AN ATM CARD WHICH YOU WILL USE TO WITHDRAW YOUR
MONEY IN ANY ATM MACHINE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD, BUT THE MAXIMUM IS US$1,500
PER DAY, SO IF YOU LIKE TO RECIEVE YOUR FUND THIS WAY PLEASE LET US KNOW BY
CONTACTING THE CARD PAYMENT CENTER AND ALSO SEND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:

1.YOUR FULL NAME
2.PHONE AND FAX NUMBER,
3.ADDRESS WERE YOU WANT THEM TO SEND THE ATM CARD
4.YOUR AGE AND CURRENT OCCUPATION
5.A COPY OF YOUR IDENTITY

DR. PATRICK AZIZA.
INTEGRATED PAYMENT DEPARTMENT
TEL: +234-1-4782972.
EMAIL TO CONTACT:[email protected]
THE ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER HAS BEEN MANDATED TO ISSUE OUT
$8,300,000.00 AS PART
PAYMENT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR 2007. ALSO FOR YOUR INFORMATION YOU HAVE TO STOP
ANY FURTHER COMMINUCATION WITH ANY OTHER PERSON(S) OR OFFICE(s). THIS IS TO
AVOID ANY HITCHES IN FINALIZING YOUR PAYMENT.

CALL ME ON MY DIRECT NUMBER +234-8032091736 OR EMAIL BACK AS SOON AS
YOU RECEIVE
THIS IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR FURTHER DIRECTION IN THIS REGARDS AND ALSO
UPDATE ME
ON ANY DEVELOPMENT FROM THE ABOVE MENTIONED OFFICE.

NOTE: THAT BECAUSE OF IMPOSTORS, WE HEREBY ISSUED YOU OUR CODE OF
CONDUCT, WHICH
IS (811) SO YOU HAVE TO INDICATE THIS CODE WHEN CONTACTING THE CARD CENTER.

Mr. Frank Nweke
Minister for Information
and National Orientation.
Cell Phone:+234-8032091736.
Email: [email protected]
Email: [email protected]

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Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 9:32 pm

Sorted, not had reply yet.

Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 9:44 pm

Had almost the same thing a day or two ago. Panned out heavy charges for delivery/insurance via WU, with the prospect of the card having a huge credit available on it.... PIP PIP housefly

Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 10:25 pm

Sent all information above and it returned a 404 error page not found.
Anything els we can do???

Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2007 11:41 pm

Thank you for submitting your issue to Support.

Your Support Ticket Number:1037088913
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Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2007 11:45 pm

Thank you for submitting your issue to Support.

Your Support Ticket Number:1037089058
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Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2007 11:48 pm

I had a similar letter only in my case they wanted me to buy them a special component for the bank's computer hard drive in order to access the money Laughing

. I just had to send them some money (via WU natch) so they could get the part and send me my inheritance. The wheel fell off their plan when I told them I could get hold of the part from a wholesaler in the UK and send it to them direct.

Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 2:01 am

sparkrightuk wrote:

Sent all information above and it returned a 404 error page not found.
Anything els we can do???

It means they're dead Very Happy

Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 2:05 am

Gnash,

I've got a lad telling me that I have the wrong version too. I now need the "red" version. Thing is I am not sure which bait this came from or if another Mugu is trying to chop someone's dolla. Shocked

I'll figure a way to sort out where this new lad came from... Too funny.

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"What sort of scam is this?"

A somewhat novel twist on an old advance fee scam.

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