Two mails from the Central Bank of Nigeria
Published September 24th, 2007
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Yesterday, I received a funny-looking html-formated mail from a “Barrister Goldstein”, acting for the “Central Bank of Nigeria”. It was quite difficult to understand anyting of it, and it had a funny bang of officiality, with beaurocratic wordings, Nigerian flags, an official logo… and centered text with links to a website that looks as if it hasn’t been updated since year 2000.
Today I received the followup, which in part explains the first mail.
But first things first. Here is the first “official” mail, sent from a hotmail address (SIC!). I’ve reformated it since I don’t want to post their original html mail:
from economic Development <eocd_7@hotmail.com>
reply-to barr.goldsteel@yahoo.com
to undisclosed-recipients <>
date Sep 23, 2007 8:42 AM
subject Attention
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY GOVERNOR
GENERAL-ADMINISTRATION
CBN/D-G/G.A/ATMSC/21/09/07/id/D.o./ihw*atmsc:m-t/Cbnatmscxxox5×9x3×06.
Web-site: www.nigeriabusinessinfo.com/cbn.htm3RD QUARTER YEAR 2007- FINAL FOREIGN DEBT PAYMENT NOTIFICATION CIRCULAR CBN /21/ 09 - 07.
Our Ref: CBN/IRD/CBX/021/06
With reference to the new Financial Fiscal Policy of this new Goverment of
Alhaji Umaru Musa Yara’dua.We apologise for the delay of your contract part payment and all the inconvenience this delay might have caused you.
The vision to encourage foreign investors by creating suitable and enabling environment for investment within the Shores of Federal Republic of Nigeria.
The Federal Government of Nigeria has resolved to pay foreign contractors owed.
And to inform you that, we have been been able to tap into the Information Technology super highway of e-banking and e-commerce, as a result we are ready to pay you in any of these mode of debt settlement / payment:
(1) By ATM SWIFT CARD to be delivered to you directly through diplomatic courrier means.
(2) By Swift Telegraphic WireTransfer to a nominated account of yours.
(You have to indicate in your response to this notification, which optional mode of payment you may wish this Bank to use to pay you.)
Please note that from the Presidential Instruction for your outstanding contract payment, Central Bank of Nigeria, have been directed and mandated to pay to you $12.7M only as part payment with the balance payable in the first financial fiscal quarter, year 2008.
Meanwhile provide the following information to confirm and update your records as contained in the file CBN/IRD/CBX/021/06 to facilitate your payment.
Board of Governors, Central Bank of Nigeria have been informed that you are still dealing with impostors and non- officials whom claim to be members of staff of Central Bank of Nigeria and top positioned Federal Government of Nigeria’s Public Servants.
Such acts must stop, if you wish to receive your payment.
Government for Federation, Federal Republic of Nigeria and Central Bank of Nigeria will no more entertain reports of loss of hard earned money by Esteemed Foreign Beneficiaries been owed respective legitimate fund by Government Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Central Bank of Nigeria and Government for Federation, Federal Republic of Nigeria , have concluded remittance / pay plans of your unclaimed fund.
Through, this Bank’s (CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA ) Over-sea’s Fiduciary Pay Agent.
By Swift Telegraphic Wire Transfer (KTT.) or through Atm Swift Card.
In accordance to directive from Office of President for Federation, Federal Republic of Nigeria , His Excellency, Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar’Adua (GCFR), President Federal Republic of Nigeria.
To receive your fund, do contact , Claims Officer, Central Bank of Nigeria: Dr. Michael Spiff: EMAIL: atmcenter@mail.ru
Send the following information to Office of Claims Officer, Central Bank of Nigeria.
1) Confirm Your Full Name.
2) Confirm Your Current Physical Domicile Address.
3) Confirm Your Phone, Fax and Mobile phone numbers.
4) Confirm Your Profession, Age and Marital Status.
5) Confirm Your Nationality.(These are for Administrative convience.)
You are warned, in your interest; stop any further communication with any institution or office claiming to have relevance to the payment of your unpaid fund out –side this Bank.
Note: To avoid impersonation, you are hereby issued a code of conduct reference number, which is Cbn/atmscxx0×5x9×3x06.
You must have to indicate this Central Bank of Nigeria Code of Conduct Reference Number on your letter when contacting, Claims Officer, Central Bank of Nigeria .
Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Betty Ifeoma
SecretaryOffice of Deputy Governor
General Administration
Central Bank of NigeriaFor:
Mr. O.S. Oduyemi
Deputy Governor (General Administration)
Central Bank of Nigeria (C.B.N.)For:
Professor Chukwuma .C. Soludo.
Chairman Central Bank of Nigeria Board of Directors &
Governor Central Bank of Nigeria.
Strange, isn’t it? Here is the followup, signed by Profesor Charles C. Soludo (strange that he changed his name since yesterday):
john ogbeka <moor.7@hotmail.com>
reply-to soludooffice003@yahoo.co.uk
to undisclosed-recipients <>
date Sep 24, 2007 12:42 PM
subject Attention: beneficiaryFrom the desk of:
PROF. CHARLES C. SOLUDO
GOVERNOR, CENTRAL BANK NIGERIA
DIRECT TELEPHONE:+2348077840279
charlesc020@yahoo.co.ukAttention: beneficiary
This is to officially 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 fulfilled the obligations given to you in respect of your contract/inheritance payment. Right now we have arranged your payment through our swift card payment center Asia pacific, thatis the latest instruction from Mr. President, Musa Yar¡¯Adua (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 Six thousand, five hundred united states dollars per day. so if you like to receive your fund in this way, please let us know by sending the following information as listed below.
1. Full name
2. Phone and fax number
3. Address were you want them to send the ATM card to
(p.o box not acceptable)
4. Your age and current occupation
5. Attach copy of your identification
the ATM card payment center has been mandated to issue out
$10,300,000.00 as part payment for this fiscal year 2007. Also for your information, you have to stop any further communication with any other person(s) or office(s)to avoid any hitches in receiving your payment.
Note that because of impostors, we hereby issued you our code of
conduct,which is (ATM-811) so you have to indicate this code when replying by using it as your subject.
Wait for your expedite response.
YOURS SINCERELY,
PROFESSOR CHARLES C. SOLUDO
GOVERNOR, CENTRAL BANK OF NIGIA
October 6th, 2007 at 8:28 pm
I got the same message. This is junk mail
October 26th, 2007 at 7:45 pm
This initially started on 8/26 for a E-lottery and then proceeded on 10/24 with the info about the swift card payment centre. What could this scam ultimately do to if you were to give them all information they seek? Identity theft ? I also recieved on from the one noted below…Esther Koffi.
November 13th, 2007 at 4:02 pm
I recieved the same email almost word for word just different names.
December 3rd, 2007 at 2:29 am
Yes I have some too. Nigerian Forign Payment Investigation Acency. ETC..
They say”further notice has been sent to the FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI)WASHINGTON DC OF YOUR COUNTRY INCOLABORATION to ensure genuine and success implementation of all payment done by the Central Bank of Nigeria.over funds owed to Contractors. We shalfurther monitor your funds until you receive your payment”
December 5th, 2007 at 11:27 am
Hello has been disbursed through you my check how I cashed
My name is / raed tawfeek hosen habroundahman
Amount / 12,500,000
Pennekkm of how Dismiss check Please react immediately
December 6th, 2007 at 5:54 am
I too have received letters like these, 4 since oct. At first I just deleted them, but by the third one I was getting curious! I decided to go to trusty old BBB (better business bureau for the kids out there!) Surprise!!!! they had a review of them. BBB couldn’t say exactly what they were up to but they could say NOBODY has ever reported getting any money from them. If it sounds too good to be true than it probably is or so granny used to say!!
December 6th, 2007 at 12:07 pm
I have also received such a mail from office of the Director of Operation ATM payment department(CBN).
I do not know about the mail & why they have sent a mail .
December 13th, 2007 at 7:27 am
D.Gawade Says:
November 29 th, 2007 at 12:07 pm
I have also received such a mail from office of the Director of Operation ATM payment department(CBN).
I do not know about the mail & why they have sent a mail .
December 13th, 2007 at 7:27 am
D.Gawde Says:
November 29t th, 2007 at 12:07 pm
I have also received such a mail from office of the Director of Operation ATM payment department(CBN).
I do not know about the mail & why they have sent a mail .
January 9th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
If you respond with them they will eventually get to a request for your credit card number OR request a wire transfer of money to them to bribe some official to release your supposed money. It is all phoney and many have fallen for it thinking to get rich quick. Do some Google search on Nigerian scams and you will find out that they get your money and you get screwed.
January 13th, 2008 at 6:20 am
Hey , I have received such mails from two different people .
Here are their mail Ids .
atmfunds_remmittance@yahoo.de
“OFFICE OF THE SENATE HOUSE” [ I tried to get in touch with this lady but her mailbox is temporially disabled .
I have already provided my details to them and I got a mail that their agent will come down to my country and asked to me to bear the custom ( VAT ) charges .
Thanks and Regards,
Pinky
January 16th, 2008 at 5:17 am
IN THE LAST 7 MONTHS, IVE BEEN ASKED TO SEND OVER 5 THOUSAND, HERE IS A LIST OF NAMES, TO WATCH FOR THEY ALL COULD BE (CHARLES SOLUDO,) 1.GENERAL PETER OLU 2.CHIEF DANJUMA THEOPHLUS
3.TUNDE LEMO 4.A.O. ONI, 5. DAVE GODWIN 6.BENEDICT ARINZE ANTHONY 7. KACHI TAIWO 8.DR. PATRICK AZZIZA,9.MARIA OMOH 10.CC GENET 11.ADAMUMUA 12.PROF: KACHI TAIWO 13.KINGSLEY AGWOR 14.RAYMOND DOUGLAS 15.DAVID DOSSANTOS 16.SADIQ ALMAN 17.PATRICK AZZIA 18.JOHN MBAH 19. ARINZE ANTHONY 20.SAIQ ALMAN 21.MRS. MARIA ONOH 22.HANNATU RAJI 23.PETER FISHER24.PROF:CHUKWUMA SOLUDO 25.ANDREW WOLEY LAST BUT NOT LEAST 26. ON THE HIT LIST DAVID MARKS
THEY ALL CLAIM TO BE WORKING FOR CENTRAL BANK NIGERIA, AND PRESIDENT UNARU MUSA YAR”ADUA AND ARE USEING HIS SEAL AND THE BANKS, THEY,VE EVEN USED INTELLIGENCE MONTORING NETWORK. AND IN CHARGE OF MY 100,000.000.00.. HA!IVE GOTTEN THE SAME EMAILS AS THE OTHERS AND TELEPHONE CALLS..THE REFERANCE CODES, TELEPHONE NUMBERS,NOW SOMEONE CALLING THEMSELF OUR FBI US DIRECTOR. HE NOW HAS EMAILED ME TO CORPERATE WITH MR.CHARLES SOLUDO BECAUSE IT IS 100% CORRECT.(YEA)IS IT CHARLES, OR CHUCK? YOU NEVER KNOW..LOL.I WONT MY MONEY..I WONT MY INHERITANCE.YEA RIGHT NOW..
January 16th, 2008 at 8:32 pm
Don’t believe any of it, it is all scams, I know a lady that lost her off shore banking business because of a scam like this, my opinion, she was an idiot. When thesre emails come from Nigeria or South Africa (as a matter of fact any country in Africa), they are all scams. Think of it this way, a country that is soaked in poverty and debt and they are contacting you in the US or other better off country to tell you that you have millions there. Please if you have a brain, the answer is obvious. If you guys are at least a little educated, you should know better than than. Best regards and don’t fall for that crap
January 25th, 2008 at 12:19 am
Dear Hon Sir
I did not sign any deed assesment, if things to direct to my spouse name details are you might have it.
Yor Ref: CP/EF/CCI/CP/C/4/2005
I received chanaging of account -via email address - p.soludo89@yahoo.com
Please do the accordingly-awaiting early reply
January 26th, 2008 at 12:42 am
From: “STEVEN JAMES” Add to Address Book Add Mobile Alert
Subject: Immediate Release of Your FUND Via ATM CARD
Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2008 11:32:59 -0800
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR Zaria Street, Off Samuel Akintola Street, Garki 11, Garki-Abuja. Our Ref: FGN/CBN/NIG/06/2007. Your Ref…………………………. From The Desk Of Prof. STEVEN JAMES Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) SUBJECT: Immediate Release of Your FUND Via ATM CARD Attention: ATM Card Beneficiary, I wish to use this medium to inform you that your CONTRACT/INHERITANCE Payment of USD$10,000,000.00 (Ten Million United States Dollars) from CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA have been RELEASED and APPROVED for onward transfer to you via an ATM CARD which you will use to withdraw all the USD$10,000,000.00 in any ATM SERVICE MACHINE in any part of the world, but the maximum you can withdraw in a day is USD$10,000.00 Only We have mandated IBTC CHARTERED BANK PLC, to send you the ATM CARD and PIN NUMBER which you will use to withdraw all your USD$10 Million Dollars in any ATM SERVICE MACHINE in any part of the world, but the maximum you can withdraw in a day is USD$10,000.00 Only. You are therefore advice to contact the Head of ATM CARD Department of IBTC CHARTERED BANK PLC; Contact Person: Mr. BROWN SMITH, Office email address: brownsmith2020@yahoo.com.sg . Tell Mr. Mr. BROWN SMITH, that you received a message from the CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA. Instructing him to send you the ATM CARD and PIN NUMBER which you will use to withdraw your USD$10 Million Dollars in any ATM SERVICE MACHINE in any part of the world, also send him your direct phone number and contact address where you want him to send the ATM CARD and PIN NUMBER to you. We are very sorry for the plight you have gone through in the past years. Thanks for adhering to this instruction and once again accept our congratulations. Best Regards. Prof.Steven James. Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
January 26th, 2008 at 10:03 am
It is not only Nigeria that do these scams….the UK also has tons of them….I get at least two from each country…….every day. The latest one, is from Nigeria, offering compensation to those who were scammed in the amount of 1 million dollars….again, another scam. I cannot believe that people fall for these things.
January 27th, 2008 at 12:25 pm
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
TINUBU SQUARE,VICTORIA ISLAND,LAGOS-NIGERI
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
TINUBU SQUARE LAGOS
From The Desk Of:
Professor Charles Soludo,
Executive Governor,
Central Bank Of Nigeria .
ATTN: Honourable Contractor,
RE: IMMEDIATE CONTRACT PAYMENT CONTRACT #: AV/NNPC/FGN/MIN/009
ATTN: Honourable Contractor
On behalf of the entire Staff of the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Federal Government of Nigeria
in collaboration with IMF and World Bank. We apologise for the delay of your Contract Payment and
all the Inconveniences you encountered while pursuing this payment.
However,from the Records of outstanding Contractors due for payment with the Federal Government of
Nigeria, your Name and Company was discovered as next on the list of the outstanding Contractors who
have not yet received their payments.
I wish to inform you now that the square peg is now in square hole and your payment is being
processed and will be released to you as soon as you respond to this letter.
Also note that from the record in my file, your outstanding Contract Payment is US$15,500,000.00
(Fifteen Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars only).
Kindly re-confirm to me the followings:
(1) Your full name…………
(2) Phone, fax and mobile #……………….
3) company’s name,………….position………………. and address, ……………profession,
…………age ………..and marital status…………….
4) Banking information’s, Name of the bank,…………….. address……………….. and
telephone/ fax number of the bank……………..
5) Copy of int’l passport or any scanned identity to prove yourself. …………………..
6)Home equity. yes/No,
As soon as the above mentioned details are received, your payment will be made to you via
diplomatic courier delivery inaccordance to World Bank and IMF recommendations. A diplomat with
international travel immunity will be contracted to deliver the funds at your doorstep. REPLY ME ON
MY DIRECT E-MAIL:soludocbngvn@sify.com
YOURS SINCERELY,
PROFESSOR CHARLES C. SOLUDO,
Executive GOVERNOR, CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN).
FUND DELIVERY NOTIFICATION
January 30th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
I’ve been recieving mail like this for about 6 years and am extremeley tired of it I have recieved letters about inheritency, to moneylaundering, to poor old widows who wish only to share there husbands vast wealth. today however I was pushed to breaking point, when I received a letter from a supposed US solder fighting in Iraq, who stumbled upon a vast fortune seeking my help to get it into the country. whoever is doing these things realy needs to stop, and be imprisoned for there actions. Cause no matter how you look at it this is fraud.
February 2nd, 2008 at 6:09 am
I have received the following mail:
ATTENTION:Adhikram Chatterjee,
My office was in the receipt of your mail this morning and the content well noted, meanwhile, without taken much of your time your funds payment will be programmed by Bank Draft and it will be send to you on monday 4th January 2008.
Note that some charges will be required from you before the funds will be finally released to you and you cannot be able to afford the charges because it will cost you over $500,000. United States Dollars and this fee should be paid by you before the final release of your funds payment because no one has the right here to touch or wittdraw any money from your contract/inheritance sum without your wittiness and this law was given by the new President Alhaji Musa Yar’Adua because of fraud activities going on here in Nigeria.
Therefore, I will advise you to write a written note to the Office of Mr. President Federal Republic of Nigeria ( Alhaji Musa Yar’Adua) and apply for Deduction Certificate, so that all the charges will be deducted from your contract/inheritance payments before the final release of your funds payment.
Please you should keep this very confidential for the safety of my job because we don’t operate in such way, other Government Officials may write or call you to know from you who gave you the idea of requesting for the deduction certificate from Mr. President, please never renege the secret to anyone.
Once Mr. President granted the Deduction Certificate to you, your funds payment will become history in your city, you should also disregard every communications for now because a lot of corrupt Nigerians Government Officials knows that your funds payment has been approved by Federal Government of Nigeria, and I so much know that they will be reaching you from all angle to see whether they will deceive you not to receive your funds payment because they all knows that once you received your funds payment no other means to defraud you again.
Finally, write the written note and apply for the Deduction Certificate immediately and the written note should be sent via my Emil box, so that I will pass it to the Office of Mr. President.
I could have given you the direct Email Address of Mr. President but because of fraud activities going on here in Nigeria , Mr. President warned all the Government Officials not to be given out his contact information to any body.
I am waiting for the written note, so that I will pass it to Mr. President.
Regards
PROFESSOR CHARLES C. SOLUDO,
GOVERNOR, CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN)
OFFICE: PHONE: 234-1-7766734.
CELL PHONE:234-80-32756690
February 2nd, 2008 at 1:20 pm
I have recieved as same the other friends, too.
that is junkkk.
be carefull everyone.
February 9th, 2008 at 8:51 am
It’s all a scam my sister in law lost her house to a barrister something in africa and now they are sending me these junk mails can our government do something about these intruders and scams on our behalf?
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Zaria Street, Off Samuel Akintola Street,
Garki 11, Garki-Abuja.
Our Ref: FGN/CBN/NIG/06/2007.
From The Desk Of
Prof. Charles Soludo
Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)
SUBJECT: Immediate Release of Your FUND Via ATM CARD
Attention: ATM Card Beneficiary,
I wish to use this medium to inform you that your CONTRACT/INHERITANCE
Payment of USD$10,000,000.00 (Ten Million United States Dollars) from
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA have been RELEASED and APPROVED for onward
transfer to you via an ATM CARD which you will use to withdraw all the
USD$10,000,000.00 in any ATM SERVICE MACHINE in any part of the world,
but the maximum you can withdraw in a day is USD$10,000.00 Only
We have mandated CITI BANK NA to send you the ATM CARD and
PIN NUMBER which you will use to withdraw all your USD$10 Million
Dollars in any ATM SERVICE MACHINE in any part of the world, but the
maximum you can withdraw in a day is USD$10,000.00 Only.
You are therefore advice to contact the Head of ATM CARD Department of
CITIBANK N.A NIGERIA
Contact Person: Mr. Peter Klaus,
Office No +234 8081001389
Tell Mr. Peter Klaus, that you received a message from the CENTRAL
BANK OF NIGERIA. Instructing him to send you the ATM CARD and PIN
NUMBER which you will use to withdraw your USD$10 Million Dollars in
any ATM SERVICE MACHINE in any part of the world, also send him your
direct phone number and contact address where you want him to send the
ATM CARD and PIN NUMBER to you.
We are very sorry for the plight you have gone through in the past
years. Thanks for adhering to this instruction and once again accept
our congratulations.
Best Regards.
Mrs brown
for
Prof. Charles C. Soludo.
Executive Governor,
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
February 21st, 2008 at 6:34 pm
Dear sir/madam….!
My name is dumindu pabasara premarathna.
I`m from sri lanka.
I have recive an e-mail from federal senete house, As i chosen to resive
10 milian USD ( 10,00000.00$)
seelakarunaa@yahoo.com
according to them, This e-mail address is the winner e-mail address.
That is my e-mail address.
Also they informed me my fund is still in the Central bank.
Still i`m reciving meny e-mails from meny office… For example today i have recive an e-mail from oceanic bank,
They are asking me for 900$ For make doccuments…
Eney way dear sir/madam.
Please tell me is that true..?
Is there have a fund in your bank under my name..?
I`m weating for reply from you soon.
Please reply this e-mail address
seelakarunaa@gmai.com
Have a nice day?