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An Email with the Subject "YOUR PAYMENT IS READY NOW" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Mon, 08 Nov 2010 18:19:40 -0800 and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email. The sender shows as "Mr. Chima Beko" <chimabeko@live.com>.
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Dear Genuine Beneficiary, I hope that you have received my previous mails concerning your funds transfer? Today the Central Bank has resolved to pay you through Citibank, based on the directives we received from office of the presidency to make sure you receive your funds this week, otherwise we should tag your payment file with Red Flag and place your approved funds on suspense account without any fear of favour. Based on the latest development today, Central Bank is ready to release your funds what of $10.5m to you through Citibank within 48 banking hours upon your payment of the required Clean Bill fees, office of the presidency has advise that you pay only $260 (Two Hundred and Sixty United State dollars) for the Clean Bill, because president him self has noticed that you have lost so much money in hands of corrupt CBN officials and African fraudsters. I advise that you raise the required $260 urgently and send immediately. Your transaction Pin Code is CBN-67-89-10-CITIB; remember to keep your transaction code securely to avoid undue complications. Note that the administrator payment needs these details from you to process your payment: Receiver name----------------- Country----------------------- City-------------------------- Tel--------------------------- Test question----------------- Answer------------------------ sex___________________________ age___________________________ Send the $260 (Two Hundred and Sixty United State dollars) via western Union or Money Gram Money transfer. Try to send it as soon as you receive this good news, so that we can forward your transaction details to Citibank to credit your account within 48hours.Note that your urgent handling of this matter is very important to avoid complications in the scheme of the transaction as schedule. Name: JAMES UCHE NWAOGU Location: Lagos Nigeria Test Question: HEAD Test Answer: OFFICE Amount: USD$260 I wait your urgent reply with the MCTN, senders name and address, pay serious attention to this office alone to enable us serve you better and cease communication with any other CBN office or correspondent banks any where in the world for your own interest. Thanks Mr. Chima Beko Director Credit Control, Central Bank of Nigeria Phone+234-1-8936972 Email: chimabek@hotmail.com Cc: Office of the Presidency Cc: Federal Ministry of Finance Cc: Citibank Group