An Email with the Subject "DEAR VALUED CONTRACT BENEFICIARY." was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 02:59:08 -0700 and has been classified as a Advance Fee Fraud/419 Scam Email. The sender shows as "CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA" <atmcard@hackside.com>.
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-- CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA, INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT CORPORATE, HEAD QUARTERS TINUBU SQUARE, MARINA LAGOS NIGERIA.(CBN) OUR REF: CBN/IRD/CGX/NNPC/021/07 FROM THE DESK OF DR. SANNI KATSINA CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA, CONTACT OFFICE MAIL:(atmcard@hackside.net) ATTENTION: DEAR VALUED CONTRACT BENEFICIARY. FOLLOWING THE PROTEST OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY, THE WORLD BANK, INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF) AND THE INSTRUCTION BY THE PRESIDENT AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA (AHJ UMAR MUSA YAR,DUA) THAT ALL OUTSTANDING FOREIGN DEBTS ESPECIALLY NEXT OF KIN AND CONTRACT AWARD PAYMENTS SHOULD BE RELEASED TO THEIR OWNERS FORTHWITH UNCONDITIONALLY. IT IS WITH IMMENSE PLEASURE THAT I INFORM YOU ABOUT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND MANAGEMENT OF CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA CRUCIAL BOARD MEETING CONDUCTED RECENTLY AT ABUJA THAT ALL PAYMENTS HERE FORTH SHOULD BE ISSUED OUT ONLY VIA ATM/ATH CARD. THIS IS TO OFFICIALLY INFORM YOU THAT WE HAVE VERIFIED ON YOUR CONTRACT INHERITANCE FILE AND FOUND OUT THAT WHY YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED YOUR PAYMENT IS DUE TO THE FACT THAT YOU DID NOT FULFILL THE OBLIGATIONS GIVEN TO YOU IN RESPECT TO YOUR CONTRACT / INHERITANCE PAYMENT. SECONDLY WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT YOU ARE STILL DEALING WITH THE NONE OFFICIALS OF THIS BANK, SO SUCH ILLEGAL ACT LIKE THIS HAVE TO STOP IF YOU WISH TO RECEIVE YOUR PAYMENT. WE HAVE DECIDED TO BRING A SOLUTION TO YOUR PROBLEM; RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ARRANGED YOUR PAYMENT THROUGH OUR SWIFT CARD PAYMENT CENTER THAT IS THE LATEST INSTRUCTION BY OUR PRESIDENT, AHJ UMAR UMSA YAR,DUA (GCFR) FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA. THIS CARD CENTER WILL SEND YOU AN ATM CARD WHICH YOU WILL USE TO WITHDRAW YOUR MONEY/FUND IN AN ATM MACHINE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD, BUT THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF FUND YOU CAN WITHDRAW IS TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS PER DAY. IF YOU PREFER TO RECEIVE YOUR FUND THIS WAY, PLEASE DO NOTIFY THE CARD PAYMENT CENTER VIA THIS IS EMAIL: (atmcard@hackside.net) AND ALSO SEND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: 1. PHONE AND FAX NUMBER, 2. ADDRESS WERE YOU WANT THEM TO SEND THE CARD THROUGH CBN DIPLOMATIC COURIER SERVICE AND DELIVERED TO YOU HAND TO HAND (P.O BOX IS NOT ACCEPTED) 3. YOUR FULL NAME AND THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF YOUR FUND YOU ARE EXPECTING. PLEASE INDICATE TO THE CARD CENTER THE TOTAL SUM YOU ARE EXPECTING AND FOR YOUR INFORMATION YOU HAVE TO STOP ANY FURTHER COMMUNICATION WITH ANY BODY OR OFFICE. NOTE: BECAUSE OF IMPOSTERS, WE HEREBY ISSUED YOU OUR CODE OF CONDUCT, WHICH IS (46565) SO YOU HAVE TO INDICATE THIS CODE WHEN CONTACTING THE CARD CENTER. I WAIT FOR YOUR RESPONSE. DR. SANNI KATSINA P.R.O (ATM CARD CENTRE) CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN) TO ALL CONTRACTORS AND NEXT OF KIN BENEFICIARIES ACROSS THE GLOBE.