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From: "EFCC FUNDS RECOVERY DEPT"<[email protected]>
Reply: <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 23 May 2019 18:14:26 +0100
Subject: REPLY TO CONFIRM
FROM:EFCC FUNDS RECOVERY AND COMPENSATION DEPT
ECONOMICAL FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION (EFCC)
NO 15/18 AWOLOWO ROAD, IKOYI,
LAGOS.NIGERIA.
Attention Beneficiary,
This is to Notify you that the formal chairman of THE ECONOMIC
FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION MR. IBRAHIM LAMORDE has been removed from
the office due to corruptions and has been replaced by MR IBRAHIM
MUSTAFA MAGU as the acting chairman of the (EFCC) in conjunction
with United Nation (UN) with Office in Nigeria. We have been working
towards the suppression of fraudsters and scam in Western part of
Africa, with the help of United States Government and the (ECOWAS)
we have been able to tracked down so many of this scam artist in
various parts of West African countries which includes (NIGERIA,
REPUBLIC OF BENIN, TOGO, GHANA, CAMEROON, SENEGAL LONDON and others
countries in the world) and they are all in our custody here in Lagos
Nigeria. We have been able to recover some money from these scammers.
The United Nation Anti-crime commission and the United State
Government have ordered that the money recovered from them should be
shared among 100 Lucky people around the globe. This message is being
directed to you because your email address was found in one of the
scam Artists file and computer hard disk in our custody here in
Nigeria. You have been nominated for compensation of $5,500, 000) FIVE
Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars.You were selected
through a just concluded random computer ballot system, and you were
among the few selected beneficiary to be compensated at the ongoing
2019 compensation program.
According to the record we have here, this Scam Artists has defrauded
a lot of people of their hard earned currencies, as they claims to be
Barristers/Bank officials,Military Soldiers, Face book Friends,
Lottery Agents, Financial Loan Assistance, next of kin funds transfer
and job offer which do not really exist. Since your email address
appeared among the beneficiaries who will receive this compensation of
Five Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars only,
Furthermore, adequate arrangement has been put in place for your
approved payment to be remitted to you via issuance of a Platinum Visa
Debit Card that can be accessible at any inter-switch cash machine
anywhere in the world
Finally; for the purpose of proper verification of your claims, it is
imperative that you furnish us with the following of your details
necessary to process release/remittance of your payment:
Your Full Name(s):
Your Direct Telephone Number:
Contact Mailing Address( For Your Visa Card Delivery)
Age:
Profession:
Photocopy of any I.D you may have:
We sincerely congratulate you on behalf of the President and the good
citizens of Nigeria/London for this allotted compensation payment
We will have the bank uploaded your funds on the ATM Debit Cash Card
as soon as this is done, we will send a scanned copy of the ATM card
to you before it will proceed to dispatch the card directly to your
nominated mailing address by certify courier service.
So you absolutely have nothing to worry about as all we need is your
prompt response and co-operation. We guarantee you 100% safety
Thanks and we will await your prompt response.
Mr.Kenneth Babetunde
For Economic and Financial Crimes Commission