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From: "ENG. OWEN BROWN." <[email protected]>
Reply: [email protected]
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2020 00:55:01 -0700
Subject: RE: SOLUTION TO YOUR CONTRACT PAYMENT


CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
COMPUTER REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT
TINUBU SQUARE, LAGOS ANNEX.
DATE: 19TH MARCH 2020

DEAR SIR,

RE: SOLUTION TO YOUR CONTRACT PAYMENT

MY NAME IS ENG.OWEN BROWN, DIRECTOR COMPUTER REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT OF
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA; IT WAS RECENTLY THAT I RESUMED WORK IN THIS
DEPARTMENT.

MEANWHILE, YOUR FILE CASE WAS INTRODUCED TO BE BY ALAHAJI BOSS
MUSTAPHA WHO IS THE NEW SECRETARY TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA
WHO IS THE HEAD OF THE SERVICE NOW TO THIS APEX BANK, HAVING PERUSED
CAREFULLY OVER YOUR LONG OVER DUE PAYMENT, I FELT CONCERNED WHY YOU
HAVE NOT BEEN PAID EARLIER THAN NOW.

HOWEVER, IN THE LIGHT OF THIS, I BY THIS LETTER FOUND THE PLEASURE TO
CONTACT YOU PERSONALLY WITH A VIEW OF INFORMING YOU THAT THERE IS A
DEVICE A WORKABLE ONE AND IT WILL BE BETWEEN ME AND YOU SECRETLY TO
AFFECT THE RELEASE OF YOUR FUNDS BY A SELECTIVE ARRANGEMENT.

NOTE, TO ACHIEVE THAT I WILL USE A SOPHYSTICATED DENSITY MICRO
REMITTANCE INSTRUMENT KNOWN AS PROXY DISK WHICH IS ENTIRELY PROPERTY
OF APEX BANKS USED FOR REMITTANCES ONLY. IT IS ONLY OFFICERS THAT
WORKS IN THE REMITTANCE/TELEX SECTORS ARE ALLOWED TO HAVE ACCESS TO
IT.

MORE SO, THE PAYMENT WILL BE BY INSTALLMENTS, THE FIRST PAYMENT WILL
BE BETWEEN $300,000 TO $1MILLION DOLLARS.

THIS IS A SELECTIVE ARRANGEMENT THAT WORKS VERY FAST, ALL I NEED FROM
YOU IS YOUR MAXIMUM CO OPERATION AND PROMPTNESS.

TENTATIVELY, I CRAVE THAT I PART WITH 5% OF EVERY REMITTANCE TO YOUR ACCOUNT.

MORE IMPORTANTLY,IF POSSIBLE I ADVICE THAT YOU FORWARD ANOTHER ACCOUNT
FOR THIS PURPOSE PREFERABLY BUT WHEREBY YOU DONT HAVE,WE CAN STILL
MAKE USE OF THE OLD ONE ALREADY IN OUR SYSTEM. PLEASE, GIVE ME YOUR
DIRECT TELEPHONE/FAX NUMBERS COUPLED WITH YOUR CONTRACT DETAILS BANK,
CONTRACT AMOUNT AND CONTRACT NUMBERS.

SIR, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE CAPABLE REPRESENTATIVES HERE
IN NIGERIA, WELL EVEN IF YOU HAVE, I DON'T WANT YOU TO DISCLOSE MY
DEALINGS WITH YOU TO THEM.

FRANKLY I SAID THIS EMPHATICALLY AND AUTHORITATIVELY BASED ON THE
INFORMATION ON THE GROUND THAT IF YOU KEEP PURSUING THIS MONEY THE WAY
YOU HAVE BEEN GOING ABOUT IT EXPECTING WHEN THE WHOLE MONEY WILL BE
PAID TO YOU IN BULK, I BET YOU IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS YOUR CASE IN
THIS MATTER WILL REMAIN THE SAME. A TRIAL WILL CONVINCE YOU.

THIS PERIOD IS THE MOST CONVENIENT AND SUITABLE TIME TO IMPLEMENT THIS
ACTION HITCHES FREE AND SUCCESSFULLY.

PLEASE, CALL ME ON THE RECEIPT OF THIS MAIL VERY IMPERATIVE FOR
FURTHER DIRECTIVES.

TREAT THIS MATTER WITH UTMOST EXPEDIENCY AND CONCERN.

THANK YOU FOR THE ANTICIPATED COOPERATION.

YOURS FAITHFULLY,
ENG. OWEN BROWN.
DIRECTOR MONITORING DEPARTMENT/COMPUTER REMITTANCE DEPT
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA [CBN]