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From: Walters Skinner <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2020 10:12:04 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Release of Payment
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am mandated to inform you that the US FBI/Nigeria EFCC have been able to trap down some of the Nigeria scam artists which have been terrorizing the general public in the name of helping them to get their benefited fund or to indulge into business with the aim of defrauding the general public.
Upon the course of our investigations in collaboration with the Nigeria Economic and Financial Commission, we found some documents bearing your name, your address and your email address in the computer hard Disk and having reported this matter to the authority, some of these scam artist are now in government custody awaiting to appear at international criminal court in Hague Netherlands for criminal/fraud justice.
I am mandated to inform you that the fresh $308 million Nigeria former President Sani Abacha loot from United States February 5, 2020 are to be shared to those that their name and email addresses was found in the possession of the Nigeria scam artists as refund of loosed money in the form of cash payment which you are among. You are therefore to be compensating with the sum of One million Five hundred thousand united states dollars only ($1,500,000.00).
I want you to take your time to go through the following news and get back to me for processing of the release of the $1.5M to you.
Also we arrested some men who claimed to be bank officials, Contract managers, Barristers, Loan officers and Lottery Agents from the USA, UK, Bosnia, Bulgar Norway, Germany, Nigeria, Benin Republic, South Africa, Spain, Ghana who has been sending you and others bogus letters and SMS via your telephone numbers indicating that you have won a lottery which does not exist, claiming to release fund to you via ATM Card, proposing business which does not exist and those using some fake banks, Financial intelligence center, FBI, IMF, United Nations and World Bank to scam the general public.
Therefore, you are to contact me, reconfirm the below information for verification and instructions to guide you on the refund process of your money, as I am in position to notify you for immediate payment of this fund to you.
Warning: You are to stop all communications you are having with any person/persons, claiming to be agent, investor, loan officer or bank officials regarding any form of release of fund to you as their aim is to defraud you.
1. Your Full Name..2. Physical Address:..3. Occupation:4. Age and Sex:..5. Direct Telephone Number:.6. Country:.7. A copy of your identification:.
Yours in service,
Walter Skinner
US FBI special agent.