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Did you receive an email from a "SENATOR DAVID MARK or DR BABA GENA" from "OFFICE OF THE SENATE HOUSE, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA " who says:
"WE, THE ENTIRE MEMBERS OF THE FEDERAL HOUSE OF SENATE, ON BEHALF OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT, UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE CIVILIAN HEAD OF STATE, PRESIDENT UMARU MUSA YAR'ADUA AND THE GOVERNOR OF CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA , PROF CHARLES SOLUDO HELD A MEETING LAST WEEK CONCERNING PAYMENT , BOTH FOREIGN AND LOCAL CONTRACTORS AND SOME INHERITANCE FUNDS. "?
Isn't it great that OFFICE OF THE SENATE HOUSE, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA wants to compensate you? And to think, we thoughtOFFICE OF THE SENATE HOUSE, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA was poor, but they have money to give away!
Of course, it is a scam! And although "SENATOR DAVID MARK or DR BABA GENA" says you are being compensated, ultimately, there will be "courier fees" or security fees or something that will require them to send you a check (which will be counterfeit), have you deposit it in your bank, then Western Union money back to them.
If you would like a step by step explanation of how this type of "Advance Fee Fraud" works, click here!
Notice some of the other obvious signs that this is a scam are poor spelling , use of free Yahoo/Hotmail/etc email accounts, proposals that make no sense, etc.:
--- infsenate123@hotmail.com wrote:
From: "SENATE HOUSE NIGERIA"<infsenate123@hotmail.com>
To: undisclosed-recipients: ;
Subject: ###### PAYMENT RELEASE ORDER ######
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:40:04 +0100OFFICE OF THE SENATE HOUSE
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN PAYMENT
(RESOLUTIONPANEL ON CONTRACT PAYMENT)
IKOYI-LAGOS NIGERIA
E-mail: infosenate14@freenet.de
OUR REF: FGN /SNT/STB YOUR REF.................
ATTN: BENEFICIARY ,
WE, THE ENTIRE MEMBERS OF THE FEDERAL HOUSE OF SENATE, ON BEHALF OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT, UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE CIVILIAN HEAD OF STATE, PRESIDENT UMARU MUSA YAR'ADUA AND THE GOVERNOR OF CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA , PROF CHARLES SOLUDO HELD A MEETING LAST WEEK CONCERNING PAYMENT , BOTH FOREIGN AND LOCAL CONTRACTORS AND SOME INHERITANCE FUNDS.
ON GOING THROUGH FILES YESTERDAY, WE DISCOVERED THAT YOUR FILE WAS DUMPED UNTREATED , SO AT THIS JUNCTURE, WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE DELAY OF YOUR PAYMENT AND PLEASE STOP COMMUNICATING WITH ANY OFFICE NOW AND ATTENTION TO THE APPOINTED OFFICE BELOW FOR YOU TO RECEIVE YOUR PAYMENT ACCORDINGLY .
NOW YOURE NEW PAYMENT REFERENCE NO.-NXX60021, ALLOCATION NO: NXX632 PASSWORD NO : NX9331 , PIN CODE NO: EX5674 AND YOUR CERTIFICATE OF MERIT PAYMENT NO : D103 , RELEASED CODE NO: HX0763; IMMEDIATE TELEX CONFIRMATION NO: -SX14433.
NOW YOU ARE DIRECTED TO CONTACT THE OFFICE OF THE PAYMASTER GENERAL FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA SIR TONY EZEH JR IMMEDIATELY FOR YOUR IMMEDIATE TRANSFER OF YOUR FUND AND ALSO FAX OR ATTACH YOUR BANKING DETAILS AS STATED BELLOW TO HIM .
YOUR BANK NAME:
BANK ADDRESS:
YOUR BANK ACCOUNT NO:
YOUR ACCOUNT NAME :
YOUR BANK ROUTING NO:
YOUR DIRECT TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBER
YOUR AGE AND OCCUPATION.
THIS IS TO AVOID MISTAKE WHILE TRANSFERRING YOUR OVERDUE PAYMENT TO YOU.
CONTACT :SIR TONY EZEH JR EMAIL:- paymaster32@hotmail.com DIRECT PHONE :- +2348038767439 .INFORM HIM THAT YOU RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM THE FEDERAL HOUSE OF SENATE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA , INSTRUCTING YOU TO CALL HIM FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF YOUR FUND.
THE PAYMASTER GENERAL HAS BEEN MANDATED TO ISSUE OUT USD15.5MILLION AS PART PAYMENT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR 2008. ALSO FOR YOUR INFORMATION, YOU HAVE TO STOP ANY FURTHER COMMUNICATION WITH ANY OTHER PERSON(S) OR OFFICE(S) TO AVOID ANY HITCHES IN RECEIVING YOUR PAYMENT. FOR ORAL DISCUSSION,
NOTE: THAT BECAUSE OF IMPOSTORS, WE HEREBY ISSUED YOUR SECRET PAYMENT CODE AS STATED ABOVE ( CODE NO: XXTN013) SO YOU HAVE TO INDICATE THIS CODE WHEN CONTACTING THE PAYMASTER GENERAL BY USING IT AS YOUR SUBJECT
BEST REGARDS
SENATOR DAVID MARK DR BABA GENA
SENATE PRESIDENT SECRETARY OF THE FEDERATION
(FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA)
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