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Did you receive an email from "Prof. Charles C. Soludo" at "CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA" who says
"I want to assure you that there is light at the end of the tunnel after all the disappointment and frustrations that you have gone through in the hands of the fraudsters and impostors.The good news is that you can still receive your contract payment if you do the right thing"
If that isn't a clue to you that a scam is about to happen, then nothing will wake you up! The scammer will try to steal your identity and get you to send him money, but the text of the scam is so odd, it's hard to imagine anyone falling for it. If this email out-of-the-blue from an unknown foreigner offering to pay you absurd amounts of money for almost no work doesn't strike you as a scam, then you really need to read through a number of the scams on this website and familiarize yourself with their approach.
Prof. Charles C. Soludo (not his or her real name, obviously; that name is used in many similar scams: see this page and this page. hopes to con you into sending money for various "fees" to free the fortune. If you would like a step by step explanation of how this type of "Advance Fee Fraud" works, click here!
Notice (highlighted below) 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.:
THE DESK OF THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR.
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA,
CORPORATE HEAD QUARTERS,
TINUBU SQUARE, LAGOS.ATTN:,
IMMEDIATE CONTRACT PAYMENT/
NO:
MAV/NNPC/FGN/MIN/007
I want to assure you that there is light at the end of the tunnel after all the disappointment and frustrations that you have gone through in the hands of the fraudsters and impostors.The good news is that you can still receive your contract payment if you do the right thing.Please do not allow anybody to deceive and defraud you again.
I am the only person with the constitutional power and authority to transfer your contract payment. Without my signature no beneficiary will ever receive one cent from CBN. All the powers to transfer any contract payment belongs to me and to no one else.There is only one genuine CBN Governor and that is me and no other person.
The only way I can prove myself is to transfer your funds into your account within 14 banking days that you have fulfilled CBN transfer condition.You have suffered enough in the hands of the fraudsters It is now time for you to see the light and receive your contract payment. Stop listening to all the stupid,baseless and senseless stories from the fraudsters as to the reasons why your contract payment is being delayed.
They are not telling you the truth. The plain truth is that they do not have the power to effect your contract payment.
I am responsible for withholding your contract payment file,so if you like pay,pay, pay to the fraudsters until you are tired and frustrated of paying,you will still not receive one dollar until you adhere strictly to this genuine CBN transfer conditions. Contact me immediately you receive this letter through email if you are serious about receiving your contract payment.I will effect your transfer within 14 banking days that you have contacted me.
As a result of the on-going drive of the Federal Government to update it books and clear payment to all beneficiaries/contractors, I strongly recommend that you promptly respond to this immediate contract payment notification and if you are receiving this message on error, do humbly
get back to me immediately with this email below:
Thank you,
Prof. Charles C. Soludo
Executive Governor.
Central Bank of Nig. (CBN)
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