Nigerian Contractor's scam

Lately i got an email from a Mr. Osaze Kelly who is the from the "Head Foreign Remittance Department" talking about my "overdue Contractors payments". Well I'll just let you read it.\

CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
CBN HEADQUARTER ANNEX, TINUBU SQUARE
TINUBU LAGOS NIGERIA.

YOUR IMMEDIATE CONTRACT PAYMENT
CONTRACT NO.: MAV/NNPC/FGN/MIN/009

DEAR: SIR / MADAM

FROM THE RECORDS OF OUTSTANDING CONTRACTORS DUE FOR PAYMENT WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA, YOUR NAME WAS DISCOVERED AS NEXT ON THE LIST OF THE OUTSTANDING CONTRACTORS WHO HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED THEIR PAYMENTS.

I WISH TO INFORM YOU THAT YOUR PAYMENT IS BEING PROCESSED AT THE MOMENT AND WILL BE RELEASED TO YOU AS SOON AS YOU RESPOND TO THIS LETTER; ALSO NOTE THAT FROM OUR FILE YOUR OUTSTANDING CONTRACT PAYMENT IS USD20,500,000.00 (TWENTY MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS).

KINDLY CONTACT MR. OSAZE KELLY HEAD FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT, CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA, DIRECT TEL: +234-8020886462, OFFICE EMAIL: [email protected], PRIVATE EMAIL: [email protected] WITH THE FOLLOWING DETAIL BELOW.

YOUR FULL NAME:
ADDRESS:
TELEPHONE:
MOBILE:
PRIVATE EMAIL:

AS SOON AS THIS INFORMATION IS RECEIVED, YOUR PAYMENT WILL BE MADE TO YOU VIA WIRE TRANSFER TO ANY NOMINATED BANK ACCOUNT OF YOUR CHOICE DIRECTLY FROM CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA.

YOURS FAITHFULLY

MR. SANUSI LAMIDO
EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA


Naturally I thought this was a scam from the beginning, so i sent an email back.

"Hello,

I just received an email from you about my outstanding contracting payments, i was just wondering if this is a legitimate email and if it is why havent you contacted me sooner.

kindest regards,
Ben"

Hi and welcome to Scamwarners.
100% scam of course. Advance fees will be needed before you can receive the imaginary contract payment.
Don't contact him again though from your real life email address. If you want to bait him, open a baiting email account with Gmail and join www.419eater.com first.
www.cbnnigerian.com was registered on 14th July 2009 for one year just for the email address. No attempt has been made to create a website.

(As I haven't yet tried to get a fake site closed, can I have this one please?)

Welcome to ScamWarners, Scamfinder111.

Arnold, send me a PM, I'll give you hand with getting the domain killed.

i got somethins similiar to that here is mine.
ENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT
TINUBU SQUARE LAGOS- NIGERIA

CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
ATM PAYMENT UNIT. IRD/CBX/021/010
SwiftCode: BPH KPL PK,



ATTENTION:FUND BENEFICIARY,

DIDN'T YOU RECEIVED THE MAIL I SENT TO YOU? KINDLY FORWARD YOUR INFORMATION.FOR
IMMEDIATE PROCEED AND DON'T DELAY.THIS IS TO OFFICIALLY INFORM YOU THAT WE HAVE
VERIFIED YOUR CONTRACT /INHERITANCEFILE AND FOUND OUT THAT WHY YOU HAVE NOT
RECEIVED YOUR PAYMENT IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOT FULFILLED THE OBLIGATIONS GIVEN
TO YOU IN RESPECT OF YOUR CONTRACT/INHERITANCE PAYMENT.

SECONDLY WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT YOU ARE STILL DEALING WITH THE NONE
OFFICIALS IN THE BANK. YOUR ENTIRE ATTEMPT TO SECURE THE RELEASE OF
THE FUND TO YOU.WE WISH TO ADVISE YOU THAT SUCH AN ILLEGAL ACT LIKE THIS HAS TO
STOP IF YOU WISH TO RECEIVE YOUR PAYMENT SINCE WE HAVE DECIDED TO BRING A
SOLUTION TO YOUR PROBLEM. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ARRANGED YOUR PAYMENT THROUGH OUR
SWIFT CARD PAYMENT CENTER ASIA PACIFIC, THAT IS THE LATEST INSTRUCTION FROM
MR.PRESIDENT,MUSA YAR'ADUA (GCFR) FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA.AND EFCC NIGERIA.
AS WELL THE INTERPOL AND FBI.

THIS CARD CENTER WILL SEND YOU AN ATM CARD WHICH YOU WILL USE TO WITHDRAW YOUR
MONEY IN ANY ATM MACHINE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD, BUT THE MAXIMUM IS TEN
THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS PER DAY. SO IF YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE YOUR FUND IN
THIS

FULL NAME......
FULL ADDRESS.....
PHONE AND FAX....
YOUR AGE....
SEX.....
CURRENT OCCUPATION....
ATTACH COPY OF YOUR IDENTIFICATION

CONTACT PERSON:

REV FR PAUL JOHN
DIRECTOR,ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT
EMAIL:[email protected]


THE ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER HAS BEEN MANDATED TO ISSUE OUT 8,300,000.00 USD AS
PART PAYMENT FOR THIS FISCAL OF YEAR 2010. ALSO FOR YOUR INFORMATION, YOU ARE
ADVISED TO STOP ANY FURTHER COMMUNICATION WITH ANY OTHER PERSON(S) OR OFFICE(S)
TO AVOID ANY HITCHES IN RECEIVING YOUR PAYMENT.

NOTE THAT BECAUSE OF IMPOSTORS/CROOKS, WE HEREBY ISSUED YOU OUR CODE OF
CONDUCT,WHICH IS (ATM/2010-009) SO YOU HAVE TO INDICATE THIS CODE WHEN
CONTACTING THE ABOVE CARD CENTER DIRECTOR BY USING IT AS CODE OF CONDUCT.

BEST REGARDS,
MR.SANUSI LAMIDO.
CHIEF AUDITOR TO THE PRESIDENT
F.R.N

Hi Earring

Welcome to Scamwarners.

Thank you for posting this email, scammers are always adjusting their scam formats so posting their current emails can be a huge help.

If you have any questions, please dont hesitate to ask

Hi,
those mails from Nigerian companies are all scams. I've already get 10 of those with checks to be sent and similar things...
don't even read that kind of mails cause, if U think about it, who will geave you money for free?