DR. SHAMSUDDEN USMAN (OFR)

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From:     DR. SHAMSUDDEN USMAN <emafank@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To:     federalministryoffinance170@yahoo.com
Subject:     ATTN : ARE YOU DEAD OR ALIVE ???
Date:     Tue, 1 Jul 2008 01:40:26 +0100 (BST) (Mon, 20:40 EDT)

FROM THE NEW ELECTED MINISTER:   DR. SHAMSUDDEN USMAN (OFR)        FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE,
SECRETARY: Mr. David Jones,
5th Floor, Annex 3, New Federal Secretariat Complex,
Shehu Shagari Way, Central Area
Abuja - Nigeria .
Direct Telephone: +234-8024-506-389

Attention: Sir,

My name is Mr. David Jones, I'm the personal Secretary to the new Minister of Finance, I'm directed to contact you by the Minister to urgently confirm from you if actually you know one Dr.Paul Okafor who claim to be your business associate/ partner in Nigeria .

The said Dr.Paul Okafor is claiming to us that you are dead and he will like to change all the Information that you gave to us as our bona fide beneficiary. Below is the new banking information were he wish to have this funds transferred to:-

Bank of America
6901 Northwest Expressway
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73132
Phone: 405-773-1683 Fax: 405-722-6005ABA: 103000017 (all other)
ABA: 026009593 (International)
ACCT. #:003042656833
ACCT: Name: FMS Investments Inc.
Signatory: Floyd M. Shealy

This development is coming now that the Ministry want to offset all your outstanding payments to all our legal foreign beneficiaries’ around the world in which your payment file was affected.

As you may know, the total amount in your favor is a total sum of $9.3million U.S Dollars. We need to confirm from you if it's really true that you are dead and If we did not hear from you it automatically means that you are actually dead and the information passed to us by Dr.Paul Okafor is correct.

You are to contact me through my email address as soon as you receive this message so as to know the true position of things with you so that we would not make any mistake in remitting your out-standing payment to a wrong person/account.

Your swift response will help this ministry a lot. Do email me with your full names and direct phone number for an easy communication, your age and occupation to this effect.

Best Regards,

DR. SHAMSUDDEN USMAN (OFR)
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE (FMF)
PERSONAL SECRETARY: MR. DAVID JONES.
ATTN:ARE YOU DEAD OR ALIVE???

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