MR CHIKA ADAMS ECOBANK PLC has us$10,200,000.00 for you

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From:     MR CHIKA ADAMS ECOBANK PLC
Reply-To:     chika.adams@gmail.com
Subject:     Immediate ATM Payment Release Order
Date:     Sat, 13 Sep 2008 09:47:56 +0200 (CEST) (03:47 EDT)

>From the desk of:
Mr. Chika Adams
International Settlement Dept.
EcoBank Nigeria Plc
Our Ref: FGN/EBP/ATM-01/08
E-mail: chika.adams@gmail.com

Attention sir/madam,

                 Immediate ATM Payment Release Order

This is to officially inform you that we have verified your payment
file and found out that why you have not received your fund 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 all your attempt to secure the release of
the fund to you. We wish to advise you that such an illegal act like
this have to stop if you wishes 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 Economic
community of west African States (ECOWAS) and Nigerian Government.

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, so if
you like to receive your fund in this way, please let us know by
contacting us back and also send the following information as listed
below.

1. Full name
2. Phone and fax number
3. Address were you want them to send the ATM card to
    (p.o box not acceptable)
4. Your age and current occupation
5. Attach copy of your identification

We have been Mandated by the ECOWAS Parliament to issue out
us$10,200,000.00 payment for this fiscal year 2007. 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.

Note that because of impostors, we hereby issued you our code of
conduct, which is (ATM-811) so you have to indicate this code when
contacting the card center by using it as your subject.

Wait for your expedite response.

Yours in service,

Mr chika Adams
International Settlement Dept.
EcoBank Nigeria Plc
Tel: 234-8034-988469
E-mail: chika.adams@gmail.com

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