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Your $350,000 Part-Payment by MasterCard ATM is Ready

Alert Reader Sends In A *New* Phish

From: rxpeter@iatreion.be¹
Subject: Your $350,000 Part-Payment by MasterCard ATM is Ready
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 05:25:28 -0700

CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
38 BROAD STREET, TINUBU SQUARE
TELEX: 578761

OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR,
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA, (C.B.N)
38 BROAD STREET, TINUBU SQUARE.
PHONE: +234 705 877 5428

ATTN: BENEFICIARY/CONTRACTOR/AWARD WINNER

YOUR PARTICULARS WAS MENTIONED IN OUR JUST CONCLUDED SECOND-QUARTER DEBT SETTLEMENT GENERAL MEETING. A PART PAYMENT OF $350,000 (THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) WAS APPROVED ON YOUR NAME. THIS PAYMENT WILL BE PROGRAMMED INTO AN AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE (ATM CARD) POWERED BY MASTERCARD AND WILL BE MAILED TO YOUR ADDRESS BY COURIER SERVICE.

YOU ARE IMMEDIATELY REQUIRED TO RE-CONFIRM AND FORWARD TO MY DESK THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION’S:
1.    YOUR REQUIRED NAME TO BE PRINTED ON YOUR ATM CARD:
2.    YOUR PRESENT RESIDENT MAILING ADDRESS (NOT P.O BOX):
3.    YOUR PERSONAL AND REACHABLE MOBILE PHONE NUMBER:

NOTE: YOU ARE TO PAY THE SUM OF $95 COURIER DELIVERY CHARGE OF YOUR ATM CARD, THIS PAYMENT IS VERY COMPULSORY OTHERWISE DON’T REPLY.

WE ARE SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCIES THE DELAY OF YOUR PAYMENT MIGHT HAVE CAUSED YOU.

YOURS SINCERELY,
ALHAJI SANUSI LAMIDO SANUSI
NEW GOVERNOR, CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (C.B.N)

My reader asked: why ask for a cell phone #?, and remarked on the “courier charge”.. I’ll posit that to you Dear Readers. Why do you think they want a cell phone number?

¹ .be = Belgium

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