Email Fraud Alert received from: Erika
I recently received an email with this subject line: PAYMENT DUE and I am concerned that it could be an attempt at defrauding me. Let me know in the comments section what you think, please.
The full contents of the suspected fraudulent (phishing / scamming) e-mail appear below:
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
Corporate Head Office,
Central Business District,
P.M.B. 0187,.
Garki,Abuja — F.C.T.
Nigeria.
Email: bnk.pay@info.al
Attention: Mrs Erika Hearnshaw .
Base on the prevailing policy on this week meeting , We find out that our commercial Bank have not being able to release your Payment to you up till now. We are very sorry for any inconveniences this delay must have cost you up till now. We sincerely apologies for every in convinces this must have cost you in the past. And be rest assured that this is the last time you will complain or suffer over this Fund so long as I am here in the office now. And I assure you that after now, you did not receive your payment Amount from one of our commercial Banks, With my office address and name, You can use it as evidence to sue me or my office to any International Court of Justices. My Ward is my honor, Try and see it your self. I must do my best to make sure you receive your Fund Payment this time, since your payment file has reach my desk today.
Am here now as the New CBN Governor to change a better life for Nigerians and the entire world at large, So log as you follow up my advise and instructions you will have your Fund with out any further delay. Your advise to reconfirm your information’s to us by filling this column or Form Below here as to enable us process the release of your Fund Payment to you.
Reconfirm Your Full Name:……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
Reconfirm Your Payment Amount:……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
Your Nationality:………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
Your Resident Country:…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
Your Sex/Age…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
Your Mobile/Home Phone Numbers:……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Your Current Professions:…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
Your Current Monthly Salary:………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
Attache Copy Of Your International Passport ID/ Drivers License:………………………………………………………………………………………..
Your Marital Statues:………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
As soon as you Re-Confirm all this information’s to us, it will help us to advise one of our commercial Banks to release your payment to you with out any further delay. Kindly call us on phone as soon as you receive this message and also reply to us with your details immediately as to enable us move further with your payment release via one of our commercial Banks. Note: This is my New Official Code Number 4050, Therefore any email you received in my name with out this Code Number, Don’t reply it, Is not me. Any time I send email to you I must add my Official Code Number for you to identify my proper email . Waiting to hear from you. God bless you as you adhere to this advise and instructions.
Mr Godwin Emefiele
CBN GOVERNOR.
The above email was sent by “GODWIN EMEFIELE” from this email address: bnk.pay@info.al
I, Erika, have the following thoughts/comments on this suspected fraudulent email message from “GODWIN EMEFIELE”:
Be careful they even call the companies and he is very well spoken fraudster
