Ansett
24 November 2005, 10:50
Central Bank of Nigeria – The fact, the fiction and the scam
1. The Facts
The Central Bank of Nigeria is the offical government bank of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Their main purpose is to set the monetary policy for the nation, issue its legal tender and act as the banker and financial adviser to the federal government. Their website at http://www.cenbank.org has a page with information on internet scams (http://www.cenbank.org/419/419.htm) which includes this very important fact -
The Central Bank and indeed, the Federal Government of Nigeria cannot and should not be held responsible for bogus and shady deals transacted with criminal intentions. As a responsible corporate body, the Central Bank of Nigeria is once again warning all recipients of fraudulent letters on bogus deals, that there are no contract payments trapped in the bank's vaults. They are once again put on notice that all documents appertaining to the payment, claims, or transfers purportedly issued by the bank, its senior executives or the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria for the various purposes described above are all forgeries, bogus and fraudulent.
2. The Fiction
Various people, most commonly Charles Soludo, within the CBN are supposedly sending out emails to strangers on the internet seeking assistance with overinvoiced or outstanding contracts, usually related to petroleum. This is not likely as the CBN has a great number of people who are capable of maintaining records and alerting internal sources about these problems, should they actually appear. It may be possible for`there to be such contracts, but the bank's officials will find them prior to someone sending mails to random people on the internet.
From The Desk Prof.Charles Soludo.
Office of The Governor
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
ATTN:
IMMEDIATE CONTRACT PAYMENT.CONTRACT #:
MAV/NNPC/FGN/MIN/009
From the records of outstanding contractors due for payment with the Federal Government of Nigeria, your name and company was discovered as next on the list of the outstanding contractors who have not yet received their payments.
The above a sample of emails that the scammers send out - it is designed to build confidence in the sender that he is actually the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria. These scammers are preying on your trust that if they claim to be Charles Soludo, they really is him and you will be willing to assist him with the situation he presents.
3. The Scam
Spam emails claiming to be from the Central Bank of Nigeria seeking assistance with transferring funds or handling overdue contracts is one of the longest-running scams of this type. One of the more recent tactics that the scammers have used is to create a domain like info-cbn.org; this may lead people to believe that they really are with the CBN. The only website that is owned by the Central Bank of Nigeria is the one listed at the beginning of this article.
Anyone careless enough to get involved with these scammers will be asked to send cash to the scammers for various expenses, without ever seeing the promised fortune.
Related Article
Professor Charles S. Soludo (http://www.fraudwatchers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=259), Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria.
This article Copyright:
Fraudwatchers.org 2005
Written by Trainmaster
1. The Facts
The Central Bank of Nigeria is the offical government bank of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Their main purpose is to set the monetary policy for the nation, issue its legal tender and act as the banker and financial adviser to the federal government. Their website at http://www.cenbank.org has a page with information on internet scams (http://www.cenbank.org/419/419.htm) which includes this very important fact -
The Central Bank and indeed, the Federal Government of Nigeria cannot and should not be held responsible for bogus and shady deals transacted with criminal intentions. As a responsible corporate body, the Central Bank of Nigeria is once again warning all recipients of fraudulent letters on bogus deals, that there are no contract payments trapped in the bank's vaults. They are once again put on notice that all documents appertaining to the payment, claims, or transfers purportedly issued by the bank, its senior executives or the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria for the various purposes described above are all forgeries, bogus and fraudulent.
2. The Fiction
Various people, most commonly Charles Soludo, within the CBN are supposedly sending out emails to strangers on the internet seeking assistance with overinvoiced or outstanding contracts, usually related to petroleum. This is not likely as the CBN has a great number of people who are capable of maintaining records and alerting internal sources about these problems, should they actually appear. It may be possible for`there to be such contracts, but the bank's officials will find them prior to someone sending mails to random people on the internet.
From The Desk Prof.Charles Soludo.
Office of The Governor
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
ATTN:
IMMEDIATE CONTRACT PAYMENT.CONTRACT #:
MAV/NNPC/FGN/MIN/009
From the records of outstanding contractors due for payment with the Federal Government of Nigeria, your name and company was discovered as next on the list of the outstanding contractors who have not yet received their payments.
The above a sample of emails that the scammers send out - it is designed to build confidence in the sender that he is actually the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria. These scammers are preying on your trust that if they claim to be Charles Soludo, they really is him and you will be willing to assist him with the situation he presents.
3. The Scam
Spam emails claiming to be from the Central Bank of Nigeria seeking assistance with transferring funds or handling overdue contracts is one of the longest-running scams of this type. One of the more recent tactics that the scammers have used is to create a domain like info-cbn.org; this may lead people to believe that they really are with the CBN. The only website that is owned by the Central Bank of Nigeria is the one listed at the beginning of this article.
Anyone careless enough to get involved with these scammers will be asked to send cash to the scammers for various expenses, without ever seeing the promised fortune.
Related Article
Professor Charles S. Soludo (http://www.fraudwatchers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=259), Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria.
This article Copyright:
Fraudwatchers.org 2005
Written by Trainmaster