From: WILLIAM MORE <william_moretower@yahoo.ca>
Sent: November 26, 2004
Subject: YOUR URGENT RESPOND IS HIGHLY NEEDED

ATTN:

ALL SHORTLISTED BENEFICIARIES

THREE BILLION DOLLARS PRESIDENTIAL BUDGET FOR 2004 LAST QUARTER PAYMENT OF FOREIGN CONTRACTORS

Sir,

The President Federal Republic of Nigeria Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and some members of the World Bank Delegates in Nigeria in conjunction with Senate President Chief Adolphus Wagbara and Central Bank Governor, Prof. Charles Soludo, in the name of William Moore, held a meeting last week concerning contractor's payments ( both Foreign and Local contractors) and an Irrevocable Presidential Payment Release Order Reference Number: FGN/P.24/Vol.1-31 issued in favour of your over-due payment.

Based on the aforesaid irrevocable presidential payment release order, this office has been mandated to inform you of the payment by swift telegraphic transfer into your nominated account as one of the beneficiaries short listed to be paid through the World Bank/IMF/government of Nigeria debt liquidation programme.

You are hereby advised to contact the Paymaster General, Ministry of Finance & Economic Development (willam moore) through direct Telephone No: 234 8033596069, E-mail: william_moretower@yahoo.ca immediately so as to direct you on your payment procedure. Meanwhile, you are required to re-confirm your contract number, amount and bank details once more to him for final payment processing in order to avoid wrong crediting. Furthermore, as soon as funds are credited into your designated bank account, please confirm to this office for final documentation.

Finally, on behalf of the federal republic of Nigeria, we sincerely apologize for inconveniences the delay in payment of your contractual fund might have caused you.

Yours sincerely,

william moore

Chief Olusegun Obasanjo

Chief Adolphus Wabara

Prof. Charles Soludo

Within 5 minutes I receive 2 more emails. They are identical, and almost identical to the first one. I have highlighted the identical parts.

This is my answer to William:

Sir,

Thank you for the email. It is nice to hear that you are beginning to pay some of us foreign contractors. My financial adviser is out of town at present, so I cannot give you all the information you requested. However this is my address and bank account. I hope it is enough to locate my contract.

Address: xxxx Bank account: xxxx

Yours sincerely, ...

From: CHARLES SOLUDO <infocentbankniger@yahoo.com>
Sent: November 26, 2004
Subject: ALL SHORTLISTED BENEFICIARIES

ATTN:

ALL SHORTLISTED BENEFICIARIES

THREE BILLION DOLLARS PRESIDENTIAL BUDGET FOR 2004 LAST QUARTER PAYMENT OF FOREIGN CONTRACTORS

Sir,

The President Federal Republic of Nigeria Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and some members of the World Bank Delegates in Nigeria in conjunction with Senate President Chief Adolphus Wagbara and Central Bank Governor, Prof. Charles Soludo, in the name of William Moore, held a meeting last week concerning contractor's payments ( both Foreign and Local contractors) and an Irrevocable Presidential Payment Release Order Reference Number: FGN/P.24/Vol.1-31 issued in favour of your over-due payment.

Based on the aforesaid irrevocable presidential payment release order, this office has been mandated to inform you of the payment by swift telegraphic transfer into your nominated account as one of the beneficiaries short listed to be paid through the World Bank/IMF/government of Nigeria debt liquidation programme.

You are hereby advised to contact the Paymaster General, Ministry of Finance & Economic Development (willam moore) through direct Telephone No: 234 8033596069, E-mail: william_moretower@yahoo.ca immediately so as to direct you on your payment procedure. Meanwhile, you are required to re-confirm your contract number, amount and bank details once more to him for final payment processing in order to avoid wrong crediting. Furthermore, as soon as funds are credited into your designated bank account, please confirm to this office for final documentation.

Finally, on behalf of the federal republic of Nigeria, we sincerely apologize for inconveniences the delay in payment of your contractual fund might have caused you.

Yours sincerely,

william moore

From: WILLIAM MORE <william_moretower@yahoo.ca>
Sent: November 29, 2004
Subject: YOUR URGENT RESPOND IS HIGHLY NEEDED

Thanks for your messsage all the contents therein are well noted.I am very grateful that you responded to the notice I gave to you about your contract payment.

Now that you have forwarded to me your account details and the address to me,I have concluded that you are the right beneficiary.As a matter of fact, this draft will not be posted tthrough any post office or courier outfit.

Therefore,you are now invited to come over to Nigeria to pick the orginal copy of the your draft,as our personal decision to post it through any postal services is not guaranteed,except you permit this office to do that on your instruction and expenses.

I expect your immediate response,

Yours sincerely,

William Moore.

It was nice of the Paymaster General to invite me to come to Nigeria.

At this point I realize that the emails were sent from the same IP-address that a (another?) scammer I correspond with (Patrick David), uses. Therefore I decide to stop this story at this early point.

What can be learned from this story is that these emails are not individual letters, but simple mass-mailing.