Re: Payment Options/Letter of Authentication

A big thanks to the reader who submitted this scam, with this comment: “This fraud also comes with two attached pictures and certificate of the FPI.”  As the reader submitted this scam using the form on this website, they weren’t able to include the pictures.

SPRING BANK OF NIGERIA PLC.
International Remittances Department
Head Office: Plot 143, Ahmadu Bello Way, Victoria Island, Lagos 23401 Nigeria.
Postal Address: P.M.B. 12194, Lagos
Telephone: +234 1 473 5643
Facsimile: +234 1 473 5643
E-Mail: ferrenrodriguez2@sogou.com

Payment Code: R5780906K
Reg No: 132521093
Date: March 14, 2009

Attention: Beneficiary,

INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE/PAYMENT OPTIONS

Thank you for contacting Spring Bank Plc.

We are in receipt of an approval document forwarded to our office by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to effect an immediate payment of $7,500,000.00 USD (Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) to your nominated account.

Basically, there are three (3) options for you to get your fund transferred to you. These options includes 1. Bank To Bank Transfer 2. Bank Account Opening 3.
ATM Card Payment.

You are to make your preferred and affordable choice from the three options
below:

Option (1)
Bank To Bank Transfer:This is a direct electronic transfer that will enable you receive the sum of money in any account that you will provide for this Bank to effect the transfer as it is always done electronically. It will take three (3) business days to reflect in the account that you will provide.

Cost of transfer:…………….$100
VAT:………………………..$10
Insurance:…………………..$35
Total:………………………$145

Option (2)
Bank Account Opening: You will have to open a new Bank account here and it will be registered for international transfer and you can make an online transfer as it will take 24Hours to get the account done.

Account Opening:…………….$50
VAT:……………………….$10
Non Residential Permit:………$95
Insurance:………………….$35
Total:……………………..$190

Option (3)
ATM Card Payment: You will have to receive an ATM Card and approved clearance documents this will take two (2) business days to deliver to your doorstep. We will have to use our courier c ompany to deliver the parcel to your location.

Post Fee:…………………..$43
VAT:……………………….$10
Insurance:………………….$35
Total:……………………..$88

Please respond to this email by making a selection from the (3) options above.

Note: Your funds are protected by a hardcover insurance policy, which makes it impossible to deduct any amount from the money before it can be remitted to you.
This means that the above charges cannot be deducted from the Funds and hence must be provided by you before your fund is transferred to you.

The payment for any of the above options should be sent via Western Union Money Transfer or Money Gram in the name of the Head of Operations Mr. Emmanuel Essien.

Find below the payment information.

Name of receiver: Emmanuel Essien
Office Address: Plot 143, Ahmadu Bello Way, Victoria Island, Lagos 23401 Nigeria.
Text Question: In God
Answer: We Trust

Name of Sender:…………………………..
Address of Sender:………………………..
MTCN#……………………………………

As soon as we receive your payment, we shall proceed with your fund transfer immediately.

We anticipate your prompt response.

Yours in service,

Dr. Ferren Rodriguez
International Remittances Department (Spring Bank Plc.)