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Jokerr
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Walter Precious - Central Bank of Nigeria - info.lawfirms56@gmail.com

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from: Walter Precious <info.lawfirms56@gmail.com>
date: Aug 15, 2023, 7:19 PM
subject: DID YOU INSTRUCT CERSTIN WENGER TO CLAIM THE FUNDS?
mailed-by: gmail.com

From the Central Bank Of Nigeria.
Director,Foreign Payments Department.
CBN.

Funds Beneficiary.

RE-2023 CHANGE OF ACCOUNT.

With regards to your outstanding payment, It may interest you to know that my name is Mr.Walter Precious,Director,Central Bank of Nigeria,in charge of the approved funds.I was appointed by the new President/Senate President to pay/transact the funds in this second quarter paying period of the fiscal year 2023.You may know that these funds has been pending & overdue for payments and I am to ensure that debts owed to all foreign beneficiaries from contract/inheritance/lottery winnings are completely paid in this second quarter paying period of the fiscal year 2023.

At the same time,we have therefore discovered that a new bank account has been submitted to my Department to divert your payment to a German bank as stated below:

FRANKFURTER BANK
A/C NO.: 367840545
SWIFT CODE: 50050201
BENEFICIARY: CERSTIN WENGER.

The new account was submitted with a letter stating that you're dead,that you died of Covid-19, and have directed the new beneficiary to claim your fund as valued at $5.5Million. You are therefore required to urgently confirm if this development is true and has your authority to claim the approved funds from the apex bank of Nigeria. All arrangements to effect payment to the above new bank account have been completed, but are kept pending until we hear from you on the subject matter.

Respond immediately with your full details, so that all perceived anomalies will be corrected, to ensure that we do not release your fund to the wrong persons.

Sincerely,

Mr.Walter Precious
Director,
Banking & Payment System
Central Bank of Nigeria.
DID YOU INSTRUCT CERSTIN WENGER TO CLAIM THE FUNDS?
FRAUD WARNING: The above information is being provided as a fraud warning. Do not contact the sender of the above email. The source of this information is from a scammer who is a criminal imposter. Any names of real people being used within the above information from this imposter is unauthorized and illegal. Do not provide this scammer any of your personal information. Do not send them any of your personal identity documents. Do not send them any money. Do not call any phone numbers that they provide to you. This email, and all of its content, are part of a fraudulent, criminal act and the only intention of the scammer who sent this email is to steal money from you and to obtain personal information leading to identity theft of the scam victim. If you received the same email (or one very similar) then stop all communication with the scammer immediately. All claims made within the email are lies fabricated by a fraudster and this criminal will never provide you any money, assets, investments, property, commodities, merchandise, employment, romance, or anything of value. Every email scammer uses a completely false identity, thus their names used in the email (and any company name, employment, occupation, street address and/or location information that they provide) is 100% fake. Any photos, scans of passports or other personal identity documents and/or any other documents (government, corporate, legal, financial, etc) or forms that they send to you are all stolen, fake and/or forged and the file attachments they send with their scam emails may also contain viruses. Also avoid all website links that any scammer sends to you because their websites are all fraudulent and may also contain hidden Malware, Trojans, Spyware and/or key loggers. In conclusion, do not send any money to this scammer or you will lose it permanently. Contact with this scammer also places you at risk of identity theft and having your identity wrongfully used for illegal activities, which can place you in legal, financial, and physical danger. Click here to read what qualifies the above email as a scam. Scroll up and click the link at the top of this page for more information about this particular type of scam. Click here if you had interactions with a scammer and need support.

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Walter Precious - Central Bank of Nigeria - walterprecious997@gmail.com

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The email addresses shown below are also being used to send out the same scam email messages that are already posted above:

from: Walter Precious <walterprecious997@gmail.com>
date: Apr 1, 2022, 8:48 AM
subject: ARE YOU DEAD OR ALIVE??
mailed-by: gmail.com
FRAUD WARNING: The above information is being provided as a fraud warning. Do not contact the sender of the above email. The source of this information is from a scammer who is a criminal imposter. Any names of real people being used within the above information from this imposter is unauthorized and illegal. Do not provide this scammer any of your personal information. Do not send them any of your personal identity documents. Do not send them any money. Do not call any phone numbers that they provide to you. This email, and all of its content, are part of a fraudulent, criminal act and the only intention of the scammer who sent this email is to steal money from you and to obtain personal information leading to identity theft of the scam victim. If you received the same email (or one very similar) then stop all communication with the scammer immediately. All claims made within the email are lies fabricated by a fraudster and this criminal will never provide you any money, assets, investments, property, commodities, merchandise, employment, romance, or anything of value. Every email scammer uses a completely false identity, thus their names used in the email (and any company name, employment, occupation, street address and/or location information that they provide) is 100% fake. Any photos, scans of passports or other personal identity documents and/or any other documents (government, corporate, legal, financial, etc) or forms that they send to you are all stolen, fake and/or forged and the file attachments they send with their scam emails may also contain viruses. Also avoid all website links that any scammer sends to you because their websites are all fraudulent and may also contain hidden Malware, Trojans, Spyware and/or key loggers. In conclusion, do not send any money to this scammer or you will lose it permanently. Contact with this scammer also places you at risk of identity theft and having your identity wrongfully used for illegal activities, which can place you in legal, financial, and physical danger. Click here to read what qualifies the above email as a scam. Scroll up and click the link at the top of this page for more information about this particular type of scam. Click here if you had interactions with a scammer and need support.

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Walter Precious - Central Bank of Nigeria - telexdeptnig19@gmail.com

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from: Telex Dept <telexdeptnig19@gmail.com>
date: Apr 3, 2026, 10:31 AM
subject: DID YOU AUTHORIZED CERSTIN WENGER TO CLAIM THE FUNDS.
mailed-by: gmail.com

From the Central Bank Of Nigeria.
Director,Funds Payment.
Legal Department.

Attn: Sir/Madam,

RE-CHANGE OF ACCOUNT.

With regards to your outstanding payment, It may interest you to know that my name is Mr.Walter Precious,Director,Telex Payment Department,Central Bank of Nigeria,I was instructed by the newly elected President,Federal Republic of Nigeria in conjunction with the office of the Senate President to oversee and pay all pending & overdue foreign payments and to ensure that debts owed to all foreign beneficiaries from contract/inheritance/lottery winnings are completely paid in this first quarter paying period of the fiscal year 2026.Your name was among the lucky beneficiaries approved by the President,Federal Republic of Nigeria.

At the same time,we have therefore discovered that a new bank account has been submitted to divert your payment to a German bank as stated below:

FRANKFURTER BANK
A/C NO.: 367840545
SWIFT CODE: 50050201
BENEFICIARY: CERSTIN WENGER.

The new account was submitted with a letter stating that you're seriously sick at the hospital hence you cannot make it, and have directed the new beneficiary to claim the funds on your behalf. You are therefore required to urgently confirm if these developments are true and have your authority to receive the approved funds. All arrangements to effect payment to the new bank account have been completed, but are kept pending until we hear from you.The funds will be paid to you via ATM Visa card OR Bank to Bank wire Transfer depending on your choice to receive the approved funds.

Respond immediately with your full details, so that all perceived anomalies will be corrected, to ensure that we do not release your fund to the wrong persons.

Sincerely,

Mr.Walter Precious
Director,
Banking & Payment System
(Foreign Remittance Department)
Central Bank of Nigeria.Legal Department.
DID YOU AUTHORIZED CERSTIN WENGER TO CLAIM THE FUNDS.
FRAUD WARNING: The above information is being provided as a fraud warning. Do not contact the sender of the above email. The source of this information is from a scammer who is a criminal imposter. Any names of real people being used within the above information from this imposter is unauthorized and illegal. Do not provide this scammer any of your personal information. Do not send them any of your personal identity documents. Do not send them any money. Do not call any phone numbers that they provide to you. This email, and all of its content, are part of a fraudulent, criminal act and the only intention of the scammer who sent this email is to steal money from you and to obtain personal information leading to identity theft of the scam victim. If you received the same email (or one very similar) then stop all communication with the scammer immediately. All claims made within the email are lies fabricated by a fraudster and this criminal will never provide you any money, assets, investments, property, commodities, merchandise, employment, romance, or anything of value. Every email scammer uses a completely false identity, thus their names used in the email (and any company name, employment, occupation, street address and/or location information that they provide) is 100% fake. Any photos, scans of passports or other personal identity documents and/or any other documents (government, corporate, legal, financial, etc) or forms that they send to you are all stolen, fake and/or forged and the file attachments they send with their scam emails may also contain viruses. Also avoid all website links that any scammer sends to you because their websites are all fraudulent and may also contain hidden Malware, Trojans, Spyware and/or key loggers. In conclusion, do not send any money to this scammer or you will lose it permanently. Contact with this scammer also places you at risk of identity theft and having your identity wrongfully used for illegal activities, which can place you in legal, financial, and physical danger. Click here to read what qualifies the above email as a scam. Scroll up and click the link at the top of this page for more information about this particular type of scam. Click here if you had interactions with a scammer and need support.

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