A yet-to-be-identified individual is impersonating Godwin Emefiele, the immediate past Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, and sending emails to unsuspecting people, promising to share stolen $18 million with them.

On February 15, the email address ‘[email protected]’ sent a message to several recipients, one of whom spoke with FIJ.

This source told FIJ he received the email and noticed other recipients were blind-copied. The email was titled ‘Urgent Reply Please’.

In the body of the email, the sender says he is Emefiele, and owing to his legal troubles, he will like to transfer ownership of $18 million in his domiciliary account to the recipient to secure it, after which they will both split it equally.

The email reads, “My name is Mr. Godwin Emefiele, 62 years age and the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria. As you might have heard or read from any international news, I am presently incarcerated by the Department of States Security (DSS) and waiting trials for series of allegation by the Nigeria current government led by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

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“I have a very confidential business proposal for you and it has to do with the US$ 18,000,000.00 that I deposited in my domiciliary account with one of the prestigious international banks abroad.

“As the DSS investigation deepens, I want the above mentioned amount to be converted to your name as the new beneficiary, so that it will NOT be traced to my name. I am ready to share the fund with you equally after it has been successfully secured by you.

“Kindly get back to me for more details and the way forward if you are interested.

“Regards,
“Mr. Godwin Emefiele.”

FIJ observed that the sender’s email address has ‘atm’, ‘visa and ‘card’ in it, but nothing related to Emefiele.

Since vacating office, Emefiele has been embroiled in allegations of weapons possession, treason, forgery and corruption.