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From: "United States W. Stuart Symington" <[email protected]>
Subject: United States Ambassador
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2017 13:33:33 +0000

United States W. Stuart Symington
United States Consulate General Lagos
2 Walter Harrington Crescent
Victoria Island, Lagos Nigeria.


My name is W. Stuart Symington, the new United States Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The United States Senate had confirmed my nomination on November 2, 2016 after being nominated for this position by U.S. President Donald Trump on November 2016. My credentials as the new Ambassador appointed were presented to His Excellency President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, Nigeria, on November 2, 2016. I am a career member of the senior Foreign Service with the rank of Minister-Counselor whose diplomatic career has been spent mostly in Africa or working on African issues. I served most recently as the Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Copenhagen. Prior to this, I was the U.S. Ambassador to Mali, and I have served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassies in Tunisia, Senegal and Togo. Other overseas postings include Niger, South Africa, India and Chad. In Washington, I was the senior desk officer for Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo), and Deputy Coordinator for Iraq Assistance. I hold a Bachelor of Arts degree in European history and French language and literature in University of Oregon in Eugene, and I also attend the University de Harte agent in Rennet, France, from 1979-1980 as a Rotary Foundation Graduate Fellow, and also attend the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. My identity can be verified by simply clicking on the URL link below:
http://nigeria.usembassy.gov/biography.html

However, following the resolution of the meeting held with His Excellency President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja yesterday with some members of the Federal House of Senate, an agreement was reached that the sum of $500,000.00 USD must be paid out to you in the form of a compensation for all the years you have wasted in waiting for your funds to be released. Hence, the $500,000.00 USD compensation fund has been instructed to be paid out to you in the form of a Certified Check drawn on Intercontinental Bank. The said Certified Check will be packaged inside a U.S Embassy Official Envelope to be sent to you via Postal Mail at no cost to your mailing address. And the time frame for delivery is 72 hours, which is 3 days since it would be sent via a Postal Mail Service.
Meanwhile, a "Custom Clearance Certificate" must be obtained from the Nigerian Customs Authority at a fee of $300.00

USD for a full clearance certification on the BANK DRAFT. Hence, the $300.00 dollar fee must be paid within 24 hours upon your receipt of this notification via western union or Money Gram, so that all necessary arrangement can be made ahead of time.The fee should me sent directly to the "Embassy Protocol Officer"
Please take note that the "Custom Clearance Certificate" and Certified Check will be packaged together inside the U.S Embassy Official Envelope for immediate dispatch to your mailing address. Hence, you are advised to comply as requested to enable me discharge my official duty accordingly.
Congratulations!!!

Respectfully yours,
US Ambassador To Nigeria