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From: MR MICHAEL EDO <[email protected]>
Reply: MR MICHAEL EDO <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 3 May 2018 08:48:57 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Contact Money Gram immediately to re-activation you Payment file,
BENIN REPUBLIC HEAD OFFICE
BRANCH: PLOT 227 stpen AVENUE
Tel +229 69 71 9700
Tel +229 63 911 474.
Fax: (00229) 22 33 14 29
BENIN REPUBLIC
EMAIL;([email protected])
Attn; beneficiary,
THE TOTAL OF FUND WE ARE GOING TO TRANSFER TO YOU IS $4.5 MILLION
Information reaching us from our Western Union Corporate Headquarters now,States that you only have 48 hours to effect payment for the activation of your $4,5M,000:00 USD to enable you cash up your total (fund) since you are finding,it difficult to make the total payment,
We have decided that you are to go ahead and pay whatever you have for the activation fee since you are not able to come up with the total required sum. Time is of the essence here.
You are to pay what ever you have as activation fee; we will activate your fund upon receipt of this payment to enable you receive your first $5,000:00 USD from any Western Union center around you today. Be informed that you will have to pay the balance sum of your activation
upon cashing up of your first payment.
Also i am using this medium to inform you that failure to pay the balance sum will leave us with no option but to deactivate your fund of which you will and can never cash up your total sum again i want you to use Western Union or Money Gram to send whatever you have for
the activation fee with the information Bellow.
Receiver name: PAUL LALY.
Receiver city: COTONOU.
Receiver country: BENIN.
Country code: 229.
Text question: COLOUR.
Text answer: BLUE.
Amount: YOU CAN PAY ANY AMOUNT YOU HAVE NOW. (M.T.C.N) Money Transfer
Control Number ::::::::
Sender’s name ::::::::
Kindly reconfirm to him the following below information:
Your full name__________________
Your address______________________
Your country________________________
Your Phone number_____________________
Your ID______________________
Send us the MTCN number, Sender Address, immediately you send the money and immediately we confirm the activation fee, we will transfer
you the Mr Michael Edo, For your payment, Email me On the Email Address:([email protected])
I promise you as soon as we hear from you with the payment of ANY AMOUNT YOU HAVE NOW will told you to send today, we shall send your first payment of $5,000.00 for you to pick up with the information you need to receive your payment the same day you send the payment of ANY AMOUNT and I swear you will receive your payment immediately.
EMAIL ME THE MTCN NUMBER OR CALL ME OK I AM WAITING.
D R T.
Head Office Operations Manager.
Money Garm Office Department
Telephone number: +229 63 911 474.