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From: "Mr. Brian Kelvin" <[email protected]>
Reply: "Mr. Brian Kelvin" <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2018 17:08:00 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Dear customer


ATTENTION:BENEFICIARY.

I AM DIPLOMAT. BRIAN KELVIN. FROM UPS COMPANY REPUBLIC OF GHANA, I WANT TO INFORM YOU THAT I AM IN US RIGHT NOW WITH YOUR PACKAGE BOX BUT I LOST SOME ADDRESS WHERE I WAS ARRESTED THAT I DO NOT HAVE A TAX CLEARANCE PAPER AT JOHN F.KENNEDY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (JFK) BUT I THANK GOD THAT THEY SEARCH ALL THE PAPER OF THE CONSIGNMENT BOX AND ALL THE PAPER IS COMPLETED, THEY ASK ME WHO IS THE OWNER OF THIS CONSIGNMENT BOX WHICH I TOLD THEM THAT YOU ARE THE OWNER OF THE CONSIGNMENT BOX, THEY DISCHARGE ME WITH YOUR CONSIGNMENT BOX BUT ONE MAN CAME NOW AND SAY THAT I WILL PROVIDE THE TAX CLEARANCE PAPER BEFORE I WILL PASS WITH YOUR CONSIGNMENT BOX.

MY DEAR I TOLD THE MAN THAT ALL MY PAPER IS COMPLETE BUT THE MAN REFUSE TO RELEASE ME WITH YOUR CONSIGNMENT BOX, I CALLED OUR COMPANY YESTERDAY TO INFORM THEM ABOUT THE ISSUE WHICH THEY TOLD ME TO INFORM YOU ABOUT THE ISSUE, I AM BEGGING THE MAN TO ALLOW ME TO GO WITH YOUR PACKAGE BUT HE REFUSE,YOUR CONSIGNMENT BOX CONTAINS A LOT AMOUNT OF MONEY WHICH IS $9.5MILLION U S DOLLARS, AND ALL THE PAPER OF YOUR CONSIGNMENT BOX IS WITH ME,BUT THE ONLY PROBLEM I HAVE NOW IS CUSTOMS OFFICER HERE DEMAND FOR TAX CLEARANCE PAPER,

RE-CONFIRM YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION:
FULL NAME……………
DIRECT TELEPHONE NUMBER ………..
DELIVERY ADDRESS ………….

ONCE AGAIN YOU HAVE TO PAY THE SUM OF $175.00 FOR TAX CLEARANCE PAPER THEY SAID THAT IF I DID NOT HAVE IT THAT I WILL NOT ENTER FLIGHT TO YOUR HOME OR TAXI SO YOU WILL SEND THE FEE TO GHANA WHERE I CAME FROM THEY WILL GET THE TAX CLEARANCE PAPER AND FORWARD IT TO ME HERE SO THAT I WILL DELIVER YOUR CONSIGNMENT BOX TO YOUR HOME ADDRESS TODAY OR TOMORROW MORNING.

SO I AM WAITING TO HEAR FROM YOU SO I WILL SEND NAME AND ADDRESS WHERE YOU WILL SEND THE NEEDED FEE TODAY

AM WAITING TO HEAR FROM YOU QUICKLY TO AVOID DELAYING CALL OR SMS

BEST REGARDS,
DIPLOMAT.JOHNSON GERALD
MY PHONE==+1(253) 201-5281