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From: "DHL COURIER COMPANY LIMITED"<[email protected]>
Reply: <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2019 13:07:12 +0200
Subject: ATTENTION: YOUR URGENT REPLY IS NEEDED.
ATTENTION: YOUR URGENT REPLY IS NEEDED.
PLEASE, YOU ARE OFFICIALLY INFORMED TODAY THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
OF THIS COUNTRY HAS FINALLY RELEASED YOUR INHERITANCE/CONTRACT PAYMENT
OF $13.5 MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS AND IT HAS BEEN PACKAGED OUT
FOR DELIVERY WITH THE HELP OF US AMBASSADOR TO BENIN REPUBLIC WHICH
ACTS AS YOUR FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVE HERE IN BENIN REPUBLIC.
IN ADDITION, EVERY NECESSARY ARRANGEMENT HAS BEEN MADE SUCCESSFULLY
WITH THE (MR TONY MARK) AND EVERY DOCUMENTS GUIDING YOUR DELIVERY IS
WELL UPDATED SO YOU ARE ADVICE TO CONFIRM YOUR FULL DELIVERY
INFORMATION TO THE AGENT RIGHT NOW AS HE IS CURRENTLY AT (JOHN F.
KENNEDY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT NEW YORK) WITH YOUR CONSIGNMENT BOX,
BECAUSE HE CALLED ME THIS MORNING TO INFORM ME THAT HE MISPLACED YOUR
DELIVERY ADDRESS.
SO YOU ARE ADVISED TO CONFIRM YOUR FULL DELIVERY INFORMATION TO THE
DIPLOMAT AS TO HAVE EASY CONVERSATION WITH HIM AND TO ENABLE YOU GIVE
HIM THE FULL DIRECTION TO GET YOUR PACKAGE DELIVERED AND HAND IT OVER
TO YOU SAFELY AND SOUND, YOU ARE ADVICE TO BE VERY FAST AS THE
DIPLOMATIC AGENT (MR JOHN WHITE) HAS NO TIME TO WASTE BECAUSE HIS
FLIGHT TICKET WILL BE EXPIRING WITHIN FEW DAYS.
DO CONTACT THE DIPLOMATIC AGENT WITH THE EMAIL BELOW WITH THE
INFORMATION'S REQUIRED.
CONTACT PERSON: DIPLOMAT JOHN WHITE
EMAIL: ([email protected])
MOBILE: + 1 (321)895-4768 (TEXT OR CALL HIM)
HERE IS THE INFORMATION YOU ARE REQUIRED TO RECONFIRM TO THE AGENT.
FULL NAME===============
ADDRESS: ===============
MOBILE NO: ===============
NAME OF YOUR NEAREST AIRPORT: =====
A COPY OF YOUR IDENTIFICATION: =====
MOST IMPORTANTLY, HE IS NOW AT (JOHN F. KENNEDY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
NEW YORK USA) AND DUE TO THE SEARCHING AND SCANNING OF THE
CONSIGNMENT HE MISPLACED YOUR ADDRESS AND ALL YOUR CONTACT
INFORMATION. SO CONTACT HIM TO DELIVER YOUR PACKAGE RIGHT AWAY AND
ALSO GET BACK TO US IMMEDIATELY YOU CONTACT THE AGENT TO INSURE THAT
YOUR FUND IS GETTING TO YOU WITHOUT ANY HITCH,
FURTHERMORE, REMEMBER THE AGENT DELIVERING THE CONSIGNMENT DOES NOT
KNOW THAT THE CONSIGNMENT CONTAINED MONEY BECAUSE THE AMBASSADOR WHO
IS YOUR REPRESENTATIVE HERE REGISTERED IT AS A FAMILY VALUABLE ARTICLE
TO AVOID INSPECTION DURING THE DELIVERY, SO UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES
SHOULD YOU LET HIM KNOW THE CONTENT OF THAT CONSIGNMENT TO AVOID HIM
FROM RUNNING AWAY WITH YOUR FUNDS, AS YOUR CONSIGNMENT WAS SIGN AND
STAMP BY US EMBASSY HERE IN BENIN REPUBLIC TO ENSURE THAT IT IS
PROTECTED UNTIL IT ARRIVES YOUR ADDRESS.
BEST REGARDS.
DHL COURIER COMPANY LIMITED
MR. JOHN DONALDSON