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From: "Rev,Smith Walter" <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2019 09:23:19 -0700
Subject: GOOD DAY
I.M.F WORLD REGULATORY OFFICE
International Monetary Fund,
SWIFT: IMFDUS3WXXX
Business Hours: Monday – Friday: 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m
Saturdays, Sundays: 12:30 p.m to 3:30 p.m
holidays*: closed.
Attention: Peter McDoodle,
I am Rev. Smith Walter the Financial Counselor and Director Monetary
of Capital Markets Department, (I.M.F). I'm a highly placed official
of the International Monetary Fund (I.M.F).
Note. Due to the global financial crisis rocking the American's,
Africa, Asian and European Countries, we the (I.M.F) International
Monetary Fund conducted an investigation at the Western Union
Headquarters and the Money Gram Headquarters in America with the
assistance of the United States FBI and the CIA. We wish to inform you
that during our investigation process at the Western Union
Headquarters and the Money Gram Headquarters, your name was found
among the scam victims that sent out money through western union to
other countries without receiving anything in return rather all you
got was a empty promises of your funds release.
So therefore, the World Bank has approved the total sum of
$6,500,000.00 (Six Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars
) only to your name and the approved fund is ready for immediate
payout to you as a compensation, but you will have to pay $165usd for
CLAIMS AFFIDAVIT and $185usd for IRREVOCABLE PAYMENT CLEARANCE papers,
so the total amount you are to pay is $165 + $185 = $350usd only, and
that is the only fee requested and your compensation funds would be
release to you with immediate effect. Note among the 35 scam victims
that was approved to receive the compensation funds, 19 scam victims
has been paid $6,500,000.00usd each and you are the next victims to be
paid on the list.
But surprisingly yesterday, we received a message from a man who
identify himself as Mr. Patrick Edward, he claims to be your cousin,
and he told us that you are dead, and he wants the approved
compensation fund to be release into his personal bank account stated
below, and Mr. Patrick Edwards also agreed to pay the $350usd
requested for the CLAIMS AFFIDAVIT and the IRREVOCABLE PAYMENT
CLEARANCE papers of your compensation fund.
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Bank Name: 1st Mariner Bank.
Bank Address: 201 W Baltimore Street. Baltimore, MD 21201
Name of Account Holder: Patrick B. Edward.
Account Number: #473-843-8484
Routing Number: #897-900
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But due to our intelligence and experiences, we dishonor Mr. Patrick
Edward request, because we need to be 100% sure that you are dead
before we can proceed on releasing the funds into your cousin bank
account stated above, so whereby send you this message to confirm if
truly you are dead or alive, and your failure to respond back to this
message within the next 48hours will leave us with no doubt but to
believe that you are dead according to Mr. Patrick Edward and we will
go ahead with the fund release to Mr. Patrick Edward account after the
receipt of the $350usd payment from him, but if you are still alive
and you receive this message, quickly get back to me with the below
infomation
You are advised to respond back with the details required below.
Your Full Name:…………..
Home Address:………………
Direct Telephone Number:…………..
Age:………………………………
Occupation:………………………….
Best Regard,
Rev Smith Walter
Financial Counselor and Director
Monetary and Capital Markets Department, IMF.
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND