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From: Scott Benedict <[email protected]>
Reply: [email protected]
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 16:49:39 +0100
Subject: IMPORTANT NOTICE
Hello beneficiary,
How are you doing today? hope you are doing good. This is an official
reminder from the Federal Treasury Department concerning your payment
valued $15, 000, 000.00 {Fifteen million United State dollars} only, We
hope that you have commenced communication with the authorized payment
center, if not we encourage you to contact our director for immediate
release of your approved funds as the appropriate beneficiary, as we
have acquired all the necessary paperwork for onward the release of your
funds.
We wish to inform you through this medium that we are working hard to
arrest all the hoodlums and sue the unauthorized officials who attempted
to divert your approved funds and that have been extorting money from
the innocent individuals globally and ruining our reputation meanwhile a
secure bank have been officially assigned to secretly handle your
payment and ensure that you receive your fund without any delay.
Our office is determined to complete your fund transfer in accordance
with the payment policy through a reliable bank, We decided to assign
the bank to handle your payment for security reasons. This important
letter is based on the email we sent to you on March 04 2020 which we
did not get any response from you stating or confirming if you have
contacted the paying bank official, We observed that you are yet to
contact our payment center with your personal information based on our
instructions.
We urge you to contact our authorized bank payment official director
directly with your personal information for rectification of your
payment file in our office for you to be paid immediately.
Contact person: Mr. Scott Benedict
Bank Name: Standard Charttered Bank
Contact email: [email protected]
Thanks for your understanding and co-operations remember your payment
have been approved globally to be paid to you without delay.
Respective in services,
Mrs. Nynu. W Richard.
Information officer.