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From: Mr Benny Lu <[email protected]>
Reply: [email protected]
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2020 12:51:28 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: CONGRATULATION TO YOU MY FRIEND.


Good Day My Friend,

Hello and how are you today? How is your family and everything in general. You may be surprised why this mail is coming to you. We have been having a series of meetings for the past months which ended 2 days ago with the secretary to the African Union. I am Mr Benny Lu from AFRICAN UNION COMMISSION the ECOWAS DISTRICT OFFICER. The AFRICAN UNION COMMISSION has agreed to compensate you with the sum of US ($950,000.00) only, to support your business in this tough time of pandemic when so many business are crashing.

We found your name and email in our list and that is why we are contacting you, these have been agreed upon and have been signed. You are advised to contact our paying center as they are our representative in Republic Of Benin, contact them immediately for your compensation fund of USD $950,000.00 This fund is loaded in Consignment Box for security purposes, they will ship it to you.

Therefore, you should contact Mr. Bruce Williams with your full Name, your direct telephone number and your correct Postal Address where you want them to send you this your Compensation Fund, so get in contact with Mr Bruce with your information is very important and get everything resolve with him for your Fund to be send to you immediately.

With the listed contact information below.

Mr. Bruce Williams.
Financial Director
Email: < [email protected] >

We will request you to get back to us as soon as you have received and confirmed your package.

Best Regards.
Mr Benny Lu.
(For African Union Commission).
PO Box 3243. Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia.