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From: Central Bank <[email protected]>
Reply: [email protected]
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2020 07:57:40 -0700
Subject: Attn: Beneficiary,


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FROM Central Bank (BCEAO)
Director Foreign Payment Department
ADDRESS:267 AVENUE , Benin.
Our ref: RGI/QOG/IND/002/11

Attn: Beneficiary

I am hereby writing to inform you that the United Nation has today
afternoon deposit your compensation funds $2.5 Million united state
dollars with this bank. The government had a clear mandate to open an
account in your name with the bank and set up an on-line transfer that
you will use to transfer the funds into your personal account.

However, the United Nation has fully deposited your funds to the bank.
The bank has finally opened an account in your name. Be advice that the
bank has already created on-line transfer with the account that opened
in your favor this afternoon. And the $2.5 Million of funds has been
transferred to the account that my bank open in your favor. The on-line
banking account details are follows.

Welcome! To – Central Bank Secure Account Page – Send the following
details to commence the transfer

First Name:
Last Name:
Residential Address:
Passport/Id copy:
City:
State:
Country:
Phone Number:

2. Banking Details:
Bank Name:
Bank Address:
Account Name
Account Number:
Routing Number:
Swift Code:

The bank did not charge you any fee for transferring. You only been
charged by the International Monetary Fund for Clearance signing. $108
and you advise to send right now with your banking details to proceed to
finalize and once we commence the transfer we will notify you with the
transfer details suc as slip

Here is the information where to send the $108

Receiver name: _______ Ken Chu
Country: ______ Benin Republic
City: ________ Cotonou
Amount: _______ $108

Mr. Joe Kevin
Central Bank (director)

The bank will transfer to you as soon as we confirm your account
details.

My greet to your lovely family

Thanks for your co-operations and understanding.

Do not comply if not read to receive your fund or if you are not the
owner of this email address whereby this email is sent to.

You are expected to forward the above information to the Authorized
Payment Center below:

Bank NAME: BCEAO
Contact OFFICE: (Director)
Phone: +229-62567317
Email..([email protected])

Sincerely
Joseph Kevin
Central Bank (Director)

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