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From: "Dr.Pascal Irenee Koupaki" <[email protected]>
Reply: [email protected]
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2020 06:15:02 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Hello Beneficiary,


Minister of Finance for Foreign Affairs Benin Republic
Mar 27, Avenue du Général de Gaulle BP 607 – Cotonou
Tel: (229) 21 31 26 00 / 21 31 26 30 / 21 31 50 88 / 21 31 50 15.

Hello Beneficiary,

It’s our wish to inform you about the new development concerning your Inheritance payment of US$12,800,000.00 The board of trustees of Central Bank of Benin Republic and International Monetary Fund,Headquarters 1 (HQ1)700 19th St NW, Washington, DC 20431, USA, executives has finalized with the Federal Ministry of Finance to process and release the Amount to you through our Correspondent Bank in United States.

Your Inheritance payment of US$12,800,000.00 has been approved and deposited to U.S. Bank – San Angelo, Texas United States for immediate payment to you.

Do not hesitate to contact U.S. Bank – San Angelo,Texas where your US$12,800,000.00 was deposited through the contact bellow and get your payment release to you without any hitches as the cost of transfer was waved out by the concerned Authority.

Contact Person: Mrs. Michele Hughes
U.S. Bank – San Angelo, Texas
3121 Sunset Drive, San Angelo, TX 76904
United States
+1 800-872-2657
Opens at 9:00 AM
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: <Suspicious hyperlink> 

{1} Your Full Name:
{2} Your Home Address, City and Country:
{3} Your Private Cell:

Preferred choice of receiving payment

(A) Bank wire transfer:
(B) ATM Debit Card:
(C) Cash Payment:

Our mission with the instruction by the Presidency this year is to keep a clean slate of all debts that has been owned to foreigners because of some government officials and individual who are not honest.

Yours faithful.

Dr.Pascal Irenee Koupaki
Honorable Minister of Finance for Foreign Affairs Benin Republic