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From: "Mr . Michael P. Hausler" <[email protected]>
Reply: "Mr . Michael P. Hausler" <[email protected]>
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2020 05:17:58 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: URGENT ATTENTION:


URGENT ATTENTION:

YOUR OVER-DUE PAYMENT IS FINALLY RELEASED, YOUR FUND IS NOW HERE IN
THE USA AWAITING TO BE SHIPPED TO YOUR ADDRESS, THIS IS THREE TIMES I
HAVE SENT YOU THIS SAME MESSAGE AND TODAY IF YOU FAIL TO COMPLY WITHIN
THREE DAYS YOU WILL LOSE YOUR FUND FOR EVER.

The reconciliation of accounting data to budgetary data is required
under Government Code (GC) sections 12460 and 13344. GC 12460 requires
information in the State Controller’s Budgetary/Legal Basis Annual
Report to account for funds on the same basis as that of the
applicable Governor’s Budget. GC 13344 requires departments to
prepare and maintain financial and accounting data for the
Governor’s Budget and related documents, and the Budgetary/Legal
Basis Annual Report described in GC 12460, according to the methods
and bases provided in regulations, budget letters, and other
directives of Department of Finance (Finance).By law, year-end
financial reports must be prepared consistent with the applicable
budget. Information provided to Finance for the Governor’s Budget
must be consistent with information provided to the State
Controller’s Office (SCO) for the Budgetary/Legal Basis Annual
Report. The following instructions will assist departmental accounting
and budge t staff to reconcile year-end financial reports to budget
schedules in accordance with government code and state policy.

Sequel to the above specifications, the management of the Fund
Reconciliation Department here in New York City USA, wishes to let you
know that every precept regarding your funds has been concluded. You
will be receiving your funds from this Surrogate Court any moment from
now. We take, keep and make report of every transaction done here in
the USA. Investigations gathered by the Fund Regulatory Agency {IMF},
shows you have been receiving numerous emails from several offices
requesting you to claim your funds. In some cases, you tried a lot but
still the transfer or delivery was not completed due to one reason or
the other. The fact is that you are stuck between the chains which
make it impossible for you to differentiate the real office from it’s
counterfeit.

We noticed that the only real offices that had ever contacted you in
respect to your funds were United State Embassy Benin Republic and
Federal Reserve Bank of New York. It was brought to our notice that
the former Ambassador to the republic of Benin, Ambassador James
Knight, made voluntary effort to bring your funds along to your home
address but couldn’t due to some fall-out on your ends. The Federal
Reserve Bank of New York came up to make a wire transfer but they said
you couldn’t meet
up with the fee demand for the transfer, so they gave up on you. In a
more proper and legalized manner, the International Monetary Fund and
the Federal Reserve Bank solicited us Fund Reconciliation Department
to allow your fund to be written as a Check or Credited as Visa Card
and be shipped to your home address through the USA Priority Express
Mail. These options,could be the best, easiest and the most efficient
way to have you get hold of your long awaited United Nations approved
funds.

Like you were told by the Federal Reserve Bank aforementioned, your
funds was transferred from about four different banks; Central Bank of
Nigeria, United Bank of Africa Benin Republic, Bank of America and Nat
west bank London. In total, your funds were amounting to the tune of
USD2.8 Million United State Dollars As we speak, your funds have been
credited in your Visa Card and also available as Cashier’s Check well
documented and packaged. The documented package will be shipped to
your mailing address by the USA Priority Express Mail here in NY, USA.
The ONLY thing needed before we can POST your ATM CARD or CHECK is the
PROCUREMENT FILE of your
funds. The procurement file is at the Origin Country of your funds in
Cotonou Benin Republic.

However, according to our agreement with the originated Cotonou Benin
Republic, all our communications should be on email for record purpose
so follow my instruction accordingly, even if you don’t have the
$385.00 USD.try to borrow it and send it immediately today because
this is your life opportunity and I don’t want you to lose the chance
anymore.

For the purpose to double payment on your end, we had an agreement
with the IMF and Federal Reserve to document every charge necessary
until the package gets to your home address. The analytical group of
the two offices mentioned above had an accurate sum of $385.00 USD for
Procurement. So it was constituted and officially submitted to the
“Court of Justice” that the only charge you will ever pay before your
package leaves our office here in USA to your home address is $385.00
USD for your Procurement File to be signed and conveyed down here in
the USA and you will never pay a dime again as agreed. We are renowned
and reputable USA Agency and we don’t like an undocumented process
that is why it had to be written down in Court that you will never pay
any other money apart from the US$385.00. The $385.00 USD is for
“PROCUREMENT FEE” (That is for some one to sign your file on your
behalf). USA Ambassador to Benin Republic, “Ambassador James Knight”,
who will be coming to the United State in few days will have the Power
of Attorney to stand in and sign on your behalf (since you can’t
travel down to Benin because of that) so that he can sign and bring
along with him your PROCUREMENT FILE to us here to enable us POST your
loaded ATM CARD or WRITTEN CHECK to your mailing address via Priority
Express Mail without any hitch.

Therefore, the days of you being subjected to paying twice Double
Payment is over as that is the case with some corrupt officials down
there in Africa, whom always strife to subject beneficiaries to hard
bureaucratic bottleneck, thereby making it impossible for most
innocent citizens spread across the globe and the likes to claim what
rightfully belongs to them. Thank GOD that your funds are here in NEW
YORK SURROGATE COURT, USA and so we decided to follow the USA
constitutions so as to ensure that your money is in your hands this
weekend. Without mincing words, it will be desirous if you consciously
adhere to the above instruction by remitting the PROCUREMENT FEE
calculated to be US$385.00 down to the office of Ambassador James
Knight at the USA Consulate/Embassy in Benin so that your ATM CARD or
your Check depending on your choice, could be shipped to your home
address as soon as the Ambassador arrives here with your procurement
file. The PROCUREMENT FEE of $385.00 USD is PAYABLE in Two payment
options:

HERE IS THE INFORMATION YOU WILL USE TO SEND THE NEEDED FEE VIA RIA
TRANSFER OR MONEY GRAM TRANSFER OFFICE :

Receiver’s Name:::::::: PAUL KOTA
Country::::::::: Benin Republic
City:::::::::::: Cotonou
Text Question::::::: RIGHT
Text Answer:::::::::RIGHT
Amount::::::::::$385.00 USD DOLLARS ONLY
MTCN Control number
Sender’s name
Sender’s address

We hope your immediate positive response with payment details or
payment slip attachment once you make the payment to enable a speedy
shipment of your Check to your home address. Once again, we are sorry
for the inconveniences you might have encountered in the past, in
pursuit of your funds. Now that this office, Fund Reconciliation
Department is involved, you will have no cause to ever regret again as
soon as you adhere to the above given instructions.

Regards,
Mr . Michael P. Hausler
Chief Clerk