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From: Money Gram Tranfer <"www."@helen.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply: Money Gram Tranfer <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2017 04:40:34 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Urgent Reply
FROM OFFICE OF MONEY GRAM.
BENIN REPUBLIC/ADDRESS 455
IJUNDIA ROAD IJU COTONOU
WEB: www.moneygram.com
After today's Federal Executive Cansul Meeting,The ministry of Finance has approved that your fund of ONE MILLION,TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY THOUSAND($1,240,000.00) which was initial approved that western union will be paying to you $5000 us dollars on daily basis until your ($1,240,000.00) is completed ,It has come to the notice of the newly appointed Minister that western union department wanted to rip you off as a result of so much fund they are demanding from you and some of their staff were into fraudulent act
Federal Executive Consul Meeting (FEC) Has now ORDERED that your total fund ($1,240,000.00)will now be paid to you through MONEY GRAM,
Yes, we are aware that western union department requested about $300 us dollars from you for them to use and re-activate your FILE which has been dormant,Well,it has now been approved that you will only send the sum of $29 us dollars for the re-activation,The minister of finance was unhappy when he come across your payment file,He ordered that instead of the initial demand which was $300,He now ordered that you will pay only $29 us dollars for the re-activation of your fund because he does not want your fund to still be in the country without it been transferred,So I would like you to act fast and send the $29 us dollars immediately after you receive this email,Remember that this is the only way you will claim your Money without any problem,
So you are been advise to send the re-activation fee of $29 us dollars to this below information,I want to assure that once you send the fee Today,You will start receiving your $5000 us dollars daily through Money Gram by Tomorrow morning,
BELOW ARE THE PAYMENT INFORMATION TO USE AND SEND THE $29 US DOLLARS OK,PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU SPELL THE NAME CORRECTLY TO AVOID ANY DELAY
RECEIVER NAME….BEN IKEM
CITY/…………..COTONOU
COUNTRY………BENIN-REPUBLIC
QUESTION………GOOD
ANSWER………..STEP
AMOUNT…………$29
SEND THE PAYMENT INFORMATION OF THE FEE TO THIS EMAIL:
[email protected]
PHONE: +229 6830 3043
Thanks,
Dr.John Uba.
Director Foreign Remittance Department
MONEY GRAM
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After the payment of $29 you will start receiving your $5,000 through Money Gram every day until your total amount of funds $1,240,000.00 is fully paid to you. Below is the Ref# numbers which we have already program for you to use and pick up your payment,BUT YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PICK IT UP UNTIL WE RECEIVE THE PAYMENT INFORMATION OF THE FEE REQUIRED,ONCE WE PICK UP THE FEE WE WILL ACTIVATE THE REFERENCE NUMBER FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO PICK IT UP AT ANY MONEY GRAM OFFICE IN YOUR AREA.
Note; this is the only payment you are required to make in this regards for every other fee have been waived by the Federal Ministry,Also,Don't expose this numbers to anybody else reason,
YOUR PAYMENT OF $5,000.00 USD DETAILS
Senders :……….. Michael Smith
REF#:……………577-648- 60
Amount: :………..$5000.00