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From: David Jackson <[email protected]>
Reply: [email protected]
Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2017 17:46:40 +1000
Subject: Attention: Scammed Victim
Our Ref: RTB /SNT/STB
To: Beneficiary
This is FBI special agents, David Jackson. I was delegated along side
others by the United Nations to come over to Africa to investigate
fraudsters who has been in the business of swindling foreigners
especially those that has one form of transaction/contracts and
another. Please be informed that in the course of our investigation,
we detected that your name and details in our Scammed Monitoring
Network. We also found out that you were scammed of a huge sum of
money by scammers via Western union and MoneyGram. Be informed here
that in a bid to alleviate the suffering of scammed victims, the
United Nations initiated this compensation program and therefore, you
are entitled to the sum of Two Million Six Hundred Thousand United
States Dollars ($2,600,000.00 USD) for being a victim.
Note that the said fund will be transfer to you via the Citibank being
the paying bank mandated by the United Nations officials.
However, we have to inform you that we have been able to arrest some
of the swindlers who has been in this illicit business and will all be
prosecuted accordingly. Be informed as well that we have limited time
to stay back here, so we will advice that you urgently respond to this
message ASAP. And do not inform any of the people that collected money
from you before now about this new development to avoid jeopardizing
our investigation. All you need to do is to follow our instruction and
receive your compensation accordingly as directed by the United
Nations.
We urgently wait to receive your response.
Regards,
DAVID JACKSON
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
INVESTIGATION ON ALL ONLINE WIRE TRANSFER