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From: "Kenneth Robertson"<[email protected]>
Reply: <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2017 20:10:25 -0700
Subject: Top secret from Mr. Robertson. Urgent confirmation needed
Mr. Kenneth Robertson
IMF Liaison Office
Pretoria 0001-South Africa
Beneficiary,
First I must apologize for contacting you if my help is not needed.
My problem is that I hate to see people being cheated for no reason. I
am a junior staff at the IMF liaison office here in Pretoria – South
Africa and while going through some approved payment files in my
office, I discovered that some foreigners are being used and dumped by
some of our Senior Directors, Banks Executives and the Government
officials. I found out that a payment attached to this email address
has long been approved to be released to you but the greed which
exists in the lives of the senior workers will never allow them to let
you have your payment.
I will not be surprised if you do not know about this payment but the
truth is that this payment is attached to this email address and
definitely belongs to you (Email owner). I am writing you because I am
willing to work with you to gather all the legal documents in your
name for immediate transfer of the funds to your account within the
next 48 hours. Be informed that most people who have money approved to
them here are not even aware of the funds.
Some people got letters in the past asking for assistance to move
funds out of Africa but along the line they did not complete the
transaction with the one who contacted them. Unknown them, the African
partner stated the name of the foreigner with the email during
application and payment was approved to the foreigners name but they
were not notified.
All we need is to get approvals in your name to legally approve you
as the owner of the funds since this email address belongs to you.
Once the approval documents are obtained in your name with instruction
to the bank asking them to immediately pay you, the bank will contact
you for immediate payment of the funds to you.
The reason I decided to secretly contact you is that few days ago, a
woman by name Mrs. Nancy Tice contacted our office informing us that
you have given her instruction and authority to receive the approved
US$12,700,000.00 (Twelve Million Seven Hundred Thousand US Dollars)
only on your behalf. According to her, she said that you asked her to
represent you in receiving this amount. She also forwarded an account
where your funds should be transferred to her immediately.
Here is the information he forwarded to us for your own confirmation:
American Express Bank
SaltLake City Utah, 84130
AC/Nr: 320003156310
Routing Nr: 124085066
AC Name: Nancy K. Tice
I want you to confirm to me immediately if you at any time instructed
the above person to receive this amount on your behalf and if not, you
are requested to immediately get back to me reconfirming your own
details requested below:
Full nameComplete address..
Office/Home Tel: .Mobile
OccupationAge.
Upon receipt of your confirmation, I shall immediately assist you to
process all the legal documents from here to enable the Bank make
immediate payment of your funds within the next 48 hours after
processing. If you sent this woman, do reconfirm also to me and I will
help her to process the legal documents in her name. For me, I feel
she was sent by one of the Directors who do not want you to get your
money. They want to use her account to divert what belongs to you. If
you have ever been contacted by someone from Africa in the past for
the movement of funds into your account, please know that that money
was later approved to you without your knowledge.
I will appreciate your urgent response and confirmation as our office
has been given until five (5) working days to carry out all approved
payments or return them as unclaimed funds. Note that the earlier you
respond to this message, the better as all modalities have been put in
place for immediate payment of the above sum to you.
Note also that this payment is 100% legal and risk free as I will
legally obtain all the documents to put you in place as the legally
approved beneficiary.
I await your urgent response now.
Regards,
Mr. Kenneth Robertson