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From: [email protected]
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2018 21:36:28 +0100
Subject: My Dear friend


Hello My Dear friend,
I am Dr Hamza Mahmoud, it took me time before i decided to contact you
and i know you will not disappoint me, I work with Benin ministry of
Mines & energy Industry,am the Head of Finance/contract approval
department. There is a deceased contractor who has unpaid contract
balance payment for supply and installation of Industrial Equipments to
our Industry who died a month after the completion of the contract
project without any registered business partner in his file. now i want
to present you to the ministry as the next of kin to this deceased
contractor because you and the contractor has the same last name . If
you are interested, reply to my personal email= [email protected] and send
me your full name and telephone number for fast communication.
Dr Hamza Mahmoud