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From: "U.N.O. ORG" <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 12:10:11 -0700
Subject: Goodnews
UNITED NATIONS
House, 617/618. Diplomatic Zone,
Central Area District,
Federal Capital Territory,
Abuja, Nigeria
Telephone:- +234 902 038 2032
Dear Sir/Madam,
Compliments of the day,
We hereby inform you that the UNITED NATIONS in conjunction with the
Interpol, Federal Bureau of Investigation, (FBI) United States of America,
the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of Nigeria and all the
African Crime fighter leaders have come together to inform the world what
is going on now and we have recover over US$3.8 Billion Dollars from the
people we have behind bars.
Our duties is to make sure we stop internet scam and money laundering. As
for today we have put a lot of fraudsters in jail. We go all over Africa to
pick this thieves/internet rats. We have over 8,273 of them in our jails
round Africa and we are still looking for more. We are aware that a lot of
foreigners out there have been deceived and lost their hard earn money to
these fraudsters after promising them percentages in their letters/e-mails
for their impending help to move funds out Africa including fake lottery
winning notification and at the end of the day, they will collect thousands
of dollars from you without a successful end.
It was agreed that to retain the good image of Africa countries, all the
victims who lost his/her hard earn money to these faceless thieves will be
compensated with just US$1,850,000.00 (One Million, Eight Hundred & Fifty
thousands United Stated Dollars only). This we assume will help you to
start a new life. Please, you have to accept the money like that because
the people (victims) in our pay list are too much. We are paying back from
the money we recovered from these fraudsters.
To that effect, we are sending you this e-mail because your contact details
were given to us as one of the victims. Since the United Nations, Interpol
and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have stepped into this
matter, be rest assured that you are safe as it is our duty to protect and
serve the citizens of United Kingdom and United States of America in
particular and the rest of the world in general.
TO FILE FOR YOUR CLAIM, PLEASE, RECONFIRM THE REQUIRED INFORMATION AS
STATED BELOW AND SEND IT BACK TO US IMMEDIATELY. ALL MATTERS RELATING TO
THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF YOUR COMPENSATION FUND HAS BEEN REGULARIZED AND
FINAL APPROVALS WILL BE ISSUE OUT AS SOON AS WE HEAR FROM YOU.
1. YOUR FULL NAME
2. YOUR AGE
3. SEX:
4. HOUSE OR OFFICE ADDRESS (P.O BOX NOT ACCEPTABLE),
5. OCCUPATION
6. YOUR PHONE NUMBER(S)
7. COUNTRY:
Immediately you send the above required information to us, we will proceed
with the Processing/Releasing of your payment to you within 2-3 working
days based on our agreement.
We are aware that these fraudsters has broken a lot of home(s), made a lot
of people to lose their job, sell their properties, closed their business,
put many on the street, and made a lot to even lose their life. We are very
sorry.
Please, feel free to call us with the phone number above if you need more
clarification(s).
Best Regards,
George Shehata,
Head of Communications