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From: Joe Costillo
Reply: [email protected]
Date: 17 May 2020 07:47:07 -0700
Subject: this should interest you
Hi,
This is about your money, you might have lost all hope to receive. I
made this effort to contact you, as an act of solidarity with you as a
person affected by what I suffered. Like you I guess, I was engaged in
diverse monetary dealings on the internet for many years. My monies
were locked in inheritance, lottery award, contract, compensation, et
al. In order for me to receive my funds, I made several payments which
yielded no result. The financial institutions which handled the
transactions suffered me in disappointments, until I stopped
communicating with them. Recently however, someone helped me. Two
Million, Nine Hundred and Ninety-nine Thousand Euros (2,999,000.00)
out of my monies was paid to me, courtesy of this person's assistance.
It was at the Deutsche Bundesbank (Central Bank of Germany)'s Clearing
House. I saw your file there too; reason I had to contact you. I bet
you are very much interested now, on how it went. This is confidential
and I'm in position to help you. I'm a journalist, semi-retired due to
health concerns. I'm Peruvian American, residing presently in the
Bahamas. In your reply to this email, I need you to substantiate your
full names and contact address for the record, which should indicate
that you are the right person I contacted. Then, will I tell you
everything you need to know.
Sincerely yours,
Joe Costillo.