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From: COVID 19 COMPENSATION TEAM <[email protected]>
Reply: [email protected]
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2020 14:40:13 +0200
Subject: COVID 19 COMPENSATION, YOU HAVE BEEN APPROVED FOR ...
*THE UNITED NATIONS, WORLD BANK and WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION in
conjunction with every other international and local money transfer and
financial institutions all over the world have agreed to compensate you
with the sum of TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($250,000 USD) for
your health, business, emotional and psychological trauma or loss,
INCLUDING DEATH OF LOVED ONES which you might have had in the past in the
hands of COVID-19 PANDEMIC. These include all foreign contractors that may
have not received their contract payments, and people that have had an
unfinished transaction or international businesses that failed in the past
and INCLUDING DEATH OF LOVED ONES due to COVID-19 PANDEMIC*..
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COVID 19 COMPENSATION, YOU HAVE BEEN APPROVED FOR THE PAYMENT OF $250,000 USD