Scam Tip Report #27937 - FAKE EMAIL CLAIMING TO BE FROM WESTERN UNION...SOMEONE IN AFRICA WANTS TO SEND ME 1.5 MILLION DOLLARS
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  | No Name Cranberry Township, PA, United States 2016-04-13 20:44:37 Nigerian/419 Scam |  FAKE EMAIL CLAIMING TO BE FROM WESTERN UNION...SOMEONE IN AFRICA WANTS TO SEND ME 1.5 MILLION DOLLARS
COTONOU BENIN REPUBLIC/ADDRESS 473 LEU, DE AKPAKPA ROAD. Welcome to Western Union. DEAR CUSTOMER. THIS IS TO NOTIFY YOU ABOUT THE LATEST DEVELOPMENT CONCERNING ALL THE PAYMENT THAT ARE LEFT IN OUR CUSTODY, WHICH YOURS ARE INCLUSIVE, IN ORDER TO RECEIVE YOUR PAYMENT OF $1.5m USD WHICH WE DIDN' T HEAR FROM YOU FOR SOMETIME NOW. . HENCE, OUR WESTERN UNION IS NOW OFFERING A SPECIAL BONUS TO HELP ALL OUR CUSTOMERS THAT ARE HAVING THEIR PAYMENT IN OUR CUSTODY DUE TO OF PRICES.NOTE THAT THE TRANSFER IS $5,000 PER DAY UNTIL THE TOTAL OF $1.5m USD IS COMPLETELY SEND TO YOU. IN ORDER WORDS WE ARE NOW REQUESTING THAT THOSE INVOLVE SHOULD PAY ONLY THE SUM OF $79.00 TO RECEIVE ALL THEIR PAYMENT ABANDONED IN OUR CUSTODY. THIS IS BECAUSE THE ANNIVERSARY IS AROUND THE CORNER AND WE WANT TO CLEAR OUR TRANSACTION WITH YOU BEFORE THE CELEBRATION TAKE PLACE.NOTE THAT YOUR PAYMENT FILES WILL BE RETURNED TO THE IMF WITHIN 72 HOURS IF WE DID NOT HEAR FROM YOU, THIS WAS THE INSTRUCTION GIVEN TO US BY THE IMF. THE REASON WHY WE NEED YOU TO SEND US THE $79.00USD IS THAT WE TRIED TO DEDUCT THE TRANSFERRING FEE OUT FROM YOUR FUND BUT THE MINISTER ADMINISTRATOR TRUST FUND OF BENIN REPUBLIC TOLD US THAT NO ONE HAS ACCESS OVER YOUR FUND AS IT HAVE BEEN SIGNED AND STAMPED THAT NO MONEY SHOULD BE DEDUCTED UNTIL IT GETS TO YOU TO AVOID ANY MISUNDERSTANDING BECAUSE IF ANY ONE HAS ACCESS TO THAT IT WILL INVOLVE YOU LOOSING YOUR FUND. THIS IS MY QUESTION DO YOU WANT TO LOSE YOUR FUNDS? IF NOT GET BACK TO US IMMEDIATELY WITH $79.00 OR ELSE YOU WILL LOST YOUR FUNDS BECAUSE WE CAN NOT KEEP YOUR FUNDS IN OUR CUSTODY DURING OUR ANNIVERSARY DAY IN THIS COUNTRY WHICH IS NEXT MONTH TO COME.HERE IS THE INFORMATION TO SEND THE $79.00 AND YOU CAN EVEN BE IN THESE OFFICE TO RECEIVE YOUR OWN PAYMENT IN NEXT 38 MINUTES OF SUBMITTING THE MTCN OF $79.00 TO US INFORMATION TO SEND THE NEEDED FEE OF $79.00 THROUGH WESTERN UNION OR MONEY GRAM. RECEIVER NAME;. . . peter UWA COUNTRY;. . . . . . BENIN REPUBLIC CITY. . . . . . . . COTONOU TEST QUESTION;. . . IN GOD ANSWER; . . . WE TRUST AMOUNT;. . . $79.00 NOTE; WE ARE INSTRUCTED BY THE IMF TO RETURN THE PAYMENT FILE WITHIN 72 HOURS IF THE BENEFICIARY DID COMPLY TO CLAIM HIS/HER FUNDS. THE MANAGEMENT OF WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER, BENIN REPUBLIC HEAD OFFICE. REGARDS MR JOHNSON MMILI FOREIGN OPERATION MANAGER WESTERN UNION OFFICE BENIN REPUBLIC Send Money Worldwide Welcome to Western Union *************************************************************************************************************************************** MY RESPONSE: Sir, It appears you have reached me in error. I am not due any payments from Africa. Please contact the sender to inform of this error. You also provided an incorrect email address for Western Union as "Yahoo" or "Speedy.com.ar" is not used by Western Union. Not to worry, I have forwarded your email to the correct email address for Western Union to notify of this error as well. SPOOF@WESTERNUNION.COM | |||||
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