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Payment/notification
United Nations organization in conjunction with the international monetary fund World Bank
fact-finding & special duties office of the director special duties Cotonou republic of Benin.
Attn:
The world bank group, fact finding & special duties office in conjunction with the united nations
organization, has received part of your pending payment with reference number (lm-05-371) amounting
to $10,000,000.00usd (Ten million us dollars) out of your contractual/inheritance funds from our
bank quoting reference to uno/wbf lm-05-371, the said payment is been arranged in ATM CARD
according to information gathered from the bank's security computer we were notified that you have
waited for so long to receive this payment without success.
I HAVE PAID FOR THE DELIVERY CHARGES KINDLY RECONFIRM THE FOLLOWING INFORMATIONS BELOW:
1: YOUR FULL NAME------------
2: YOUR HOME ADDRESS----------
3: CURRENT OCCUPATION-----------
4: AGE---------------
5: YOUR MOBILE PHONE NUMBER----------
6: A COPY OF YOUR IDENTIFICATION----------
Shipment will commence as soon as you reconfirm your contact address of the person who is going to
receive your (ATM CARD) so you have noting to worry about. After all arrangements we have
concluded! That you must donate (five hundred thousand United States dollars) to a charity
organization in your destination as soon as you receive your inheritance fund (ATM CARD). To this
effect, in your response you should send to us a promissory note promising to donate the stated
amount to a charity organization.
Please keep this transaction to yourself for now till the fund (ATM CARD) gets to you as it may
cause a lot of problems if they found out that we are using this medium to help you.
The above requirement qualifies you for final remittance process of the above stated sum.
Congratulations.
Yours faithfully,
Dr. Michael John
+229-93604982
DIRECTOR, SPECIAL DUTIES UNO/WBF