From: "Western Union" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <anthony.carmelo@gala.net>
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 12:01:45 -0500
Subject: Important Payment Information
ATTENTION: CUSTOMER
Please be informed that the Federal Bureau of Investigation has completed an
Investigation on the Lottery issue in which you presently have with your present
transaction agents. Your transaction has already been paid out to the Internal
Revenue Service of the Republic of Benin whom have presently placed an hold on
your transaction due to the fact that you have failed to pay their requested tax
fee on your funds.
According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the real amount of your money
is $800,000 US Dollars and it has been dispatched to the Republic of Benin's Western Union
Head Office Foreign Operations Manager "Mr. Anthony Carmelo" whom is presently
in-charge of your transaction. It has been designated that the sum of $8,000 be
paid to you daily using Western Union Money Transfer, therefore your funds is
presently with Western Union and has been placed on hold.
Presently, the funds are in the Western Union system and once you have paid the
Republic of Benin Tax Clearance in the amount of $300, your funds will NOT be released.
You are required to pay the sum of $300 to the Foreign Operations Manager whom
shall deposit to the Republic of Benin Tax system directly and once this has been
completed, the money will then be changed into your name and released for
pay-out immediately.
In order to prove that your funds are in the Western Union system, I would
require that you go to their website via "http://www.westernunion.com"
and then click on the "Check Transfer"
or "Transfer Status", you will then be
required to enter the MTCN control number as well as the Sender's Name. Kindly
enter the following information below:
SENDER'S FIRST NAME: IRIAH
SENDER'S LAST NAME: JOSEPH
MTCN:---- 8012503463
Amount:--- $8,000 USD
You CANNOT pick up the funds as of yet because the payment was NOT sent to your
name but an anonymous name, once you have paid the required $300 for the
Nigerian Tax Clearance, the money will be released after 12 hours and shall be
made payable to you. Please note that this is the ONLY required fee needed to
complete your transaction, therefore you are required to immediately proceed to
a Western Union Money Transfer outlet and then request to send $300 to the
following information below:
NAME OF RECEIVER: ANTHONY CARMELO
CITY: COTONOU
STATE: COTONOU
COUNTRY: REPUBLIC OF BENIN
TEST QUESTION: WHAT FOR?
ANSWER: RELEASE
AMOUNT TO SEND: $300
Once you have completed the Western Union transaction, you will be required to
call or send Mr. Anthony an e-mail with the following information below:
SENDER'S FIRST NAME:
SENDER'S LAST NAME:
10 DIGIT MTCN CONTROL NUMBER GIVEN ON RECEIPT:
SENDER'S PHONE NUMBER:
Please send the above requested information to the following information below:
CONTACT NAME: MR. ANTHONY CARMELO
CONTACT PHONE NUMBER: +234 80 54 444 571
CONTACT E-MAIL ADDRESS:
anthony.carmelo@gala.net
If you are able to send the $300 IMMEDIATELY, the receiver's name on the money
transfer will be changed into your name and immediately be ordered for release
in ONLY 12 hours. Therefore, kindly proceed towards completing your transaction
and send Mr. Anthony required information.
Regards,
James Peterson,
Foreign Transfer Investigations,
Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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