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from: Mr. Williams Johnson <ayangsundayetim@gmail.com>
reply-to: richardmark2018@outlook.com
date: Jun 13, 2023, 1:57 PM
subject: Attention:Please
mailed-by: gmail.com

WESTERN UNION INTERNATIONAL BENIN REPUBLIC.
ADDRESS/ 104 AVENUE TOKPA/ AGBUKO WAY PORT-NOVO BENIN REPUBLIC
Contact Email;(click reply)
DATE: 6/13/2023

Attention:Please

This is to confirm the receipt of your email application for the
release of your US$2.5Million through this office WESTERN UNION
Service mode of payment at counter as directed and we have since
commenced the relevant programming and the documentations of the said
fund, as we are instructed to make the first payment MTCN available
the next day upon the receipt of the application from the beneficiary
which is you.

It is our pleasure to inform you that the Benin Financial Intelligence
Unit, (BFIU) after their careful verifications on your payment has
granted us their approvals and Clearance in your favor to release your
payment of US$2.5Million USD (two Million Five Hundred Thousand United
States Dollars only). And we equally wish to inform you that we have
also finalized our indoor formalities regarding the transfer of your
outstanding fund to the address you provided.
Due some financial regulations under the WESTERN UNION Chartered Act
of 2007 Benin Republic, the limits that can be send out from here to
an individual in a foreign country is $7,450.00 per transfer. With the
above development we have scheduled that your payment will come in a
manner of one MTCN numbers which is $7,450.00 daily with Sunday as an
exception unless where is stated otherwise. Bases on the instructions
given to us to start the processing and programming of the first
payment upon the receipt of application request from you for the
release of your first payment, we have signed and endorsed the release
of your first $7,450.00, but please be inform that before we can
release the MTCN numbers to you, you have to fulfill our obligation by
providing the sum of $75 usd to secure the International Remittance
Form (IRS) from Federal Ministry of Finance. These are the basic Legal
Transfer Documents that are required to facilitate the transfer of
these
Funds to you and has to be signed originally, The IRS form will cost
$75 and the cost of this is the primary concern of the beneficiary. We
want to make it clear to you that our policy does not charge you for
any upfront payment before releasing your transfer MTCN Numbers but
due to inactive of your transfer file the system cannot keep record of
your transfer proceedings for transparency as demanded by the Central
Bank of Benin to help checkmate the present economics crisis of world
over today, and unless the file is renew the fund cannot be release to
you, so understand why you are being charged, without renewing your
payment file you can not be able to pick up your first payment.

The cost for securing (IRS) of your transfer proceedings is $75 and
once that is being obtained we shall update and validating unit your
transfer file will be build and the system will program your first
transfer MTCN of $7,450.00 ready for pick up at any WESTERN UNION
outlet closer to you. Bear in mind that we don't have authority over
your fund yet until you present the required charge in other to secure
the International Remittance Form and also be rest assure that once we
obtain the said document, you will start receiving your first payment
of $7,450.00 and the rest of the payment.

Note this: if there is any mistake to your Name and address you
provided, please correct it now before the programming will start.
Use Below information to send the $75 for your first MTCN Numbers of
$7,450.00 to be release Immediately:

Receivers: JEAN ANO
Country: Benin Republic
City: Cotonou
Test question: Who ?
Test Answer: God
Amount: $75usd

Please send the fee through western union office around you and get
back to us with MTCN slip in other to proceed on your transfer. Your
rapid response is highly needed.

Thanks and my regards.
Mr. Williams Johnson
GENERAL MANAGER OF WESTERN UNION INTERNATIONAL BENIN REPUBLIC
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