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Mr Edward - Western Union - wwunion140@gmail.com

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from: Mr.Edward <charles.flanagan1401@gmail.com>
reply-to: wwunion140@gmail.com
date: Sep 7, 2020, 11:48 AM
subject: Look forward for your anticipated response.
mailed-by: gmail.com

WESTERN UNION REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT
LOCATION ADDRESS; PLOT 1261, ADEOLA HOPEWELL STREET CO/B/REP
Cotonou REPUBLIC DU BENIN
Email: wwunion140@gmail.com
DATE: 7/9/2020

Good Day Dear Beneficiary,

This information is reaching you from our corporate headquarter here
in Cotonou Benin Republic, states that you only have 48hours (2days)
to effect your payment for the updating of your MTCN #: to enable you
cash up your first

$5,000.00 from your total fund of (3.500,000,00USD) since you are
finding it difficult to make this payment we have decided that you are
to go ahead and pay whatever amount you have out of the total charges
fees required for the file normalization & signature verification fee.
Since you are not able to come up with the total required charges. But
mind you, no amount below $49 will be accepted from you so we expect
you to pay whatever amount from $49 and above. You are to pay whatever
you have for the activation of your reference number and upon receipt
of this payment today from you will activate your MTCN #:immediately.

Be informed that you will have to pay the balance fee of your file
normalization upon cashing up of your first $5,000.00 USD also I am
using this medium to inform you that failure to pay the balance
charges will leave us with no option but to deactivate your MTCN # of
which you will and can never cash up the balance, I want you to send
the updating and activation fee with this information below.or iTune
card or steam card

RECEIVER'S NAME: AUSTIN MABIA
LOCATION: COTONOU, BENIN REPUBLIC.
AMOUNT: As from $49.00 USD up
SENDERS NAMES........
REFERENCE #..........

Please any amount you send let us know but remember whatsoever amount
below $49 will not be accepted. You can send us the payment
information’s immediately you send the money. And once we confirm the
activation fee we will send you the first receipt of your $5,000.00 at
the same day and the activation of your MTCN # will not take more than
30 munites.

In addition to this, we have decided to compensate our entire client
due to their inability to pay the requested fee from the authorities
the compensation started today being 07th of sepember
2020.and it will end on the 14th of setenber,2020 by reducing the
high cost to low amount.

As the matter of fact, the transferring fee and all cost requested
from the authorities has been cut down to any amount as you can afford
and that is only money you have to pay to receive your payment because
the transferring of your funds were approved and signed as well and we
do contacted you today for your immediate attention over it. Note that

anything that has the beginning is also has the end in that case,first
come first serve.

You are entitle to receive your payment today if you do send the money
today as well. We are waiting to hear from you today with the fee to
enable this department to release your payment immediately.

Look forward for your anticipated response.

Regards.

Mr.Edward

Office Directo
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