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ATTENTION BENEFICIARY!!! dr.kennyanderson@aol.com
Scam Email received June 20, 2018 from dr.kennyanderson@aol.com
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dr.kennyanderson@aol.com
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ATTENTION BENEFICIARY!!!
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ATTENTION BENEFICIARY!!!
ATTENTION BENEFICIARY!!! – dr.kennyanderson@aol.com
ATTENTION BENEFICIARY!!! I am Dr. Kenny Anderson, from Dhl Benin we were asked to deliver your fund from Economic Community of West African State {ECO-WAS} which is 7.5million usd, we emailed you on December 13th, but we did not receive any email from you so we are asked to email you again i want you to know that once you get back to us with your full information , your delivery agent will proceed to your location without wasting much time because time does not wait for any one send your full information such as: RECEIVERS NAME:COUNTRY:NEAREST AIRPORT:OCCUPATION:PHONE NUMBER:waiting for your email REGARDS Dr. Kenny Anderson from dhl office. dr.kennyanderson@aol.com
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