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Attn: Beneficiary, interpolcarl@hotmail.com
Scam Email received June 21, 2018 from interpolcarl@hotmail.com
Email From:
interpolcarl@hotmail.com
Subject:
Attn: Beneficiary,
Other emails used:
interpolcarl@hotmail.com, interpolcarl@hotmail.com
Email Subject:
Attn: Beneficiary,
Attn: Beneficiary, – interpolcarl@hotmail.com
Sent from: CHIEF ROBERT Attn: Beneficiary, I wish to find out if your fund has been credited to your account as reported in our database that your $12,500,000.00 Million Dollars has been Credited in to your Bank Account with our payment Bank ( Bank Of Africa Confirm the status to me by e-mail: (interpolcarl@hotmail.com ) If I did not receive any response from you within the next 48hrs, we shall assume your $10 Million has been successfully received by you and if you do not receive your $12.5 Million Dollars get back to me immediately, so I will give you the contact Details of the Bank, so you can contact the Bank Director HON.FAUSTIN AMOUSSOU for the release of your funds. God Bless. Thanks CHIEF JEFF ROBERT CARL OF INTERPOL POLICE interpolcarl@hotmail.com
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