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Mrs.Madeline madelinelawrence011@gmail.com
Scam Email received June 21, 2018 from aaa_ddd_ddd02@aol.fr
Email From:
aaa_ddd_ddd02@aol.fr
Subject:
Mrs.Madeline
Other emails used:
madelinelawrence011@gmail.com, madelinelawrence011@gmail.com
Email Subject:
Mrs.Madeline
Mrs.Madeline – madelinelawrence011@gmail.com
I am Mrs.Madeline Lawrence the Auditing and section telex manager in (BOA BANK OF AFRICA)Ouagadougou Burkina Faso. i want to transfer the sum of ($10.5M)USD ,into your account and the fund is 100% free risk,if you&re interesting contact me through this i d account(madelinelawrence011@gmail.com)so that i will give you more details. Regards, Mrs.Madeline Lawrence, madelinelawrence011@gmail.com
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