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Owner/Fund Beneficiary mredwardcleffdeoff@gmail.com
Scam Email received June 20, 2018 from mredwardcliff40000@yahoo.com
Email From:
mredwardcliff40000@yahoo.com
Subject:
Owner/Fund Beneficiary
Other emails used:
mredwardcleffdeoff@gmail.com, mredwardcleffdeoff@gmail.com
Email Subject:
Owner/Fund Beneficiary
Owner/Fund Beneficiary – mredwardcleffdeoff@gmail.com
Owner/Fund Beneficiary The sum of $4.6 million. out of your over due total sum has been approved for payment through ATM cash card system after all attempts to pay you through bank, and diplomatic courier failed. I am glad to send you this email to notify you concerning your ATM CARD which is in our custody for the past few months. We want you to understand that the delivery fees is being paid by the authorities and what you need to do now is to contact us immediately so that the delivery will commence to your door step as soon as possible. Note that you are to pay for the safe security keeping fees of your ATM CARD which is just $50 Dollars only, so that immediate effect will take place for the delivery of your ATM CARD . If you know you won&t be able to pay for the safe security keeping fee of your ATM CARD please do not respond back to this email. Please i repeat myself again if you know that you will not be able to pay for the safe security keeping of your ATM CARD which is just $50 please i beg you not to respond to this email because it will not help. Do fill this information and get back to us as soon as You received this message, thereby sending this confidential details to this e-mail for security reasons or call or text Mr. Edward Cleeff for the immediate release of your fund: mredwardcleffdeoff@gmail.com Cell Phone: +2349064709957 Reconfirm your mailing address. =============================================== Full Name: Sex:. Mailing Address:. Personal Phone Number.. Occupation: Thanks for your understanding. Sincerely, International Monetary Fund (IMF) mredwardcleffdeoff@gmail.com
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