Compensation scams
GOOD NEWS FOR YOU foreign.remit1dept@gmail.com
Scam Email received June 19, 2018 from foreign.remit1dept@gmail.com
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GOOD NEWS FOR YOU
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GOOD NEWS FOR YOU
GOOD NEWS FOR YOU – foreign.remit1dept@gmail.com
Attention: Fund BeneficiaryI am Mr. Micheal Rays, the Wema Bank Online Operation Manager.We have received a payment notification & approval in your name from Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to pay you an overdue sum of (USD$2.5Million) fund entitlement as part payment through our E-banking system called internet online banking.So we will proceed with opening of your online account immediately you reply this letter and fill up the online opening account form. So we are waiting to here from you? Mr. Micheal Rays Wema Bank Online Operation Manager. foreign.remit1dept@gmail.com
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