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Anti-Terrorist And Monetary Crimes Division
FBI Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Federal Bureau Of Investigation
J.Edgar Hoover Building


ATTENTION: BENEFICIARY

This e-mail has been issued to you in order to Officially inform you that we have completed an investigation on an International Payment in which was issued to you by an International Lottery Company. With the help of our newly developed technology (International Monitoring Network System) we discovered that your e-mail address was automatically selected by an Online Balloting System, this has legally won you the sum of $2.4million USD from a Lottery Company outside the United States of America. During our investigation we discovered that your
e-mail won the money from an Online Balloting System and we have authorized this winning to be paid to you via INTERNATIONAL CERTIFIED BANK DRAFT.

Normally, it will take up to 5 business days for an INTERNATIONAL CERTIFIED BANK DRAFT by your local bank. We have successfully notified this company on your behalf that funds are to be drawn from a registered bank within the world winded, so as to enable you cash the check instantly without any delay, henceforth the stated amount of $2.4million USD has been deposited with IMF.

We have completed this investigation and you are hereby approved to receive the winning prize as we have verified the entire transaction to be Safe and 100% risk free, due to the fact that the funds have been deposited with IMF you will be required to settle the following bills directly to the Lottery Agent in-charge of this transaction whom is located in Cotonou, Benin Republic. According to our discoveries, you were
required to pay for the following,

(1) Deposit Fee's ( IMF INTERNATIONAL CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE )
(3) Shipping Fee's ( This is the charge for shipping the Cashier's Check to your home address)

The total amount for everything is $96.00 We have tried our possible best to indicate that this $96.00 should be deducted from your winning prize but we found out that the funds have already been deposited IMF and cannot be accessed by anyone apart from you the winner, therefore you will be required to pay the required fee's to the Agent in-charge of this transaction

In order to proceed with this transaction, you will be required to contact the agent in-charge ( Christopher Harris ) via e-mail. Kindly look below to find appropriate contact information:

CONTACT AGENT NAME: Mr. Christopher Harris
Email; [email protected]
PHONE NUMBER: +229-66043617
You will be required to e-mail him with the following information:

FULL
NAME:
ADDRESS:
CITY:
STATE:
ZIP CODE:
DIRECT CONTACT NUMBER:
OCCUPATION:

You will also be required to request Western Union or Money Gram details on how to send the required $96.00 in order to immediately ship your prize of $2.4million USD via INTERNATIONAL CERTIFIED BANK DRAFT from IMF, also include the following transaction code in order for him to immediately identify this transaction : EA2948-910.

This letter will serve as proof that the Federal Bureau Of Investigation is authorizing you to pay the required $96.00 ONLY to Mr.Christopher Harris via information in which he shall send to you,


Mr. JAMES COMEY
Federal Bureau of Investigation F B I
Yours in Service,Photograph of Director
JAMES COMEY
Ok I can pay that Friday but is there any way you can call me?

On Aug 30, 2015 1:32 PM, FBI OFFICE <[email protected]> wrote:
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International Monetary Fund
International Monetary Fund ( IMF) Africa Regional Office Benin





ATTENTION

I WRITE TO REMIND YOU THAT WE ARE WAITING TO RECEIVE THE PAYMENT DETAILS FROM YOU ONCE YOU FINALIZE MAKING THE PAYMENT TODAY AND REMEMBER TO USE BELOW INFORMATION WHEN SENDING THE FEE;

PAYMENT DETAILS

1. RECEIVER NAME: ======= EKENE ORAH
2. CITY/COUNTRY:==========COTONOU - BENIN REPUBLIC.
3. QUESTION=============WHEN
4. ANSWER: =============TODAY
5. AMOUNT: $96.00 DOLLARS
FORWARD THE PAYMENT CONTROL NUMBER, SENDER


I WAIT TO READ FROM YOU SOONEST WITH THE PAYMENT DETAILS FOR IMMEDIATE PROCEED ON THE DELIVERING TO YOUR PROVIDED HOME ADDRESS

CONGRATULATIONS
YOURS IN SERVICE
MR. CHRISTOPHER HARRIS

INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF)
AFRICA REGIONAL OFFICE BENIN
TELEPHONE +229-66043617

[AlanJones]

Yes, it's one of many Advance Fee Fraud scam emails being sent out to thousands of people - there is no such thing as international lotteries - if you didn't buy a ticket for a legitimate lottery in your own country then how can you have won a lottery? Also, the FBI have better things to do with their time then write to people telling them they have money owing to them and all they have to do is send a few dollars to someone in Africa.

Just delete the email and don't respond to the scammers any more.

This jackass kept me going for about 20 emails and i kept calling him out.,... i knew from the beginning but i thought it was kinda funny., so i wanteded to pay along his email was [email protected]

nternational Monetary Fund ( IMF) Africa Regional Office Benin

ATTENTION,

THIS IS THE RECEIPT OF YOUR EMAIL , ORDER FROM THE IMF OFFICE HERE,
IN RESPECT WITH THE PROVISION ACT OF DECREE FBI AUTHORITY
CONSTITUTION;I AM DIRECTED TO INFORM YOU THAT YOUR INTERNATIONAL
CERTIFIED BANK DRAFT" TO THE TUNE OF $2.4 MILLION US DOLLARS ONLY HAVE
VERIFICATION AND CONFIRMATIONS ARE CORRECT. THEREFORE, WE ARE HAPPY TO
INFORM YOU THAT ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN CONCLUDED TO AFFECT YOUR
DELIVERY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND IN OUR BID TO TRANSPARENCY.YOUR
SKEPTICISM IS UNDERSTANDABLE AND NOT WITHOUT MERIT. HOWEVER, WE WILL
NOT BE PARTY TO A SITUATION LIKE YOU SUGGESTED AND QUITE FRANKLY, I
TAKE EXCEPTION TO WHAT YOU ARE IMPLYING. YOUR INTERNATIONAL CERTIFIED
BANK DRAFT IS REAL AND LEGITIMATE.

THE REQUIRED FEE OF $96.00 DOLLARS FOR THE IMF INTERNATIONAL
CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE CAN BE SEND THROUGH WESTERN UNION INTERNATIONAL
MONEY TRANSFER OR MONEY GRAM WITH THE BELOW STATED DETAILS;


PAYMENT DETAILS

1. RECEIVER NAME: =======MOORE ERIC
2.COUNTRY:==========BENIN REPUBLIC.
CITY=================COTONOU
3. QUESTION=============WHEN
4. ANSWER: =============TODAY
5. AMOUNT: $96.00 DOLLARS
FORWARD THE PAYMENT CONTROL NUMBER, SENDER
CONGRATULATIONS
YOURS IN SERVICE
MR ALEX RICHARD
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF)
AFRICA REGIONAL OFFICE BENIN
TELEPHONE +229-6788-3613



international Monetary Fund ( IMF) Africa Regional Office Benin

ATTENTION,

I RECEIVED YOUR MAIL AND I WISH TO INFORM YOU THAT THIS YOUR FUND IS
WELL APPROVED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF BENIN REPUBLIC ,FBI,THEY
ALL KNOWS EVERY THING CONCERN THIS YOUR DELIVERY .AND I GIVE YOU 100%
PERCENTAGES ASSURANCE THAT ONCE THIS REQUIRED FEE OF $96 IS BE CONFIRM
FROM YOU,YOUR PACKAGES WILL DELIVER TO YOUR HOME ADDRESS IN NEXT 48
HOURS OK