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From: "[email protected]" [email protected]

Subject: PayPal Bank Wire Transfer Payment Received From Sharon Adele

PayPal will never hold funds or act as an escrow service. PayPal will never ask for money to be wired via a competing service such as Western Union or Money Gram.

This email confirms that you have received an Instant payment of £820.30 GBP from Sharon Adele via PayPal PayPal Merchandise Wire transfer Payment Service. The payment is pending and will not reflect in your account until we receive the Shipment Tracking Number from you.

Due to bad experience we had in the past whereby the seller receives payment for an item and refuse to send the item to the buyers destination. It is our priority to cover both ends of this Transaction by releasing the total sum of £820.30 GBP into your account after receiving the shipment reference/tracking number Information.

NOTE: Once the Tracking Number is confirmed the money will be credited into your account within few minutes. We act as intermediary between both the Buyer and the Seller in-order to reach an agreement and strong protection.

Item Number- Not Specify
Item- xxxx
Note from Sharon Adele

Kindly send it to my daughter's address . No 52 MKO abiola way, Ring Road. City:Ibadan.Zip Code:23402. Country:Nigeria and email me when its all done. Nice doing business with you.

How can you get your money sooner?
You should be able to get your money within few minutes upon confirmation of Shipment Tracking Number.
*Send the item to the buyer's postal address as displayed on this page below..
*Email us a proof of shipment such as shipment Tracking number, this is required for shipment verification in other to transfer the money into your account immediately. E-mail us by Using the reply button in your Mail Box.

Shipping Information:
Name: Shola Adele
Address: No 52 MKO abiola way,
Ring Road.
City: Ibadan
Zip Code: 23402
Country: Nigeria.

Special Instructions:
The Buyer will not be permitted to reverse the funds before or after you have sent the shipment reference/tracking number to the name and address above via Courier/Delivery services. This means that you are also safe and secured by sending the item upfront to complete this transaction. The Buyer has provided a confirmed Address. Please ship the item to the destination above. This transaction is Covered by PayPal Protection Policy. With more than 147 million accounts worldwide, we are a leading on-line payment method you can trust!
Note: As this transaction was done via our e-mail payments service, all inquiries should be directed to us by Using the reply button in your Mail Box. This email is the one being monitored for this transaction because the status of this transaction cannot be accessed via our customer care phone service section.Sincerely,

The PayPal Team.

Second email

As part of our security measures, we regularly screen activity in the PayPal system. We recently contacted you about your pending payment. We requested the TRACKING information from you and we have received the TRACKING number.

We will process the whole money into your account as soon as the TRACKING number you provided has been confirmed and due to the huge amount of account that are being credited everyday, so we schedule your account to be credited in 24 hours time, You will receive a confirmation email from PayPal that the money has been credited into your account.

We thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please understand that this is a security measure intended to help protect you and the buyer. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Sincerely,


PayPal Account Review Department
PayPal Email ID PP305

Here is where they try to steal £150.00 GBP via money gram .

****I-S--S- ERROR OCCURRED****

We have just received an email from Sharon Adele for a request back of £150.00 GBP that was mistakenly sent to you from her account.

She wrote a note to PayPal informing us that she was trying to send the money to her daughters guardian in Nigeria for her daughters upkeep and was mistakenly sent to you,so therefore this will cause a delay in getting your account credited today. Read below to follow the steps on how to your money credited.
Special Instructions:
1: Sharon Adele has requested the amount of £150.00 GBP to be sent to her daughter's guardian in Nigeria via MoneyGram.
2:Make Sure the amount is sent to the information stated below and get back to us with the Reference Number and Senders name by Using the reply button in your Mail Box.

First Name: Kelvin
Last Name: Ogbovo
Address: Etisalat Telecommunication office,GRA
City: Benin
State: Edo
Zip Code: 0234
Country: Nigeria

We urge you to send the £150.00 GBP to the guardian in Nigeria via MoneyGram and email us the Reference Number and Senders name after you might have send the £150.00 GBP to the guardian. Once we verify the details above sent to us, you will receive a "CONFIRMATION E-mail" from Pay Pal® Service informing you that your account has been credited with £970.30 GBP.

Note:
£15.00 GBP was added to cover the MoneyGram Charges.



Please, understand that this is a security measure intended to help protect both Parties.We apologize
for the inconvenience that has caused you.
Thank you for using PayPal!
PayPal Security.