An
Email with the Subject "NEWS FROM WESTERN UNION BENIN CONCERN YOUR PAYMENT OF $950,000.00" was
received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:45:09 -0700
and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email.
The sender shows as Chike Obiike <chikeobiike88@yahoo.com>.
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You're invited to:
NEWS FROM WESTERN UNION BENIN CONCERN YOUR PAYMENT OF $950,000.00
By your host:
Chike Obiike
Message:
ATTENTION BENEFICIARY,
Based on instruction passed to this Western Union from office of Presidency, your payment total sum of US$950,000.00.Dollars can only be paid through this Western Union Money Transfer of Benin Republic. After a meeting that was held in the office of the Presidency in regards to this, we agreed to pay you total US$5000 only per day until the funds is completely paid as agreed.
