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Website: www.fbi.gov Telephone Number :
(206) 973-2572
Attn: Beneficiary,
This is to Officially inform you
that it has come to our notice and we have thoroughly completed an
Investigation with the help of our Intelligence Monitoring Network System
that you legally won the sum of $800,000.00 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 a Certified Cashier's Check.
Normally, it will take up to 10
business days for an International Check to be cashed 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 United States Of America so as to
enable you cash the check instantly without any delay, henceforth the stated
amount of $800,000.00 USD has been deposited with
Bank Of America. 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 at
Bank Of America you
will be required to settle the following bills directly to the Lottery Agent
in-charge of this transaction whom is located in Lagos, Nigeria. According
to our discoveries, you were required to pay for the following - (1) Deposit Fee's ( Fee's paid by
the company for the deposit into an American Bank which is - Bank Of America
) (2) Cashier's Check Conversion Fee
( Fee for converting the Wire
Transfer payment into a Certified Cashier's Check ) (3) Shipping Fee's ( This is the
charge for shipping the Cashier's Check to your home address and this fee
includes Insurance ) The total amount for everything is
$500.00 (Five Hundred-US Dollars). We have tried our possible best to
indicate that this $500.00 should be deducted from your winning prize but we
found out that the funds have already been deposited at Bank Of America 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 via
Western Union Money Transfer Or
Money Gram. In order to proceed with this
transaction, you will be required to contact the agent in-charge ( Mr.
Benson Edward) via e-mail. Kindly look below to find appropriate contact
information: CONTACT AGENT NAME: MR. BENSON
EDWARD E-MAIL ADDRESS: bensonedward1980@gmail.com Telephone Number : +234-8099810229
You will be required to e-mail him
with the following information:
FULL NAME: ADDRESS: CITY: STATE: ZIP CODE:
DIRECT CONTACT NUMBER: You will also be required to
request Western Union
or Money Gram details on how to send the required $500.00 in order to
immediately ship your prize of $800,000.00 USD via Certified Cashier's Check
drawn from Bank Of America, 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 $500.00 ONLY to Mr. Benson Edward via information in which he shall
send to you, if you do not receive your winning prize of $800,000.00 we
shall be held responsible for the loss and this shall invite a penalty of
$3,000 which will be made PAYABLE ONLY to you (The Winner). Mr. Bill Nicholson
Special Agent. Washington DC
FBI.
Room, 7367 J. Edgar Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20535-0001
Please find below an authorized
signature which has been signed by the
FBI Director- Robert Mueller, also below is the FBI NSB (National
Security Branch Seal)
Authorized Signature
NSB SEAL ABOVE
NOTE: In order to ensure your check
gets delivered to you ASAP, you are advised to immediately contact Mr. Benson
Edward via contact information provided above and make the required payment of
$500.00 to information in which he shall provide to you
Anti-Terrorist And Monetory Crimes
Division
FBI Headquarters In Washington,
D.C.
Federal Bureau Of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20535-0001
Website:
www.fbi.gov
Telephone Number :
(206) 973-2572
Attn: Beneficiary,
This is to Officially inform you
that it has come to our notice and we have thoroughly completed an
Investigation with the help of our Intelligence Monitoring Network System
that you legally won the sum of $800,000.00 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 a Certified Cashier's Check.
Normally, it will take up to 10
business days for an International Check to be cashed 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 United States Of America so as to
enable you cash the check instantly without any delay, henceforth the stated
amount of $800,000.00 USD has been deposited with
Bank Of America.
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 at
Bank Of America you
will be required to settle the following bills directly to the Lottery Agent
in-charge of this transaction whom is located in Lagos, Nigeria. According
to our discoveries, you were required to pay for the following -
(1) Deposit Fee's ( Fee's paid by
the company for the deposit into an American Bank which is - Bank Of America
)
(2) Cashier's Check Conversion Fee
( Fee for converting the Wire
Transfer payment into a Certified Cashier's Check )
(3) Shipping Fee's ( This is the
charge for shipping the Cashier's Check to your home address and this fee
includes Insurance )
The total amount for everything is
$500.00 (Five Hundred-US Dollars). We have tried our possible best to
indicate that this $500.00 should be deducted from your winning prize but we
found out that the funds have already been deposited at Bank Of America 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 via
Western Union Money Transfer Or
Money Gram.
In order to proceed with this
transaction, you will be required to contact the agent in-charge ( Mr.
Benson Edward) via e-mail. Kindly look below to find appropriate contact
information:
CONTACT AGENT NAME: MR. BENSON
EDWARD
E-MAIL ADDRESS:
bensonedward1980@gmail.com
Telephone Number : +234-8099810229
You will be required to e-mail him
with the following information:
FULL NAME:
ADDRESS:
CITY:
STATE:
ZIP CODE:
DIRECT CONTACT NUMBER:
You will also be required to
request Western Union
or Money Gram details on how to send the required $500.00 in order to
immediately ship your prize of $800,000.00 USD via Certified Cashier's Check
drawn from Bank Of America, 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 $500.00 ONLY to Mr. Benson Edward via information in which he shall
send to you, if you do not receive your winning prize of $800,000.00 we
shall be held responsible for the loss and this shall invite a penalty of
$3,000 which will be made PAYABLE ONLY to you (The Winner).
Mr. Bill Nicholson
Special Agent.
Washington DC
FBI.
Room, 7367
J. Edgar Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20535-0001
Please find below an authorized
signature which has been signed by the
FBI Director- Robert Mueller, also below is the FBI NSB (National
Security Branch Seal)
Authorized Signature
NSB SEAL ABOVE
NOTE: In order to ensure your check
gets delivered to you ASAP, you are advised to immediately contact Mr. Benson
Edward via contact information provided above and make the required payment of
$500.00 to information in which he shall provide to you