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Email Scam: OFFICE OF THE MONEY GRAM MONEY TRANSFER

This is an email received about “ OFFICE OF THE MONEY GRAM MONEY TRANSFER ” is a phishing scam and why not try to contact these people or log onto these sites and enter your data because you risk being stolen.

from:

MONEY GRAM

<sisbrownbrown@gmail.com>

reply-to: garm_money@ymail.com
to:
bcc: xxx@gmail.com
date: Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 6:09 PM
subject:

OFFICE OF THE MONEY

GRAM MONEY TRANSFER

mailed-by: gmail.com
signed-by: gmail.com
OFFICE OF THE MONEY GRAM MONEY TRANSFER
MONEY GRAM

OFFICE OF THE MONEY GRAM MONEY TRANSFER.
COTONOU BENIN REPUBLIC/ADDRESS 78,
AVARAKU IGOLO ROAD COTONOU.
E-mail  garm_money@ymail.com
website. http://www.moneygram.com
Phone  +229-96 05 44 65

ATTENTION ,

WE WISH TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE RECEIPT OF YOUR EMAIL IN THIS MONEY GRAM OFFICE AND THE CONTENT IS WELL NOTED. WE ARE  INSTRUCTED TO SEND YOUR FUND TO YOUR ADDRESS IN YOUR CITY MONEY GRAM OFFICE FROM HERE IN BENIN REPUBLIC OFFICE. MONEY GRAM MONEY TRANSFER AND YOU WILL BE RECEIVING YOUR FUND ( $5,000.00 U.S.D ) PER DAY UNTIL YOU RECEIVE ALL YOUR TOTALPAYMENT WHICH IS THE SUM OF $2.7M USD AS SCHEDULED IN OUR OFFICE HERE.

The reference number is valid, please go through the content of this email carefully and do as required.This is to confirm your email response and content therein. I have called the Editorial/Programmers to re-check the payment and they both confirmed that the ref no. 26444438 is correct & valid.

We have also called the Money Gram Headquarters Offshore base to confirm the payment status and they report that the payment was valid for pick up by the receiver, but was held under the authorization of the International Clearance Office requesting that your payment must be cleared/approved by obtaining an Identification Clearance Certificate from their office to prove its a registered funds under the ICC.

Please note that this is not our knowing because your payment was propose for remittance via Money Gram payment which was effectively carried out. We have ask for the cost of this ICC and was told it will cost the sum of $68 only. The ICC will cover all the other transfer that will be sent from this office to you and it will take 3 hrs approximately to allow the first $5,000 be released to you after sending the $68

Send the $68 via Money Gram  with the below info and get back to us immediately:

Receivers name:

We are waiting to hear from you today with the fee. This is the payment information you will use to send the $68.00 for this
department to release your fund  today. You will send the fee through MONEY GRAM with this information bellow.

Receiver name — JAMES ANAEKWE
Country———-BENIN REPUBLIC
City————-COTONOU
Test Question—A
Test Answer——B
Amount———–$68
Reference number———-?
Sender Name………..

We anticipate your urgent response to this message as soon as possible. Awaiting to receive the payment information. Kindly get back to me. Call +229-96 05 44 65

Thanks.
Customer Care Case Management Team
Money Gram International
REV TONY MIKE .
DIRECTOR MONEY GRAM
INTERNATIONAL BENIN REPUBLIC

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