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The "Mr. Herry Obioma Government of Benin" Advance-fee Scam

The fake "Mr. Herry Obioma Government of Benin" email below is an advance-fee scam used by scammers and who may be impersonating someone or an organization. This scam is a form of fraud and one of the most common types of confidence trick. The scam typically involves promising the victim a significant share of a large sum of money, in return for a small up-front payment, which the fraudster requires in order to obtain the large sum.

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The "Mr. Herry Obioma Government of Benin" Scam

From: Mr.Herry Obioma - wwwdhlbenin3@gmail.com

Sent: Saturday, 30 March 2019, 02:19:40 am AEDT

Subject: AN ONLINE BANKING ACCOUNT HAS BEEN CREDITED IN YOUR FAVOUR

AN ONLINE BANKING ACCOUNT HAS BEEN CREDITED IN YOUR FAVOUR

I am hereby writing to inform you that the government of Benin has today afternoon deposit your inheritance $1.5 Million united state dollars with this bank. The government had a clear mandate to open an account in your name with the bank and set up an on-line transfer that you will use to transfer the funds into your personal account.

However, the government deposited your funds to the bank . The bank has finally opened an account in your name. Be advice that the bank has already created on-line transfer with the account that opened in your favor this afternoon. And the $1.5 Million of funds has been transferred to the account that my bank open in your favor. The on-line banking account details are follows.

Welcome! To - DB Online Pl c Secure Account Page

Account Name

Account Type

Activate

Online Banking Account

Created Opened

Account Balance 2012-12-03 $1.5M

Account Number Diamond Bank Sort Code 0020578055 1022-03-8733

Country Name Of bank

International Money Transfer

Input

Swift Code PNBPUS33

Account Number 0020578055

Please Enter:

Transfer CODE TRANS-ID:

Bank Name :

Amount : Routing Number: Swift Code: Transfer PIN:

The bank did not charge you any fee. You need to obtain a Access Transfer Code, For your information, you will be able to start accessing your online banking account as soon as you obtain this code.Send us your bank information too.

You are to pay $87 dollars to obtain the Access Transfer Code. Here is information on how to send the fee through MONEY GRAM or WESTERN UNION.

Receiver's name.

Country..

City..

Country Code:

Text Question.

Text Answer.

Amount

MTCN...

Sender'name $ country..

Provide us with the MTCN and sender’s name once payment is made. The

bank will issue Access transfer code as soon as we confirm payment

details.

Forward to our transfer department the payment information and your

account information where the transfer will be made to you with our

contact below.

Diamond bank transfer unit,

Phone 002299124803

Email ( dbanktransfers@gmail.com)

CEO.Mr Herry Obioma

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