Then: Nigeria. Now: Benin

Not much Nigerian scam mail these days, most of it seems to come from Benin (or else the lads from Lagos are just using this as a smoke screen.

Just got this one:

Subject: THE TOTAL FUND WE ARE GOING TO TRANSFER TO YOU IS $1.500 M.USD From: Western Union <wudept5@gmail.com> To: undisclosed-recipients:;

Attention; Fund Beneficiary;

Information reaching us from our Western Union Corporate Headquarters

now, States that you only have 48hours to effect payment for the

activation of your payment of  $1.500 m.USD to enable you cash up your

total (fund) since you are finding it difficult to believe and now i

want to assure you that this is real for you to receive the total

payment immediately, We have decided that you are to go ahead and pay

$55.00 for the activation fee since you are not able to come up with

the total required sum of $155.00. Time is of the essence here. You

are to pay $55.00 as activation fee; we will activate your fund upon

receipt of this payment to enable you receive your first payment of

$5,000:00 USD from any Western Union center around you today. Be

informed that you will have to pay the balance sum of your activation

upon cashing up of your first payment.

Also i am using this medium to inform you that failure to pay the

balance sum will leave us with no option but to deactivate your fund

of which you will and can never cash up your total sum again i want

you to use Western Union to send $55.00 for the activation fee with

the information Bellow.

Receiver name: SAM NWA

Receiver city:  COTONOU.

Receiver country:  BENIN REPUBLIC.

Country code:  229.

Text question:  LOVE?

Text answer:GOD..

Amount: $55.00.

(M.T.C.N) Money Transfer Control Number ::::::::

Sender’s name ::::::::

Send us the MTCN number, Sender Address, immediately you send the

money and immediately we confirm the activation fee, we will transfer

you the fund today and not tomorrow. Regards my direct phone line is

+229 99935738  MR FRED UBA. For your payment, Email me On the Email

Address{wudept5@gmail.com } I promise you as soon as we hear from you

with the payment of $55.00 we told you to send today, we shall send

your first payment of $5,000.00 for you to pick up with the

information you need to receive your payment the same day you send the

payment of $55.00 and I swear you will receive your payment

immediately we confirm this payment from you today.

EMAIL ME WITH THE MTCN NUMBER OR CALL  ME OK I AM WAITING.

MR FRED UBA

Head Office Operations Manager..

Western Union Office Department

Telephone number:+229 99935738

Email Address{ wudept5@gmail.com }