From: "Mr.James L.Knight" <officedatta@att.net>
Reply-To: knightkjames@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 02:46:48 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Presidential Villa in Cotonou, Benin Republic
United States Consulate General cotonou
2 Walter Carrington Crescent
cotonou benin republic.
Dear Sir,
My name is James l Knight, the United States
Ambassador to the Federal Republic of benin
republic. The United States Senate had
confirmed my nomination on August 30. 2009
after being nominated for this position by
U.S. President Barack Obama on June 28, 2010.
My credentials as the new Ambassador
appointed were presented to His Excellency
Yayi Boni at the Presidential Villa in
Cotonou, Benin Republic, on November 2, 2010.
I am a career member of the senior Foreign
Service with the rank of Minister-Counselor
whose diplomatic career has been spent mostly
in Africa or working on African issues. I
served most recently as the Deputy Chief of
Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Copenhagen,
DenmarK. Prior to this, I was the U.S.
Ambassador to Mali, and I have served as
Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassies
in Tunisia, Senegal and Togo. Other overseas
postings include Benin Republic, West Africa,
India and Chad. In Washington, I was the
senior desk officer for Zaire (now Democratic
Republic of the Congo), and Deputy
Coordinator for Iraq Assistance. I hold a
Bachelor of Arts degree in European history
and French language and literature in
University of Oregon in Eugene, and I also
attend the Université de Haute Bretagne in
Rennes, France, from 1979-1980 as a Rotary
Foundation Graduate Fellow, and also attend
the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. My
identity can be verified by simply clicking
on the URL link below:
http://cotonou.usembassy.gov/bio.html
However, following the resolution of the
meeting held with His Excellency President
Yayi Boni at the Presidential Villa in
cotonou.yesterday with some members of the
Federal House of Senate, an agreement was
reached that the sum of $500,000.00 USD must
be paid out to you in the form of a
compensation for all the years you have
wasted in waiting for your funds to be
released. Hence, the $500,000.00 USD
compensation fund has been instructed to be
paid out to you in the form of a CERTIFIED
INTERNATIONAL BANK DRAFT drawn on Standard
Chartered Bank. The said BANK DRAFT will be
packaged inside a U.S Embassy Official
Envelope to be sent to you via Postal Mail at
no cost to your mailing address. And the time
frame for delivery is 72 hours, which is 3
days since it would be sent via a Postal Mail
Service.
Meanwhile, a "Custom Clearance Certificate"
must be obtained from the Benin Customs
Authourity at a fee of $56.00 USD for a full
clearance certification on the BANK DRAFT.
Hence, the $56.00 dollar fee must be paid
within 24 hours upon your receipt of this
notification via western union or MoneyGram,
so that all neccessary arrangement can be
made ahead of time.
The fee should be sent directly to the
"Embassy Protocol Officer" with the below
information:
Recipient's Name: Nneve Aronu
Destination: Cotonou - Benin Republic
Test question: Present Year
Test answer: 2011
Amount: $56.00 dollars
Please take note that the "Custom Clearance
Certificate" and the BANK DRAFT will be
packaged together inside the U.S Embassy
Official Envelope for immediate despatch to
your mailing address. Hence, you are advised
to comply as requested to enable me discharge
my official duty to your home accordingly.
Congratulations!!!
Respectfully yours,
James L.Knight
US Ambassador to Benin
Email: knightkjames@yahoo.com.hk
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