This email with the subject
"URGENT RESPONSE. 02-07-2016."
was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on
Sat, 02 Jul 2016 08:41:02 -0400
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The sender was
"Dr.David Ashton" <drdavidashton701@gmail.com>,
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beneficiarymillion 15 million poundsnext of kindeceasedbankcontactaccountclaim milliontransaction40%urgentinvestmentcustomfund transferlegalsecuresentmailbank bank officbank accountpound your bank this bank drdavidashton701@gmail.com will british pounds mr. steve allen mr. steve allen.
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From Dr. David Ashton
Brondesbury,North West
London England
Dear Friend.
I am Dr. David Ashton from Brondesbury,North West London, here in
England. I work for UBS INVESTMENT Bank London branch. I am writing
you from my office that will be of an immense benefit for both of us.
In my department, being a member of the Group Executive Com-mittee and
Chief Risk Officer (Greater London Regional Office), I discovered an
abandoned sum of Â15 Million Great British Pounds Sterling (Fifteen
Million Great British Pounds) in an account that belongs to one of our
foreign customers Late Mr. Steve Allen who unfortunately lost his life
in a car accident including his wife and only daughter. The choice of
contacting you is aroused from the geographical nature of where you
live, particularly due to the sensitivity of this transaction. The
Bank officials have been waiting for any of the relatives to come-up
for this claim but nobody has done that. I personally have been
unsuccessful in locating the relatives for 4 years now, I seek your
consent to present you as the next of kin /Will Beneficiary to the
deceased of this fund so that the proceeds of this account valued at
Â15 Million Pounds will be transferred into your bank account as the
next of kin to Late Mr. Steve Allen. This will be disbursed or shared
in these percentages, 60% for me and 40% to you. I have secured all
necessary legal documents that will be used to back up this claim we
are making. All I need to do is to fill in your names to the documents
and legalize it in the court here to prove you as the legitimate
beneficiary of the fund. All I require now is your honest
Co-operation, Confidentiality and Trust to enable us sees this
transaction through. I guarantee you that this will be executed under
a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the
law. I want you to understand that I have worked in this bank for 17
years, and I have been able to secure all legal documents to enable
you inherit this fund Please provide me the following: as we have few
days to run it through this is very URGENT PLEASE.
1. Full Name
2. Your Direct Mobile Number
3. Contact Address
4. Date of Birth
Having gone through a methodical search, I decided to contact you
hoping that you will find this deal interesting. Please on your
confirmation of this message and indicating your interest I will
furnish you with more information. Endeavor to let me know your
decision as soon as possible.
