A Scam Email with the Subject "Fw: GET BACK TO ME" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Thu, 27 Nov 2008 05:32:28 -0800 and has been classified as a Advance Fee Fraud/419 Scam. The sender was Anne Zecca <aqmarrksf@yahoo.com>, although it may have been spoofed.
--- On Thu, 11/27/08, James Burne <jburne02@msn.com> wrote:
From: James Burne <jburne02@msn.com> Subject: GET BACK TO METo: Date: Thursday, November 27, 2008, 7:17 AMFROM THE DESK OF BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER CITI BANK PLC LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM. ATTN: I AM MR JAME BURNE, I AM THE MANAGER BILL AND EXCHANGE DEPT.AT THE CITI BANK PLC LONDON. WITH DUE RESPECT I HAVE DECIDED TO CONTACT YOU ON A BUSINESS TRANSACTION THAT WILL BENEFICIAL TO BOTH OF US, AT THE BANK'S LAST ACCOUNTS/AUDITING EVALUATIONS, MYSTAFFS CAME ACROSS AN OLD ACCOUNT WHICH WAS BEING MAINTAINED BY A FOREIGN CUSTOMER WHO WE LEARNT WAS AMONGTHE DECEASED PASSENGERS OF AN AIRLINE CRASH ON 6TH NOV.2000.SINCE THE DECEASED WAS UNABLE TO RUN THIS ACCOUNT SINCE HIS DEATH.THE ACCOUNT HAS REMAINED DORMANT WITHOUT THE KNOWLEDGE OF HIS FAMILY SINCE IT WAS PUT IN A SAFE DEPOSIT ACCOUNT IN THE BANK FOR FUTURE INVESTMENT BY THE CLIENT. SINCE HIS DEMISE, NOBODY NOT EVEN THE MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY HAVE APPLIED FOR CLAIMS OVER THIS FUND AND IT HAS BEEN IN THE SAFE DEPOSIT ACCOUNT UNTIL WE DESCOVERED THAT IT CANNOT BE CLAIMED SINCE OUR CLIENT IS A FOREIGNER AND WE ARE SURE THAT HE HAS NO NEXT OF KIN HERE TO FILE CLAIMS OVER THE MONEY.AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPT, THIS DISCOVERY WAS BROUGHT TO MY OFFICE, SO AS TO DECIDE WHAT IS TO BE DONE.I DECIDED TO SEEK WAYS THROUGH WHICH TO TRANSFER THIS MONEY OUT OF THE BANK AND OUT OF THE COUNTRY TOO. THE TOTAL AMOUNT IN THE ACCOUNTS IS [SEVEN MILLION THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS] (USD 7,300.000).WITH OUR POSITIONS AS STAFFS OF THE BANK, WE ARE HANDICAPPED BECAUSE WE CAN NOT OPERATE FOREIGN ACCOUNT AND CANNOT LAY BONAFIDE CLAIM OVER THIS MONEY. THE CLIENT IS A FOREIGN NATIONAL AND YOU WILL ONLY BE ASKED TO ACT ASHIS NEXT OF KIN AND I WILL SUPPLY YOU WITH ALL THE NECESSARY INFORMATIONS AND BANK DATA TO ASSIST YOU IN BEINGABLE TO TRANSFER THIS MONEY TO ANY BANK OF YOUR CHOICE WHERE THIS MONEY COULD BE TRANSFERRED INTO. I HAVE DECIDED TO GIVE AWAY THIRTY FIVE % (35%) TO YOU FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE AND TEN% (10%) FOR ANY EXPENCIS THAT MIGHT ARISE DURING THE TRANSACTION OF THIS TRANSFER. WE WANT TOASSURE YOU THAT THIS TRANSACTION IS ABSOLUTELY NO RISK SINCE WE WORK IN THIS BANK WHICH IS WHY YOU SHOULD BECONFIDENT IN THE SUCCESS OF THIS TRANSACTION BECAUSE YOU WILL BE UPDATED WITH INFORMATION AS AT WHEN DESIRED.I WILL PLEASE WISH YOU KEEP THIS TRANSACTION SECRET AS I AM HOPING TO RETIRE WITH MY SHARE OF THIS MONEY AT THE END OF TRANSACTION WHICH WILL BE WHEN THIS MONEY IS SAFELY IN YOUR ACCOUNT. I WILL THEN COME OVER TO YOUR COUNTRY FOR SHARING ACCORDING TO THE PREVIOUSLY AGREED PERCENTAGES.YOU MIGHT EVEN HAVE TO ADVISE ME ON POSSIBILITIES OF INVESTMENT IN YOUR COUNTRY OR ELSE WHERE OF YOUR CHOICE. PLEASE FOR FURTHER INFORMATIONS AND ENQUIRIES FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME THROUGH THIS EMAIL ID: citbnk@gmail.com AND DONOT FAIL TO SEND ME YOUR PRIVATE TELEPHONE NUMBER AND FAX NUMBER FOR EASIER COMMUNICATION.THANKS AND REMAIN BLESSED. BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER MR JAMES BURNE TEL: +447031992858
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