An
Email with the Subject "Urgent Assitant Needed Contact Chris In Iraq" was
received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:43:53 -0700
and has been classified as a Advance Fee Fraud/419 Scam Email.
The sender shows as "Chris Marshall" <chrislarry17@yahoo.com>.
The email address was probably spoofed. Do not reply to or contact any persons or organizations referenced in
this email, or follow any URLs as you may expose yourself to scammers and, at the very least, you will be
added to their email address lists for spam purposes.
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coupcontactsafeopportunityprojectresponseaccessiraqurgentreferencechrislarry17@yahoo.com will yahoo.comdear
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[envelope-to:] => mike@scamdex.com
[delivery-date:] => Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:43:53 -0700
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[from:] => "Chris Marshall"
[subject:] => Urgent Assitant Needed Contact Chris In Iraq
[to:] => mike@scamdex.com
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[reply-to:] => chris_marshall10@hotmail.com
[date:] => Wed, 26 Oct 2011 02:43:50 +0100
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[message-id:] => <20111026014348.875168D130B@mail.jackyskenya.com>
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[x-spam-score:] => 9
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[x-ham-report:] => Spam detection software, running on the system "lester.newsblaze.com", hasidentified this incoming email as possible spam. The original messagehas been attached to this so you can view it (if it isn't spam) or labelsimilar future email. If you have any questions, seethe administrator of that system for details.Content preview: - This mail is in HTML. Some elements may be ommited in plaintext. - Dear Friend, I need your help to take care of a very urgent personalmatter on my behalf, and will appreciate if you can give me an opportunityto discuss that with you. I will just give my name as for Chris I am stationedin one of the Southern cities of Iraq, I will tell you more when I considerit safe to disclose my identity and other information. The referenced matterwill provide me and you an opportunity of having access to about US$ 18.7M in just a couple of days, with little or no risks or any form of trouble/scandalseither now or in future, as long as we adhere to an already projected plan.I will send necessary details when I receive your response with some assurancesthat you will protect my identity and would be honest with me. Thank youin advance for your understanding. Best Wishes, Chris [...] Content analysis details: (0.9 points, 4.0 required)pts rule name description---- ---------------------- --------------------------------------------------0.0 FREEMAIL_FROM Sender email is commonly abused enduser mail provider(chrislarry17[at]yahoo.com)1.0 FREEMAIL_REPLYTO_END_DIGIT Reply-To freemail username ends in digit(chris_marshall10[at]hotmail.com)0.1 FREEMAIL_ENVFROM_END_DIGIT Envelope-from freemail username ends indigit (chrislarry17[at]yahoo.com)-3.0 DEAR_FRIEND BODY: Dear Friend? That's not very dear!0.0 HTML_MESSAGE BODY: HTML included in message-0.0 RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE RBL: Sender listed at http://www.dnswl.org/, notrust[196.200.16.24 listed in list.dnswl.org]0.0 LOTS_OF_MONEY Huge... sums of money0.0 RISK_FREE No risk!2.8 FREEMAIL_REPLYTO Reply-To/From or Reply-To/body contain differentfreemails0.0 T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL To: misformatted and free email service0.0 AWL AWL: From: address is in the auto white-list
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I need your help to take care of a very urgent personal matter on my behalf, and will appreciate if you can give me an opportunity to discuss that with you.
I will just give my name as for Chris I am stationed in one of the Southern cities of Iraq, I will tell you more when I consider it safe to disclose my identity and other information.
The referenced matter will provide me and you an opportunity of having access to about US$ 18.7 M in just a couple of days, with little or no risks or any form of trouble/scandals either now or in future, as long as we adhere to an already projected plan. I will send necessary details when I receive your response with some assurances that you will protect my identity and would be honest with me.
Thank you in advance for your understanding.
Best Wishes, Chris
Dear Friend,
I need your help to take care of a very urgent personal matter on my behalf, and will appreciate if you can give me an opportunity to discuss that with you.
I will just give my name as for Chris I am stationed in one of the Southern cities of Iraq, I will tell you more when I consider it safe to disclose my identity and other information.
The referenced matter will provide me and you an opportunity of having access to about US$ 18.7 M in just a couple of days, with little or no risks or any form of trouble/scandals either now or in future, as long as we adhere to an already projected plan. I will send necessary details when I receive your response with some assurances that you will protect my identity and would be honest with me.