A Scam Email with the Subject
"From Mr Mathew Kufour"
was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on
Sat, 26 Jan 2008 10:31:34 -0800 and has been classified as a
Advance Fee Fraud/419 Scam.
The sender was
Mathew Kufour <mathewkufour_18@yahoo.com>,
although it may have been spoofed.
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From: The Manager, International Commercial Bank Ghana First Light Branch Accra, Ghana. Attnn I know you will be surprise to receive this mail. I got your contact through the net when I was searching a reliable person who will assist me Mathew Kufour is my name and I am the manager of the International Commercial Bank Ghana, First Light Branch. I am a Ghanaian married with two kids.
I write to solicit your kind assistance in a fund transfer deal of US$3,700.000.00. This fund is the excess of the profit made by this branch during the year 2007. As the manager of the bank, I have already submitted an approved End of the Year report for the year 2007 to my Head Office here in Accra-Ghana and they will never know of this Excess. This amount 3,700,000.00 is presently held on a Sundry Account where I am have placed it without a beneficiary.
As an officer of the bank, I cannot be directly connected to this money thus I am
impelled to request for your assistance to receive this money into your bank account. I intend to part 35% of this fund to you while 65% shall be for me. I do need to stress that there are practically no risk involved in this. It's going to be a simple bank to bank transfer. All I need from you is to stand claim as the original depositor of this fund.If you accept this offer, I will appreciate your timely response, as I have meticulously planned a swift transfer of the fund to any account you will nominate.your earliest response would be appreciated. With regards, Mathew Kufour
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