A Scam Email with the Subject
"Urgent transfer."
was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on
Wed, 02 Aug 2006 05:06:43 -0700 and has been classified as a
Advance Fee Fraud/419 Scam.
The sender was
Josephat bato <josephat_bato_2006@yahoo.ca>,
although it may have been spoofed.
Scam Tag Cloud
assistanceafrica million united states do...ivorycontactsafeaccount millionreliableurgent transferfundmaildollaras a surprisejosephat_bato_2006@yahoo.cayahoo.yahoo!(c.p.c)dear
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i believe this letter may not come to you as a surprise since is coming from some one you have never met before. However, i decided to contact you based on a satisfactory information concerning your
country and the safety of our fund in a steady economy such as that of your country compared to our country Ivory coast west africa. I am a civil adviser currently
working with cocoa production company (C.P.C). Highly needed your assistance in the transfer of $50,000,000 fifty million united states dollars into any reliable account you may nominate overseas.
