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An Email with the Subject "COURIER DEPARTMENT (CBN)." was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 08:33:35 -0800 and has been classified as a Advance Fee Fraud/419 Scam Email. The sender shows as "MR. JOHN EKE" <johneke70@flashmail.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.
DEAR FRIEND I KNOW THIS WILL COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE BECAUSE YOU DO NOT KNOW ME .I AM MR. JOHN EKE, I WORK IN THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA, PACKAGING AND COURIER DEPARTMENT. I GOT YOUR CONTACT IN MY SEARCH FOR A HONEST PERSON THROUGH THE INTERNET. AFTER GOING THROUGH YOUR PROFILE I DECIDED TO CONTACT YOU BELIEVING YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE AND WON'T DISAPPOINT ME. I WANT YOU TO HELP ME CLEAR THIS PACKAGE THAT IS ALREADY IN EUROPE WHICH I SHIPPED THROUGH OUR CBN ACCREDITED COURIER AGENT BUT THE CONTENTS OF THE PACKAGE IS $10,000,000.00 ALL IN $100.00 BILLS, BUT THE COURIER COMPANY DOES NOT KNOW THAT IT IS MONEY THAT I HAVE IN THE PACKAGE.THIS WAS DELIBERATELY DONE TO AVOID HIGH CHARGES,AND FOR SECURITY REASONS. ALL I WANT YOU TO DO FOR ME NOW IS THIS, GIVE ME YOUR MAILING ADDRESS YOUR PRIVATE PHONE AND FAX AND I HOPE THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU WILL HAVE 30% AND 70% WILL BE FOR ME. MY IDENTITY MUST NOT BE REVEALED TO ANY BODY BECAUSE I AM STILL IN GOVERNMENT SERVICE. IF THIS ARRANGEMENT IS OKAY BY YOU, YOU CAN EMAIL ME THROUGH MY PRIVATE: johneke70@yahoo.com FOR SECURITY REASONS OTHER MODALITIES WILL BE DISCUSSED AS SOON AS YOU GET BACK TO ME. YOURS FAITHFULLY, MR. JOHN EKE COURIER DEPARTMENT (CBN).