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An Email with the Subject "Hello" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Fri, 25 Jun 2010 10:12:29 -0700 and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email. The sender shows as "Greg Walter"<mpinn79@yahoo.com>.
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GOOD DAY, I KNOW THIS PROPOSAL WILL COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU DO NOT KNOW THE WRITER, CONSIDERING THE HUGE SUM OF MONEY INVOLVED WHICH COULD MAKE ANY APPREHENSIVE. LET ME START BY INTRODUCING MYSELF TO YOU, I AM Greg Walter, THE HEAD OF ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT OF MY BANK, WHERE AM PRESENTLY WORKING. I SAW YOUR CONTACT DURING MY PRIVATE SEARCH AT THE INFORMATION CENTRE HERE IN MY COUNTRY'S CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE INDUSTRY AND I WANT TO BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL BE VERY HONEST, COMMITTED AND CAPABLE OF ASSISTING IN THIS BUSINESS VENTURE. FIRSTLY, LET ME EXPLAIN THE SOURCE OF THIS FUNDS AND WHAT YOU ARE EXPECTED TO DO. A FORIEGNER LATE MOHAMED KAMAL YASSER, OIL MERCHANT/CONTRACTOR , UNTIL HIS DEATH, OVER THE PAST YEARS, WAS A VICTIM OF AN EGYPTIAN AIRLINE FLIGHT 990 PLANE CRASH. HERE IS A LINK ABOUT THE PLANE CRASH. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/world/americas/502503.stm) THE DECEASED, MOHAMED KAMAL YASSER, BANKED WITH US AND HAS A CLOSING BALANCE AS A JULY 2000 WORTH $45M (FOURTY FIVE MILLION USD). WHICH MY BANK, NOW EXPECTS A NEXT-OF-KIN TO CLAIM AS THE BENEFICIARY OF THE FUNDS, EFFORTS HAVE BEEN MADE BY MY BANK DIRECTORS TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THE DECEASED MR MOHAMED KAMAL YASSER'S FAMILY OR RELATIVE BUT TO NO SUCCESS BASED ON THE PERCEIVED POSSIBILITY OF NOT BEING ABLE TO LOCATE MOHAMED KAMAL'S NEXT-OF-KIN, THE MANAGEMENT UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF OUR CHAIRMAN AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ARE MAKING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE FUNDS TO BE DECLARED UNCLAIMED AND CHANNELED TO AN UNKNOWN ACCOUNT. IT IS BASED ON THIS THAT WE HAVE CONTACTED YOU TO STAND AS THE NEXT-OF-KIN OF LATE MOHAMED KAMAL YASSER SO THAT THE FUNDS WILL BE RELEASED AND PAID INTO YOUR ACCOUNT AS THE BENEFICIARY AND THE NEXT-OF-KIN TO THE DECEASED. ALL DOCUMENTS, AND PROOF TO ENABLE YOU GET THE FUNDS HAVE BEEN CAREFULLY WORKED OUT AS WE HAVE SECURED FROM THE DIFFERENT OFFICES CONCERNED FOR THE SMOOTH TRANSFER OF THE FUND TO YOUR NOMINATED ACCOUNT.IT HAS BEEN AGREED THAT THE OWNER OF THE ACCOUNT WILL BE COMPENSATED WITH 30% OF THE REMITTED FUNDS, WHILE WE KEEP 65% AND 5% WILL BE SET ASIDE TO OFFSET EXPENSES BOTH LOCALLY AND INTERNATIONAL. IF THIS PROPOSAL SATISFIES YOU, PLEASE REACH ME THROUGH MY DIRECT EMAIL ADDRESS FOR MORE INFORMATION AND ALSO SEND ME YOUR CONTACT TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBER INCLUDING YOUR CELL PHONE NUMBER FOR QUICK AND EASY COMMUNICATION. I AWAIT YOUR URGENT RESPONSE, ALL THE BEST AND GOD BLESS YOU. PLEASE EMAIL ME ON THIS MY PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS FOR SECURITY REASON ADRESS:grgwalter79@gmail.com YOURS FAITHFULLY, Greg Walter