An
Email with the Subject "Fw: READ CAREFULLY AND REPLY ASAP" was
received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Thu, 26 Mar 2009 09:50:41 -0700
and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email.
The sender shows as Arthur Carter <apaulc36@yahoo.com>.
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assistance5 millionbpsmithcontact milliontransactionresponseproposalbusiness transferurgentmailgbpapaulc36@yahoo.comterrykpomsmith2@yahoo.comyahoo.comco-operation mr terry smith,afinancial
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[from:] => Arthur Carter
[subject:] => Fw: READ CAREFULLY AND REPLY ASAP
[to:] => Spoof Scam , Spam , phish spoof
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--- On Wed, 3/25/09, terry smith <terrykpomsmith2@yahoo.com> wrote:
--- On Wed, 3/25/09, terry smith <terrykpomsmith2@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: terry smith <terrykpomsmith2@yahoo.com> Subject: READ CAREFULLY AND REPLY ASAP To: Date: Wednesday, March 25, 2009, 8:30 AM
ATTN:
Thanks for finding time to read this proposal. I am Mr Terry Smith,a Uk based independent financial consultant. After thinking about this transaction and the need to make contact with someone to assist me do it, I found it interesting and decided to contact you for this business transaction.
Be so kind to contact me at your earliest convenience for a possible business deal involving money transfer of GBP 6.5 Million. With your sincere assistance and co-operation, I am
determined to work this deal out if we can do business.
At this moment, I am constrained to issue more details about this business until your response is received. Please send your reply to terrykpomsmith@hotmail.com and include your full names, address and contact telephone/fax number for faster communication. Your urgent response is highly needed so as to stop further contacts.