An
Email with the Subject "Fw: Greetings!" was
received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:13:17 -0700
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The sender shows as barney pierce <barneysyl@yahoo.com>.
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abujanigeriaafrica-802-748-0894 hundred thousand united ...barneybankwestern unionchequecontactwinsafefive hundred thousandglobaldepositedcourierpayment transferreportsentpaidpackagedeliverymaildollar confirmable banknbarneysyl@yahoo.comalice2@yahoo.co will securityyahoo.comyahoo.co($170.00 u.s.d)(m.t.c.n) mrs alice jane mr toba james.
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--- On Tue, 9/30/08, Mrs Alice Jane <alice2@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
Barney
--- On Tue, 9/30/08, Mrs Alice Jane <alice2@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
From: Mrs Alice Jane <alice2@yahoo.co.uk> Subject: Greetings! To: Date: Tuesday, September 30, 2008, 5:47 PM
Greetings!
I have been waiting for you to contact me for your Confirmable Bank
Draft of $500,000,000.00 u.s.d (Five Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars),
but I did not hear from you since that time.
Then I went and deposited the Draft with SAFE VAULT SECURITY
COMPANY,West Africa, I travelled out of the country for a 3 Months
Course and I will not come back till end of June 2008.
What you have to do now is to contact the SAFE VAULT SECURITY COMPANY
as soon as possible to know when they will deliver your package to
you because of the expiring date.
For your information, I have paid for the delivering Charge, Insurance
premium and Clearance Certificate Fee of the Cheque showing that it is
not a Drug Money.
The only money you will send to the SAFE VAULT SECURITY COMPANY to
deliver your Draft direct to your postal Address in your country is
($170.00 U.S.D)Dollars only being Security Keeping Fee of the Courier
Company so far.
Again, don't be deceived by anybody to pay any other money except
$170.00 U.S.D.
I would have paid that but they said no because they don't know when
you will contact them and in case of demurrage.
You have to contact the SAFE VAULT SECURITY COMPANY now and Reconfirm
This details below.
Full Names......................
Delivery Address ..................
Contact number....................
Contact Person: Dr Paul Brown
Email Address: frepresent1961@sbcglobal.net
Phone: +234-802-748-0894
or
009234-802-748-0894
If you are clerified you can also send the payment now to this
informations below via Western Union or Money Gram.
Receiver Name: Mr Toba James.
Receiver Address: #10 Old Obasanjo Road, Abuja Nigeria
Sender's Name:...........................................
Sender's Address:..........................................
Amount To be Sent: $170.00
Text Question to be used: What Colour?
Text Answer: Blue.
Money Transfer Control Number(M.T.C.N).
Finally, make sure that you reconfirm your Postal address and Direct
telephone number to them again to avoid any mistake on the Delivery and
ask them to give you the tracking number to enable you track your
package over there and know when it will get to your address.
Let me repeat again, try to contact them as soon as you receive this
email to avoid any further delay and remember to pay them their
Security Keeping fee of $170.00 U.S.D for their immediate action.
Report any other email similar to this to us so that necessary action
can be taken
After you have made the payment you have to send the payment
informations to the SAFE VAULT SECURITY COMPANY immediately so that
delivery can take place immediately.
Cheer,
Madam Alice Jane