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An Email with the Subject "YOUR INHERITANCE CLAIM PAYMENT." was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 02:52:14 -0700 and has been classified as a Advance Fee Fraud/419 Scam Email. The sender shows as Foreign Payment Unit <info-officemail@o2.pl>.
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FROM OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR FOREIGN PAYMENT UNIT #305 WUSE ROAD ABUJA FCT NIGERIA. ATTEN: BENEFICIARY, YOUR INHERITANCE CLAIM PAYMENT. THIS IS TO NOTIFY YOU THAT YOUR OVER DUE INHERITANCE CLAIM WITH A COMMERCIAL BANK IS TO BE RELEASE,VIA KEY TESTED TRANSFER(KTT )WIRE TRANSFER TO YOU THROUGH OUR AFFILIATE BANK IN EUROPE. IT IS PERTINENT TO NOTE THAT AN ISSUE OF THIS MAGNITUDE SHOULD HAVE COMMENCED WITH A FORMAL MEETING,BUT DUE TO THE TIME FACTOR AND THE URGENCY THIS MATTER REQUIRES,PLEASE BEAR WITH ME FOR MAKING THE INITIAL CONTACT THROUGH E-MAIL. MEAN WHILE,A MAN NAMED MICHAEL KENT WITH AMERICAN PASSPORT NUMBER 3028882234 CAME TO MY OFFICE FEW DAYS AGO WITH A LETTER,CLAIMING TO BE YOUR TRUE REPRESENTATIVE. HERE ARE MR.MICHAEL KENT INFORMATIONS BELLOW: NAME MICHAEL KENT BANK NAME:CITI BANK BANK ADDRESS:ARIZONA, USA. ACCOUNT NUMBER: 6503809008.IBAN:54002. PLEASE,DO RECONFIRM TO THIS OFFICE ,AS A MATTER OF URGENCY IF THIS MAN IS FROM YOU,SO THAT THIS OFFICE WILL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING THIS FUND INTO THE WRONG ACCOUNT. IF THIS MAN IS NOT YOUR TRUE REP,YOU ARE REQUESTED TO FILL AND RETURN THIS INFORMATION FOR VERIFICATION PURPOSES SO THAT YOUR INHERITANCE CLAIM VALUED US$12M DOLLARS ONLY WILL BE REMITTED INTO YOUR NOMINATED BANK ACCOUNT WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY. THIS FUND IS AS A RESULT OF INHERITANCE ON YOUR BEHALF DEPOSITED BY AN AMERICAN WHO DIED IN A PLANE CRASH SOMETIME AGO. 1. YOUR NAME:................................ 2. YOUR ADDRESS:............................. 3. YOUR TELEPHONE ........................... 5. AGE................................................. 6. SEX:................................................. 7. YOUR OCCUPATION........................... 8. YOUR BANK DETAILS:........................ 9,A COPY OF YOUR PASSPORT PHOTOGRAPH OR DRIVERS LICENCE............................... AS SOON AS WE RECEIVE THE ABOVE INFORMATIONS,WE SHALL COMMENCE WITH ALL NECESSARY PROCEEDURES IN OTHER TO TRANSFER THIS FUND INTO YOUR ACCOUNT THROUGH THE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE/FOREIGN OPERATIONS WHO HANDLES ALL FOREIGN INHERITANCE FUND. WE SHALL PROCEED WITH THE PAYMENT DETAILS TO THE SAID MR MICHAEL KENT,IF WE DO NOT HEAR FROM YOU WITHIN THE NEXT THREE WORKING DAYS FROM TODAY THE FUND WILL BE REMITTED TO MR MICHAEL KENT AND THIS OFFICE WILL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE. BEST REGARDS. DR BARRY HILTON (FOREIGN PAYMENT UNIT)