An Email with the Subject "Incoming Wire Transfer Instruction (Congratulations)" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:43:01 -0800 and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email. The sender shows as chipsclearinghouse5@gmail.com.
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Attention: Beneficiary. The Clearing House Association L.L.C. (“The Clearing House”) Wishes To Comment On Docket No.06-12, Which Was Published In December 2009. It Is With Great Pleasure To Inform You That, We At The Clearing House, Appreciate The Opportunity To Comment On The Final Release Of Your Unblock Funds Through The Clearing House Inter Payments Company L.L.C (CHIP Co.), As Part Of The Year Begin Schemes Issued By The Board Of Governors Of The Federal Reserve System (FRB) For The Year 2010 For A Period Of 32 Weeks. After Series Of Petition And Legal Backings To the OFAC From Affected Beneficiaries, Whose Funds Were Blocked Including Yours, By the Office Of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Of The U.S. Treasury Department. We Have Been Able To Secure The Final Fund Release Order Instrument (FROI) Approval Under S.W.I.F.T - MT Instrument, From The Board Of Governors Of The Federal Reserve System (FRB), Office Of The Comptroller Of The Currency (OCC), Office Of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Office of Management and Budget (OMB), U.S. Treasury Department, IMF, World Bank, EU Commission, The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications (S.W.I.F.T), Upon The Release Of All Blocked Funds, Which Have Been Blocked And Kept In The Custody Of OFAC For A Period Of Eighteen-(18) Months. However, Following The Standing Mandate Order Issued By The Office Of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Of The U.S. Treasury Department, Which Contains The Final Instruction Order, To Pay Out All Outstanding Unblocked Funds As Concerned With Affected Beneficiaries (Individual/Company) Within And Outside The United States Jurisdiction Through Via Bank to Inter-Bank Funds Transfer; Thus With Effect To This, The Clearing House Payment Company L.L.C., As The Corresponding Financial Clearing House of the U.S Treasury Department and Federal Reserve System, Instructed One Of The Clearing House Member Banks: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A, Through The Clearing House Interbank Payment System (CHIPS) Payment Message conveying SWIFT MT202 COV, To Wire In U.S Dollars Currency, Your Outstanding Unblocked Funds, $12.5 Million, Into Your U.S. Bank Trust, N.A Account In Accordance To The Instructions As Attached With Your Email Address Vide Your Payment File As At The Period Of Funds Blockage With The OFAC. Beneficiary, It Might Interest You To Know That, The CHIPS Payment Message (SWIFT MT2O2 Covered Message) has been sent to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A To Further Credit The Account Below About 24-Hours Ago. For The Records, Kindly Note That The Funds Will Be Available In Your U.S. Bank Trust Account In The Next 72-Hours (Only Within The 3-Business Days); Beneficiary Receiving Account As Below; Bank Name: U.S. Bank Trust, N.A Bank Address: 1200 Energy Park, St. Paul, MN Bank Zip: 55108-0000 Bank Phone: 651-962-3202 Swift Code: USBKUS4TCOR Routing #: 121122676 Account Number: 153459581457 Account Beneficiary Name: Richard B. Salazar Beneficiary Address: 5021 Laguna Blvd, Elk Grove, CA 95758 Please Note That A Copy Of The MT202 COV Payment Slip Has Mailed To The Receiving Beneficiary Bank, Thus; We Need A Fax Number From You To Enable Us Send A Copy Of The “Incoming Wire Transfer Instruction”-MT202 COV. P.S: Should You Have Any Questions On This Issue, Kindly Get Back To Me And Please Do Not Reply This Mail Through This Gmail Account For Maximum Security Reason, Send All Correspondence To My Private Email: ms.franksand@rediffmail.com OR Call (212) 231- 1119 Congratulations As We Wish You A Happy New Year, We Are Pleased In The Final Completion Of This Long With-Held Transaction.. Faithfully Yours, Miss. Jennifer Frank SWIFT Transfer Manager The Clearing House Payments Company L.L.C. 450 West 33rd Street New York, NY 10001 ================================================= N.B: We Sincerely Apologize For Using This Medium Of Gmail Account To Send This Message To You, Due To The Year Begin Tight Activities Between The Clearing House And Other Institution Our Official Mail Box Is Full And Cannot Receive Any Message. Please Bear With Us. © 2010 The Clearing House Association L.L.C. All Rights Reserved.I've invited you to fill out the form Incoming Wire Transfer Instruction (Congratulations). To fill it out, visit: