An Email with the Subject "PLEASE READ AND REPLY!!!" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Sat, 28 Nov 2009 03:05:42 -0800 and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email. The sender shows as "MR. GEORGE WATIONGO" <mr.georgewationgo@live.com>.
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HELLO FRIEND, IT IS MY PLEASURE TO CONTACT YOU AS TO DISCUSS THIS TRANSACTION WITH YOU. I SOURCED YOUR EMAIL CONTACT FROM THE HUMAN RESOURCE PROFILE DATABASE ON YOUR COUNTRY IN THE INTERNET. I WOULD RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT YOU KEEP THEINFORMATION
YOU COME BY AS A RESULT OF THIS MAIL. I WILL WANT TO HAVE YOUR TRUST AND TO GO INTO BUSINESS DEALINGS WITH YOUR COMPANY WHICH MUST BE BUILT ON CONFIDENTIALITY AND TRUST AMONG US. I AM THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN 2010 WORLD CUP PROJECT AWARD COMMITTEE FROM THE MINISTRY OF WORKS HERE IN SOUTH AFRICA, MY OFFICE IS IN CHARGE OF AWARDING CONTRACTS TO ALL THE CONTRACTORS BUILDING THE 14 STADIA NEEDED FOR THIS EVENT ALL AROUND SOUTH AFRICA, THE PROJECT IS TO COST ABOUT US $220 BILLION TO EXECUTE AND AM IN CHARGE OF RECOMMENDING PAYMENT TO ALL THE CONTRACTOR ON THIS PROJECT. I AM IN THE POSITION TO TRANSFER THE SUM OF $27M USD (TWENTY SEVEN MILLION US DOLLARS ONLY) WHICH I HAVE WRITTEN A MEMO INFORMING THE GOVERNMENT THAT THISWANT YOU TO
FRONT YOUR COMPANY AS THE FIRM/CONTRACTOR THAT HAS THIS FUND AND HAS COMPLETED THE CONTRACT WITH MY OFFICE. ALL YOU NEED DO IS TO SUPPLY ME WITH YOUR COMPANY NAME AND ADDRESS, BANKINGCONTRACTOR
WITH THE MINISTRY. WE SHALL PROCURE ALL THE DOCUMENTS FROM START TO FINISH SHOWING THAT THE CONTRACT WAS LEGITIMATELY AWARDED AND WAS DULY COMPLETED BY YOUR COMPANY. THE ENTIRE DOCUMENT WILL BE PROCURED FROM VARIOUS GOVERNMENT OFFICES SO AS TO GIVE THE TRANSFER A LEGAL BACKING. THE FUND WILL BE SHARED 50% EACH. YOU NEED NOT TO HAVE ANY MODICUM OF FEAR ON THIS TRANSACTION AS ALL MODALITIES HAVE BEEN PUT IN PLACE FOR A SUCCESSFUL TRANSFER OF THE FUNDS AND IT SHALL PASS THROUGH ALL THE LEGAL INTERNATIONAL BANKING LAWS. YOU ARE TO SEND ME YOUR COMPANY NAME AND ADDRESS WITH YOUR BANK DETAILS WHERE YOU WANT THE FUND TO BE TRANSFER INTO. AS SOON AS YOU AGREE ON THIS PROPOSAL, I SHALL SEND YOU MY PRIVATE PHONE NUMBER TO REACH ME. I WANT YOU TO KEEP THIS VERY CONFIDENTIAL. PLEASE OBSERVE THIS INSTRUCTION RELIGIOUSLY. I WOULD PREFER YOU REACH ME THROUGH MY PERSONAL EMAIL ADDRESS BELOW; EMAIL: mr.georgewationgo@webmail.co.za NOTE THAT WITH MY POSITION HERE, THERE IS NO RISK ASSOCIATED WITH THIS AT ALL. THANKS FOR YOUR ANTICIPATED COOPERATION. I SHALL AWAIT YOUR PROMPT REPLY. REGARDS MR. GEORGE WATIONGO FEDERAL MINISTRY OF WORKS SOUTH AFRICA