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An Email with the Subject "Dear Friend" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Sat, 01 May 2010 09:14:55 -0700 and has been classified as a Advance Fee Fraud/419 Scam Email. The sender shows as "MR. Romuald Segbe" <ofiice.update03@att.net>.
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Please this is important and very urgent i have an urgent transaction of $2= 0.5 million usd to transfer to your nominated account, I am Mr. Romuald Seg= be, i am an Auditor, with Accounting Department, Ecobank here in Cotonu, Be= nin Republic. =A0 Aftergoing through some old files in the records, I discovered that if I do= not remit this money out urgently it will be forfeited for nothing. The ow= ner of this account died on Thursday 25th December 2003 along with families= and Business Partners as victims of UTA Flight 141 Boeing 727 bound for Be= irut which crashed shortly after take-off in Benin Republic from Country's = main city, Cotonou. Please visit: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3348109.stm Most occupants of the plan unfortunately lost their lives.=20 =A0 No other person knows about this account or any thing concerning it,the acc= ount has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well tha= t his company does not know anything about this account and the amount invo= lved is (USD 20.5 MILLION) Twenty million Five=A0 Hunderd Thousend UnitedSt= ates Dollars. =A0 I want to transfer the USD 20.5 MILLION) Twenty million Five=A0 Hunderd Tho= usend United States Dollars into a safe foreigners account abroad , but I d= on't know any foreigner, I am only contacting you as a foreigner because th= is money can not be approved to a local bank here, but can only be approved= to any foreign account because the money is in US dollars and the former o= wner of the account is a foreigner too. =A0 I know that this message will come to you as a surprise as we don't know ou= r selves before,but be rest assure that this is life time business for both= =A0 of us even for our generation to come. =A0 With believe in God that you will never let me down in this business. You a= re the only person that I have contacted in this business, so please reply = urgently so that I will inform you the next step to take urgently, Send also your private telephone and fax number. =A0 I want us to meet face to face or sign a binding agreement to bind us toget= her so that you can receive this money into a foreign account or any accoun= t of your choice where the fund will be safe. I will fly to your country fo= r withdrawal and sharing and other investments. =A0 I am contacting you because of the need to involve a foreigner with foreign= account and foreign beneficiary. =A0 I need your full co-operation to make this work fine because the management= is ready to approve this payment=A0 to any foreigner who has correct infor= mation about this account, which I will feed you with, if you are able and = with capability to handle such amount in strict confidence and trust accord= ing to my instructions and advice for our mutual benefit because this opportunity will never come again in my life. =A0 I need truthful person in this business because I don't want to make mistak= e I need your strong assurance and trust. With my position now in the offic= e I can transfer this money to any foreign reliable account, which you can = provide with assurance that this money will be intact pending my physical a= rrival in your country for sharing. =A0 And i want to remind you that your share has been carculated at 40% of the = total sum. I'am waiting for your urgent reply so that i will give you more = information about this deal. =A0 Please reply back to my private email address(segbemr.romuald@yahoo.fr). =A0 With regards, Mr. Romuald Segbe.=20 --0-866229636-1272730492=:44091 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <table cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" border=3D"0" ><tr><td valign=3D"= top" style=3D"font: inherit;">From MR. Romuald Segbe<br>Soci=E9t=E9 G=E9n= =E9rale de Banques au B=E9nin<br>Avenue Clozel<br>01 BP 585.<br>E-MAIL:&nbs= p; segbemr.romuald@yahoo.fr<br> <br> <br>Dear Friend,<br><br>Plea= se this is important and very urgent i have an urgent transaction of $20.5 = million usd to transfer to your nominated account, I am Mr. Romuald Segbe, = i am an Auditor, with Accounting Department, Ecobank here in Cotonu, Benin = Republic.<br> <br>Aftergoing through some old files in the records, I = discovered that if I do not remit this money out urgently it will be forfei= ted for nothing. The owner of this account died on Thursday 25th December 2= 003 along with families and Business Partners as victims of UTA Flight 141 = Boeing 727 bound for Beirut which crashed shortly after take-off in Benin R= epublic from Country's main city, Cotonou.<br>Please visit: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3348109.stm<br>Most occupants of the pla= n unfortunately lost their lives. <br> <br>No other person knows about= this account or any thing concerning it,the account has no other beneficia= ry and my investigation proved to me as well that his company does not know= anything about this account and the amount involved is (USD 20.5 MILLION) = Twenty million Five Hunderd Thousend UnitedStates Dollars.<br> <= br>I want to transfer the USD 20.5 MILLION) Twenty million Five Hunde= rd Thousend United States Dollars into a safe foreigners account abroad , b= ut I don't know any foreigner, I am only contacting you as a foreigner beca= use this money can not be approved to a local bank here, but can only be ap= proved to any foreign account because the money is in US dollars and the fo= rmer owner of the account is a foreigner too.<br> <br>I know that this= message will come to you as a surprise as we don't know our selves before,but be rest assure that this is life time business for both o= f us even for our generation to come.<br> <br>With believe in God that= you will never let me down in this business. You are the only person that = I have contacted in this business, so please reply urgently so that I will = inform you the next step to take urgently,<br>Send also your private teleph= one and fax number.<br> <br>I want us to meet face to face or sign a b= inding agreement to bind us together so that you can receive this money int= o a foreign account or any account of your choice where the fund will be sa= fe. I will fly to your country for withdrawal and sharing and other investm= ents.<br> <br>I am contacting you because of the need to involve a for= eigner with foreign account and foreign beneficiary.<br> <br>I need yo= ur full co-operation to make this work fine because the management is ready= to approve this payment to any foreigner who has correct information about this account, which I will feed you with, if you are abl= e and with capability to handle such amount in strict confidence and trust = according to my instructions and advice for our mutual benefit<br>because t= his opportunity will never come again in my life.<br> <br>I need truth= ful person in this business because I don't want to make mistake I need you= r strong assurance and trust. With my position now in the office I can tran= sfer this money to any foreign reliable account, which you can provide with= assurance that this money will be intact pending my physical arrival in yo= ur country for sharing.<br> <br>And i want to remind you that your sha= re has been carculated at 40% of the total sum. I'am waiting for your urgen= t reply so that i will give you more information about this deal.<br> = <br>Please reply back to my private email address(segbemr.romuald@yahoo.fr)= .<br> <br>With regards,<br>Mr. Romuald Segbe. <br><br></td></tr></table> --0-866229636-1272730492=:44091--