An Email with the Subject "CYBER CRIME COMMISSION" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Sun, 30 May 2010 09:02:16 -0700 and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email. The sender shows as "CYBER CRIME COMMISSION" <cybercrime@info.com>.
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FIRST LET INTRODUCE THIS COMMISSION: The Economic & Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) WE FIGHT CYBER CRIME, FRAUD AND MONEY LAUNDERING AROUND THE WORLD. OUR COMMISSION HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE SINCE 2008. My Dear Good Day, OUR DUTIES IS TO STOP INTERNET FRAUD SCAM. AS OF TODAY, WE HAVE PUT A LOT OF FRAUDSTERS BEHIND BARS. A LOT OF THEM ARE IN JAIL AND WE GO ALL OVER THE WORLD TRACKING AND PICKING UP THESE THIEVES. WE HAVE OVER 687 OF THEM IN OUR JAILS ROUND THE WORLD AND WE ARE STILL LOOKING. WE ARE AWARE THAT A LOT OF FOREIGNERS OUT THERE HAVE BEEN DECEIVED, TRICKED AND LOST A LOT OF MONEY TO THIS FRAUDSTERS AFTER PROMISING YOU PERCENTAGES IN THEIR LETTERS FOR YOU TO HELP THEM MOVE FUNDS. AT THE END OF THE DAY THEY WILL COLLECT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FROM YOU MAKING YOU A POOR PERSON. ALL THE WORLDS HEAD OF CYBER CRIME FIGHTERS HAVE COME TOGETHER TO INFORM THE WORLD ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON NOW AND THAT WE HAVE RECOVED OVER $322 MILLION DOLLARS(THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY TWO MILLION DOLLARS) FROM THE PEOPLE WE HAVE BEHIND BARS. THE ONLY REASON WE ARE WRITING YOU THIS LETTER IS BECAUSE YOUR NAME WAS GIVEN TO US BY ONE OF THE FRAUDSTERS IN OUR CUSTODY, THAT YOU WERE ONE OF HIS VICTIMS. OUR ACTION NOW IS TO REFUND BACK MONEY TO FOREIGNERS WHO LOST THEIR MONEY TO THESE THIEVES. WE ARE PAYING BACK FROM THE MONEY WE RECOVERED. WE CAN ONLY REFUND TO YOU IF YOUR NAME IS MENTIONED AND YOU WILL HAVE TO SHOW US PROOF OF HOW MUCH YOU LOST. IF THIS LETTER GETS TO YOU THEN YOU WERE MENTIONED AS A VICTIM. BUT IF IT GETS TO YOU BY MISTAKE AND YOU HAVE NOT LOST ANY MONEY THEN PLEASE DISREGARD THIS LETTER. IF YOU KNOW ANY PERSON FAMILY OR FRIEND THAT HAS LOST MONEY TO FRAUDSTERS PLEASE TELL HIM/HER TO WRITE TO THIS COMMISSION WITH PROOF AND WE WILL HANDLE HIS/HER CASE THEN PAY BACK AFTER VERIFICATION. WE ARE AWARE THAT THIS FRAUDSTERS HAVE BROKEN A LOT OF HOMES, MADE A LOT OF PEOPLE LOSE THEIR JOBS, SELL THEIR PROPERTIES, CLOSE THEIR BUSINESS AND A LOT OF VICTIMS HAVE EVEN COMMITTED SUICIDE. PLEASE YOU ARE TO REACH US IN OUR EMAIL ADDRESS BELOW FOR FURTHER CLARIFICATIONS ON HOW YOU ARE TO RECEIVE YOUR LOST FUNDS. YOU ARE TO FORWARD YOUR FULL PARTICULARS AND RECENT TELEPHONE TO OUR EMAIL ADDRESS ABOVE IF YOU WERE ACTUALLY A VICTIM. You are to email me back via OUR mailbox at:roger.allen@9.cn I expect your prompt response. Regards, Mr. Roger Allen FROM THE CYBER CRIME COMMISSION