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An Email with the Subject "From:Mr.Terry Jones" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Fri, 19 Nov 2010 01:56:28 -0800 and has been classified as a Advance Fee Fraud/419 Scam Email. The sender shows as "Mr.Terry Jones"<terry_jones1@zoho.com>.
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From: Mr.Terry Jones Tel: +44 7024020694 DEAREST FRIEND CONFIDENTIAL I KNOW THIS WILL COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE BECAUSE YOU DO NOT KNOW ME. I AM Mr.Terry Jones, I WORK IN HSBC BANK LONDON, PACKAGING AND COURIER DEPARTMENT.I GOT YOUR CONTACT AMONGST OTHERS FROM A SEARCH INTO THE I NTERNET AND WAS INSPIRED TO SEEK YOUR CO-OPERATION WANT YOU TO HELP ME CLEAR THIS PACKAGE.THAT IS ALREADY IN AMERICA WHICH I SHIPPED THROUGH OUR HSBC ACCREDITED COURIER AGENT BUT THE CONTENTS OF THE PACKAGE IS $46,000,000.00 ALL IN$100.00 BILLS, BUT THE COURIER COMPANY DOESNOT KNOW THAT IT IS MONEY THAT I HAVE IN THE PACKAGE. ALL I WANT YOU TO DO FOR ME NOW IS THIS, FILL THIS AND GET BACK TO ME, AND I HOPE THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU WILL HAVE 30% AND 70% WILL BE FOR ME .MY IDENTITY MUST NOT BE REVEALED TO ANYBODY. [1] Full Names: [2] Contact address: [3] Direct Telephone No: [4] Date of birth: [5] Occupation: IF THIS ARRANGEMENT IS OKAY BY YOU, YOU CAN CALL OR E-MAIL ME (terry_jones@zoho.com) FOR SECURITY REASONSOTHER MODALITIES WILL BE DISCUSSED AS SOON AS YOU GET BACK TO ME INCLUDING SENDING OF THE KEYS TO YOU YOURS FAITHFULLY, MR.Terry Jones. (+44 7024020694).