An
Email with the Subject "CONTACT WESTERN UNION" was
received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Sat, 30 Apr 2011 02:59:00 -0700
and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email.
The sender shows as Mr DON CHUKS <iamgoofy4u@yahoo.com>.
The email address was probably spoofed. Do not reply to or contact any persons or organizations referenced in
this email, or follow any URLs as you may expose yourself to scammers and, at the very least, you will be
added to their email address lists for spam purposes.
Scam TagCloud
beneficiarywestern unionwesterncontactagentpaymentmailmtcniamgoofy4u@yahoo.commoney_tran010@live.comyahoo.com( western.union.money_tra...nmr don chuks
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Scam Email Headers
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[envelope-to:] => scams@scamdex.com
[delivery-date:] => Sat, 30 Apr 2011 02:59:00 -0700
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[2] => from [98.139.212.233] by tm9.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 30 Apr 2011 09:58:50 -0000
[3] => from [127.0.0.1] by omp1042.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 30 Apr 2011 09:58:50 -0000
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[5] => from [81.91.229.189] by web161301.mail.bf1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sat, 30 Apr 2011 02:58:50 PDT
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[date:] => Sat, 30 Apr 2011 02:58:50 -0700 (PDT)
[from:] => Mr DON CHUKS
[reply-to:] => western.union.money_tran010@live.com
[subject:] => CONTACT WESTERN UNION
[to:] => undisclosed recipients: ;
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[x-spam-status:] => No, score=2.6
[x-spam-score:] => 26
[x-spam-bar:] => ++
[x-ham-report:] => Spam detection software, running on the system "chester.loopbiz.com", hasidentified this incoming email as possible spam. The original messagehas been attached to this so you can view it (if it isn't spam) or labelsimilar future email. If you have any questions, seethe administrator of that system for details.Content preview: Attention beneficiary, we have concluded to effect your paymentvia western union $4.500. Daily until the total of $1.500,000.00SD is completelysend. The Western union Agent: is Mr.Frank Gilton TEL: +229 98-845-962 E-mail:(western.union.money_tran010@live.com ) so contact Mr.Frank Gilton, and tellhim to give you the MTCN and sender name to pick the$4,500.00send to himthe above information ASAP.1.YOUR FULL NAME 2.YOUR HOME ADDRESS 3YOUR CURRENTHOME TELEPHONE NUMBER Thanks Mr DON CHUKS [...] Content analysis details: (2.6 points, 4.0 required)pts rule name description---- ---------------------- ---------------------------------------------------0.0 RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE RBL: Sender listed at http://www.dnswl.org/, lowtrust[98.139.212.163 listed in list.dnswl.org]0.0 FREEMAIL_FROM Sender email is freemail (iamgoofy4u[at]yahoo.com)-0.0 T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD Envelope sender domain matches handover relaydomain-2.0 SUBJ_ALL_CAPS Subject is all capitals1.0 FREEMAIL_REPLYTO_END_DIGIT Reply-To freemail username ends in digit(western.union.money_tran010[at]live.com)-2.0 US_DOLLARS_3 BODY: Mentions millions of $ ($NN,NNN,NNN.NN)2.3 DEAR_BENEFICIARY BODY: Dear Beneficiary:0.0 HTML_MESSAGE BODY: HTML included in message0.0 LOTS_OF_MONEY Huge... sums of money0.0 T_HK_NAME_FM_MR_MRS T_HK_NAME_FM_MR_MRS0.0 RFC_ABUSE_POST Both abuse and postmaster missing on sender domain2.8 FREEMAIL_REPLYTO Reply-To/From or Reply-To/body contain differentfreemails0.0 T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL0.5 ADVANCE_FEE_2_NEW_MONEY Advance Fee fraud and lots of money
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Attention beneficiary, we have concluded to effect your payment via western union $4.500. Daily until the total of $1.500,000.00SD is completely send. The Western union Agent: is Mr.Frank Gilton TEL: +229 98-845-962 E-mail:( western.union.money_tran010@live.com ) so contact Mr.Frank Gilton, and tell him to give you the MTCN and sender name to pick the$4,500.00send to him the above information ASAP.1.YOUR FULL NAME 2.YOUR HOME ADDRESS 3YOUR CURRENT HOME TELEPHONE NUMBER Thanks Mr DON CHUKS