An
Email with the Subject "Please your urgent assistance is needed" was
received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Wed, 23 May 2012 12:17:50 -0700
and has been classified as a Advance Fee Fraud/419 Scam Email.
The sender shows as "geof13@msn.com" <geof13@msn.com>.
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assistanceafrica2 millionforeignbankerdiedbankcontactaccountclaimclaims millionpartnertransactionopportunityclient40%100%urgent transferfundbusinessmailbank our bank the bank crashauditsurprisemutual benefitgeof13@msn.com willn will ($17.2 million)
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[envelope-to:] => scams@scamdex.com
[delivery-date:] => Wed, 23 May 2012 12:17:50 -0700
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[0] => from blu0-omc1-s29.blu0.hotmail.com ([65.55.116.40]:23032)by lester.newsblaze.com with esmtp (Exim 4.77)(envelope-from )id 1SXH49-00070z-9zfor scams@scamdex.com; Wed, 23 May 2012 12:17:50 -0700
[1] => from BLU0-SMTP212 ([65.55.116.9]) by blu0-omc1-s29.blu0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.4675); Wed, 23 May 2012 12:17:49 -0700
[2] => from [192.168.1.101] ([41.203.231.127]) by BLU0-SMTP212.phx.gbl over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.4675); Wed, 23 May 2012 12:17:44 -0700
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[x-originating-ip:] => [41.203.231.127]
[x-originating-email:] => [geof13@msn.com]
[message-id:] =>
[date:] => Wed, 23 May 2012 19:13:56 +0000
[from:] => "geof13@msn.com"
[reply-to:] => geo2ff@yahoo.fr
[user-agent:] => Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.0; rv:12.0) Gecko/20120428 Thunderbird/12.0.1
[mime-version:] => 1.0
[to:] => undisclosed-recipients:;
[subject:] => Please your urgent assistance is needed
[content-type:] => multipart/alternative;boundary="------------090405090606060404020100"
[x-originalarrivaltime:] => 23 May 2012 19:17:46.0655 (UTC) FILETIME=[BC681AF0:01CD3918]
[x-spam-status:] => No, score=3.1
[x-spam-score:] => 31
[x-spam-bar:] => +++
[x-ham-report:] => Spam detection software, running on the system "lester.newsblaze.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: Good Day Friend, This message might meet you in at-most surprise, It's just my urgent need for foreign partner that made me to contact you for assistance. I am a banker by profession in west Africa and currently holding the post of Director Auditing and Accounting unit of the bank. [...] Content analysis details: (3.1 points, 4.0 required) pts rule name description---- ---------------------- ---------------------------------------------------3.0 URG_BIZ BODY: Contains urgent matter 0.0 FREEMAIL_FROM Sender email is commonly abused enduser mail provider (geof13[at]msn.com) 0.6 RCVD_IN_SORBS_WEB RBL: SORBS: sender is an abusable web server [41.203.231.127 listed in dnsbl.sorbs.net]-0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record 0.2 FREEMAIL_ENVFROM_END_DIGIT Envelope-from freemail username ends in digit (geof13[at]msn.com) 0.0 HTML_MESSAGE BODY: HTML included in message 0.0 LOTS_OF_MONEY Huge... sums of money 0.0 MSGID_FROM_MTA_HEADER Message-Id was added by a relay 1.0 FREEMAIL_REPLYTO Reply-To/From or Reply-To/body contain different freemails 0.0 T_MONEY_PERCENT X% of a lot of money for you 2.8 ADVANCE_FEE_3_NEW Appears to be advance fee fraud (Nigerian 419) 0.0 ADVANCE_FEE_3_NEW_MONEY Advance Fee fraud and lots of money 1.4 MONEY_FRAUD_3 Lots of money and several fraud phrases
[x-spam-flag:] => NO
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This message might meet
you in at-most surprise,
It’s just my urgent need
for foreign partner that
made me to contact you for
assistance. I am a banker
by profession in west
Africa and currently
holding the post of
Director Auditing and
Accounting unit of the
bank.
I
have the opportunity of
transferring the left over
funds ($17.2 million) of
one of our bank clients
who died in crash since
seven years ago and none
of his family member or
relation has come for the
claim, and now the bank is
planning on how to
confiscate the fund since
no one has come for the
claim. Please without
wasting time I need your
honest and humanity to
execute this transaction
under your kind control
for the mutual benefit of
our both families.
Hence I am inviting you
for this deal you will
have 40% of the amount
mentioned above as my
patina and the rest will
be for me, please if you
are sure you are capable
to handle this transaction
and you are ready to
assist me to execute this
business with trust and
honest than the further
details of the transfer
will be forwarded to you
as soon as i receive your
return mail,have a great
day.
For more clarification
reply me back and please
note that the claims is
100% free.
