An
Email with the Subject "Dear Western Union Customer:" was
received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Wed, 15 May 2013 13:33:47 -0700
and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email.
The sender shows as <seking@bendbroadband.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
western unioncontactcustomercustomsentmailusd will dear mr thomas clark
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Scam Email Headers
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supplied as received to appropriate investigating or law enforcement agencies on request.
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[delivery-date:] => Wed, 15 May 2013 13:33:48 -0700
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[reply-to:] => wumt@armenian.me.uk
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[date:] => Wed, 15 May 2013 21:26:02 +0100
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[subject:] => Dear Western Union Customer:
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[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, seeroot\@localhost for details.Content preview: You have been Granted with the sum of $500,000 by Western Union in the 2013 Western Union Program. We will be sending you $5,000 daily until the $500, 000USD is completed. The first $5,000 has been sent already, contact Mr Thomas Clark with your Full Name, Sex, Country, Tel, so that he will be sure [...] Content analysis details: (4.2 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description---- ---------------------- ---------------------------------------------------0.0 SPF_HELO_PASS SPF: HELO matches SPF record-0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record-0.6 RP_MATCHES_RCVD Envelope sender domain matches handover relay domain 1.2 MISSING_HEADERS Missing To: header 0.0 URIBL_BLOCKED ADMINISTRATOR NOTICE: The query to URIBL was blocked. See http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/DnsBlocklists#dnsbl-block for more information. [URIs: armenian.me.uk] 0.0 HTML_MESSAGE BODY: HTML included in message-0.1 DKIM_VALID_AU Message has a valid DKIM or DK signature from author's domain-0.1 DKIM_VALID Message has at least one valid DKIM or DK signature 0.1 DKIM_SIGNED Message has a DKIM or DK signature, not necessarily valid 0.0 LOTS_OF_MONEY Huge... sums of money 1.9 REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC 0.0 T_FILL_THIS_FORM_SHORT Fill in a short form with personal information 1.8 MONEY_FORM_SHORT Lots of money if you fill out a short form
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You have been Granted with the sum of $500,000 by Western Union in the 2013 Western Union Program. We will be sending you $5,000 daily until the $500, 000USD is completed. The first $5,000 has been sent already, contact Mr Thomas Clark with your Full Name, Sex, Country, Tel, so that he will be sure
Regards Mr Thomas Clark Email:wumt@armenian.me.uk
Thank you for using the Western Union.
You have been Granted with the sum of $500,000 by Western Union in the 2013 Western Union Program. We will be sending you $5,000 daily until the $500, 000USD is completed. The first $5,000 has been sent already, contact Mr Thomas Clark with your Full Name, Sex, Country, Tel, so that he will be sure
