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An Email with the Subject "DEAR FRIEND," was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Thu, 20 Jul 2006 04:32:45 -0700 and has been classified as a Advance Fee Fraud/419 Scam Email. The sender shows as martin <martin_boah2006@virgilio.it>.
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DEAR FRIEND, I HAVE THE COURAGE TO LOOK FOR A REALIABLE AND HONEST PERSON WHO WILL BE CAPABLE FOR THIS IMPORTANT BUSINESS,BELIEVING THAT YOU WILL NEVER LET ME DOWN EITHER NOW OR IN FUTURE. I AM MR MARTIN BOAH, THE AUDIT MANAGER OF UBCC-CI BANK IVORY-COAST WEST AFRICA , THERE IS AN ACCOUNT OPEN IN THIS BANK IN 2000 AND SINCE 2002 NOBODY HAS OPERATED ON THIS ACCOUNT AGAIN. AFTER GOING THROUGH SOME OLD FILES IN THE RECORDS I DISCOVERED THAT IF I DO NOT REMIT THIS MONEY OUT URGENTELY IT WILL FORFEITED FOR NOTHING.THE OWNER OF THIS ACCOUNT MR RAWLINGS SMITH A FORIGNER AND THE MANAGER OF PETROL CHEMICA SERVICE,A ELECTRICAL ENGINEER BY PROFFESSION AND HE DIED SINCE 1990. NO OTHER PERSON KNOWS ABOUT THIS ACCOUNT OR ANYTHING CONCERNING IT, THE ACCOUNT HAS NO OTHER BENEFICIARY AND MY INVESTIGATION PROVED TO ME AS WELL THAT HIS COMPANY DOES NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS ACCOUNT AND THE AMOUNT INVLOVED IS U.S.$8,500,000.00 (EIGHT MILLION,FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ONLY). I WANT TO TRANSFER THIS MONEY INTO A SAFE FOREIGN ACCOUNT ABROAD BUT I DON'T KNOW ANY FOREIGNER, I AM ONLY CONTACTING YOU AS A FOREIGNER BECAUSE THIS MONEY CAN NOT BE APPROVED TO ANY LOCAL BANK HERE BUT ,CAN ONLY BE APPROVED TO ANY FOREIGN ACCOUNT BECAUSE THE MONEY IS U.S DOLLARS AND THE FORMER OWNER OF THE ACCOUNT IS MR . RAWLINGS SMITH AND HE WAS A FOREIGNER TOO. I KNOW THAT THIS MESSAGE WILL COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE AS WE DON'T KNOW EACH OTHER BEFORE,BUT BE REST ASSURED THAT IT IS REAL AND A GENUINE BUSINESS. I ONLY GOT YOUR CONTACT FROM OUR CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE RESEARCH WITH I BELIEVE IN GOD THAT YOU WILL NEVER LET ME DOWN IN THIS BUSINESS,YOU ARE THE ONLY PERSON THAT I HAVE CONTACTED FOR THIS BUSINESS FOR NOW. SO PLEASE REPLY URGENTLY. WHEN THE TRANSFER IS APPROVED AND PAYMENT SCHEDULE I WILL PROVIDE YOU AN ACCOUNT ON WHERE YOU WILL TRANSFER MY OWN PERCENTAGE IN THE DEAL,I WILL USE MY POSITION IN THE OFFICE TO PROVIDE ALL THE NECESSARY INFORMATION FOR THE APPROVAL OF THIS FUND. I WILL COME DOWN TO YOUR COUNTRY FOR THE SHARING AND OTHER INVESTMENT.AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS BUSINESS, YOU WILL BE GIVEN 35% OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT, 60% WILL BE FOR ME, WHILE 5% WILL BE FOR EXPENSES,BOTH PARTIES MIGHT HAVE INCURED DURING THE PROCESS OF TRANSACTION. I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR EARLIEST RESPONSE .GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. YOURS FRIEND, MARTIN BOAH