An
Email with the Subject "I NEED YOUR HELP" was
received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Fri, 21 Mar 2014 05:47:00 -0700 (PDT)
and has been classified as a Advance Fee Fraud/419 Scam Email.
The sender shows as altervs2@trtk.ru.
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assistance5 million u.s.dollars million hundred thousand diplomaticoilcontactsafe millionfour millionfive hundred thousandpartnercouriertransactionresponseservice30%legal transferfundbusinessproposalurgentmailsharediplomadollarconfidentialafghanistansincerely will ach($4.5 million u.s.dollars )(sgt.herberteric@hotmail.com)(t.i.d.u)dear
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[content-description:] => Mail message body
[subject:] => I NEED YOUR HELP
[to:] => Recipients
[from:] => altervs2@trtk.ru
[date:] => Fri, 21 Mar 2014 18:13:49 +0530
[reply-to:] => sgt.herberteric@hotmail.com
[message-id:] => <20140321125227.4C7CFF51109@mail.trtk.ru>
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Dear Friend,
I do hope my email meets you well, I am Sergeant Herbert Eric, a U.S. Army Currently at Afghanistan
for peace keeping. I have summed up courage to contact you and i am seeking for your kind
assistance to receive the sum of ($4.5 million U.S.dollars ) Four million and five hundred thousand
united states dollars on my behalf, as far as I can be assured that my share will be safe in your
care until I complete my service here.
The question is can I trust you? Am really in need of a good partner someone i can trust to
actualize this venture. The money is from oil proceeds and legal. But am transferring it via the
safe passage way of a diplomatic courier without any risk or any string attached. If you are
agreeable get yourself a deal and contact me on my email address(sgt.herberteric@hotmail.com),
Once you receive the funds, keep low social profile and take an awesome reward of 30% and custody
my share for further evaluation on whether you are good enough in assessment to invest my share
when I review your business proposal. Am seeking your confidentiality in this business transaction
and await your response as I wish to furnish you with more comprehensive details and what is
required of you.
I await your urgent reply.
Yours Sincerely,
Sergeant Herbert Eric
Via this E-mail only (sgt.herberteric@hotmail.com)
Camp MXP-512 Third Infantry Division Unit(T.I.D.U),
Kabul Afghanistan.
Dear Friend,
I do hope my email meets you well, I am Sergeant Herbert Eric, a U.S. Army Currently at Afghanistan
for peace keeping. I have summed up courage to contact you and i am seeking for your kind
assistance to receive the sum of ($4.5 million U.S.dollars ) Four million and five hundred thousand
united states dollars on my behalf, as far as I can be assured that my share will be safe in your
care until I complete my service here.
The question is can I trust you? Am really in need of a good partner someone i can trust to
actualize this venture. The money is from oil proceeds and legal. But am transferring it via the
safe passage way of a diplomatic courier without any risk or any string attached. If you are
agreeable get yourself a deal and contact me on my email address(sgt.herberteric@hotmail.com),
Once you receive the funds, keep low social profile and take an awesome reward of 30% and custody
my share for further evaluation on whether you are good enough in assessment to invest my share
when I review your business proposal. Am seeking your confidentiality in this business transaction
and await your response as I wish to furnish you with more comprehensive details and what is
required of you.
I await your urgent reply.
Yours Sincerely,
Sergeant Herbert Eric
Via this E-mail only (sgt.herberteric@hotmail.com)
Camp MXP-512 Third Infantry Division Unit(T.I.D.U),
Kabul Afghanistan.