An
Email with the Subject "Very Urgent" was
received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Thu, 30 Jun 2005 03:33:48 -0700
and has been classified as a Advance Fee Fraud/419 Scam Email.
The sender shows as Sipho Kumalo <siphocarr@yahoo.com>.
The email address was probably spoofed. Do not reply to or contact any persons or organizations referenced in
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africa18 million dollarsgoldbankcontactsafeawardawardedaccount milliontransactionresponseserviceurgentbusiness transferfundinvestmentproposalsentmailbank officbank dollar top bank reserved bank confidentialsiphocarr@yahoo.comsiphocarr@yahoo.comtell will huge amountsecurityyahoo.comyahoo!cooperation mr sipho kumalono mr. sipho kumalo,financial
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[date:] => Thu, 30 Jun 2005 03:33:47 -0700 (PDT)
[from:] => Sipho Kumalo
[subject:] => Very Urgent
[to:] => chhabi_123@yahoo.com
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FROM MR SIPHO KUMALO No 367 LUISE BOTHA AVENUE JOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA Email: siphocarr@yahoo.com Tell +27 82 974 9452
DERA SIR, I WISH TO INTRODUCE MY SELF AS MR. SIPHO KUMALO, DIRECTOR CONTRACT AWARD COMMITTEE ANGLO GOLD MINING SOUTH AFRICA. SIR, I WISH TO INTRODUCE YOU IN TO A BUSINESS, WHICH INVOLVES A TRANSFER OF $ 18 MILLION DOLLARS WHICH BELONGS TO ME. I GOT THIS FUND THROUGH OVER INVOICED CONTRACT WHICH I AWARDED TO A GERMAN COMPANY ON THE 4TH JANUARY 2004.
I WISH TO SEEK FOR YOUR ASSISSTANCE IN TRANSFERING THIS HUGE AMOUNT IN TO YOUR COMPANY'S ACCOUNT OR PERSONAL ACCOUNT FOR PROPER INVESTMENT IN YOUR COUNTRY. THIS IS BECAUSE OF MY PRESENT STATUS AS A GOVERNMENT WORKER WHICH DENIES ME HAS SUCH HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY IN MY POSSESSION WHILE STILL IN SERVICE.
PLEASE KINDLY ADMIT MY PROPOSAL IN GOOD FAITH AND KEEP IT AS CONFIDENTIAL BETWEEN BOTH OF US. I HAVE ARRANGED WITH ONE OF THE TOP BANK OFFICIALS IN THE RESERVED BANK HERE FOR ONWARD TRANSFER IMMEDIATELY YOU ACCEPT TO ASSIST ME IN THIS DEAL. THE FUND IN QUESTION IS PRESENTLY
LODGED IN ONE OF THE FINANCIAL SECURITY COMPANY HERE IN SOUTH AFRICA FOR SAFE KEEPING.
I WILL DISCUSS WITH YOU ON WHAT WILL BE YOUR REWORD FOR YOUR KIND COOPERATION AND ASSISSTANCE UPON YOUR KIND REPLY TO THIS MAIL BEFORE WE PROCEED ON THE TRANSACTION. IF YOU ACEPT MY PROPOSAL, KINDLY FORWARD YOUR CONTACT TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBER FOR EASY COMMUNICATION ALSO ENABLE ME CONTACT YOU.
I WILL BE GLAD TO HEAR FROM YOU IN GOOD FAITH. ANTICIPATING YOUR KIND RESPONSE.
