An
Email with the Subject "†No Subject†" was
received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Sun, 25 Jul 2010 09:07:17 -0700
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The sender shows as =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Western_Union=AE?= <westernunion@westernunion.net>.
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àéWestern Union® Welcome to Western Union Send Money Worldwide EMAIL; albert.edison334@gmail.com Attention:Beneiciary There is an issue with the WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER in the amount of $1,200.000.00 USD directed in cash credited to file RBN/8900675811, at the owner of this email address. The INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND contacted us for your compensation a couple of some hour ago due to your allocated security code. They said that they choose to send it to an email address instead of a name. We are unable to complete a transfer directed to your email address until we receive the below required informations from the owner of this email as instructed. To fully complete the wire transfer of this fund ($1,200.000.00 USD), your are requested to forward to us as below: 1. YOUR FULL NAME: 2. YOUR ADDRESS: 3. MOBILE PHONE NO: 4. OCCUPATION: 5. SEX / AGE: In order to receive your payment, please email Western Union Fund Verification Department:
The Management of Western Union Money Transfer United Kingdom Head Office in conjuction with the Western Union Head Office, Ouagadougou Burkina-Faso are fully prepared to make sure you receive your funds in good faith once you reply, Below is the payment instruction of the $5,000 that was just sent for you to pick it up Sender Name--------- Albert Edison Amount-----------------Usd$5000 MTCN-----------------797-043-7434 Question-------------ok Answer---------------ok EMAIL; albert.edison334@gmail.com DISPATCHED THIS DAY. Sincerely Albert Edison,
ŕéWestern Union® Welcome to Western Union Send Money Worldwide EMAIL; albert.edison334@gmail.com Attention:Beneiciary There is an issue with the WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER in the amount of $1,200.000.00 USD directed in cash credited to file RBN/8900675811, at the owner of this email address. The INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND contacted us for your compensation a couple of some hour ago due to your allocated security code. They said that they choose to send it to an email address instead of a name. We are unable to complete a transfer directed to your email address until we receive the below required informations from the owner of this email as instructed. To fully complete the wire transfer of this fund ($1,200.000.00 USD), your are requested to forward to us as below: 1. YOUR FULL NAME: 2. YOUR ADDRESS: 3. MOBILE PHONE NO: 4. OCCUPATION: 5. SEX / AGE: In order to receive your payment, please email Western Union Fund Verification Department:
The Management of Western Union Money Transfer United Kingdom Head Office in conjuction with the Western Union Head Office, Ouagadougou Burkina-Faso are fully prepared to make sure you receive your funds in good faith once you reply, Below is the payment instruction of the $5,000 that was just sent for you to pick it up Sender Name--------- Albert Edison Amount-----------------Usd$5000 MTCN-----------------797-043-7434 Question-------------ok Answer---------------ok EMAIL; albert.edison334@gmail.com DISPATCHED THIS DAY. Sincerely Albert Edison,
