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An Email with the Subject "Fw: Thank you for your patronage" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Sun, 01 Feb 2009 05:24:10 -0800 and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email. The sender shows as "Bill Browne Sr" <bill597@cox.net>.
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.
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----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2009 10:33 PM
Subject: Thank you for your patronage WESTERN UNION WESTERN UNION PAYMENT DEAR CUSTOMERS, THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER/ WWW.MONEYGRAM.COM IN THE AMOUNT OF $500.000.00 USD DIRECTED IN CASH CREDITED TO FILE KTU/9023118308/03, AT THE OWNER OF THIS EMAIL ADDRESSES/NAME. THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND CONTACTED US FOR YOUR COMPENSATION A COUPLE OF HOURS AGO DUE TO YOUR ALLOCATED SECURITY CODE.PATRONAGE TO OUR SERVICE LAST YEAR 2008. THEY SAID THAT THEY CHOOSE TO SEND IT TO AN EMAIL ADDRESS INSTEAD OF A NAME. WE ARE UNABLE TO COMPLETE A TRANSFER DIRECTED AT AN EMAIL ADDRESS, SO WE REQUIRE SOME MORE INFORMATION IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THIS TRANSFER VIA OUR WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER, THE MTCN NUMBER SHALL BE ISSUE TO YOU AS YOU WILL BE ABLE TO RECEIVE YOUR FUND FROM THE NEAREST SHOP OR WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER SERVICE . 1, NAME: 2.CONTACT ADDRESS: 3.MOBILE PHONE NUMBER : 4.OCCUPATION: 5.MARITAL STATUS AND AGE: AS SOON AS THIS INFORMATION IS RECEIVED WE ARE GOING TO PROCEED WITH THE FIRST RELEASE OF THE SUM OF $9,500 USD THROUGH OUR WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER.WE ARE SENDING THE FIRST BATCH IN YOUR NAME,AFTER WHICH THE SECOND BATCH WILL BE RELEASE AGAIN UNTIL WE HAVE FINISH THE TRANSFER IN YOUR NAME.NOTE THAT AS SOON AS THE TRANSFER IS MADE WE ARE GOING TO SEND YOU THE TRACKING NUMBER OF THE WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER ,THE SENDERS NAME ,AND THE RECEIVERS NAME, AS YOU ARE REQUIRE TO TRACK DOWN YOUR PAYMENT ONLINE.CONTACT US ON OUR EMAIL ADDRESS AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS NOTIFICATION I URGE YOU SEND THE INFORMATION? SO THAT I CAN PROCEED WITH THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PAYMENT TO YOU IMMEDIATELY. THE MANAGEMENT OF WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER HEADOFFICE. DISPATCHED THIS DAY SINCERELY,MR ANDREW LEWIS.EMAIL: wumtpremuim2009@i12.com WESTERN UNION PAYMENTS WESTERN UNION WELCOME TO WESTERN UNION SEND MONEY WORLDWIDE REGISTERED © 2007 - 2008 WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER ALL RIGHT RESERVED
No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.233 / Virus Database: 270.10.16/1928 - Release Date: 01/31/09 20:03:00 |