An
Email with the Subject "GOOD NEWS" was
received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Fri, 10 Jun 2016 00:48:02 -0700 (PDT)
and has been classified as a Advance Fee Fraud/419 Scam Email.
The sender shows as "ECITIC BANK CHINA" <alex@stu.xjtu.edu.cn>.
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.
Scam TagCloud
beneficiarydeath million hundred thousand dollarsattorneydiedbankwinaccount millionthree hundred thousanddeposittransactionprocessfund transferurgentlegalbank bank accountdollarn"ecitic bank citic bank your bank this bank will remittanceachcooperation
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Scam Email Headers
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[0] => by 10.159.32.38 with SMTP id 35csp126767uam; Fri, 10 Jun 2016 00:48:02 -0700 (PDT)
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[x-received:] => by 10.66.4.129 with SMTP id k1mr837757pak.45.1465544882332; Fri, 10 Jun 2016 00:48:02 -0700 (PDT)
[return-path:] =>
[received-spf:] => pass (google.com: best guess record for domain of alex@stu.xjtu.edu.cn designates 202.117.1.22 as permitted sender) client-ip=202.117.1.22;
[authentication-results:] => mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: best guess record for domain of alex@stu.xjtu.edu.cn designates 202.117.1.22 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=alex@stu.xjtu.edu.cn
[x-mailfrom:] =>
[x-fromip:] => 127.0.0.1
[x-delivertime:] => 0
[message-id:] => <20160610065623.15343.eqmail@stu.xjtu.edu.cn>
[from:] => "ECITIC BANK CHINA"
[to:] => ouyang@sohu.net
[subject:] => GOOD NEWS
[date:] => Fri, 10 Jun 2016 14:56:22 +0800
[x-priority:] => 3
[mime-version:] => 1.0
[content-type:] => multipart/alternative; charset="gb2312";boundary="=_eqmail_PART_0_15329_1465541782_eqmail"
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I am Mrs.Hou Zhu., I work with the Citic Bank of China, i wish to place your name as the beneficiary to fifteen million three hundred thousand dollars only due to the death of the depositor who died years ago along with her family.
However, i assure you that this transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law both in your country and here in China once the fund is transferred to your bank account.The funds I am referring to is right here in this bank floating in suspense account, therefore i solicit for your to be in collaboration with me to have this done, it will be transferred into an account you will provide any where in the world.I will need you to provide the cooperation following information urgently to enable the attorney start the processing of the all the relevant legal documents for the fund remittance.
I am Mrs.Hou Zhu., I work with the Citic Bank of China, i wish to place your name as the beneficiary to fifteen million three hundred thousand dollars only due to the death of the depositor who died years ago along with her family.
However, i assure you that this transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law both in your country and here in China once the fund is transferred to your bank account.The funds I am referring to is right here in this bank floating in suspense account, therefore i solicit for your to be in collaboration with me to have this done, it will be transferred into an account you will provide any where in the world.I will need you to provide the cooperation following information urgently to enable the attorney start the processing of the all the relevant legal documents for the fund remittance.