An Email with the Subject "ONLINE SCAMMERS CAUGHT BY INTERPOL" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Mon, 30 Aug 2010 06:56:45 -0700 and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email. The sender shows as "INTERPOL"<info@interpol.com>.
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International Police
Scotland Yard
38, Wesley Road,
Croydon
CR9 3RR
Sir/Madam,
RECENT SUCCESSFUL APPREHENSION OF FRAUDULENT PERSONS BY INTERPOL
We the International Police (INTERPOL),in conjunction with some other relevant Investigative
Agencies like the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) over here in the United States of America have
recently come in contact with various Internet Fraudsters and after the relevant Legal proceedings,
confiscated properties and finances which belonged to the convicted Fraudsters.
INTERPOL'S various Stations have been informed through our Global intelligence monitoring network
that you have been scammed by those scammers/Fraudsters from Africa/Nigeria, also the UNITED NATION
(UN) have since been compensating the scam victims of the ADVANCE FEE SCAMS going on from Africa
and have remitted the total sum of US$102,000,000.00 to compensate the scammed victim here on our
list and your name is among the 102 scam victims we have presently this third quarter of 2010.
UNITED NATIONS are compensating the scammed victims with the sum of US$1,000,000.00 each, so we
will like you to send us the Bank details where you want your compensation fund to be transfered to
or better still let us know how you want your compensation fund to reach you.
The claims requirements and details needed from you are below:
1. FULL NAME(S):
2. NATIONALITY:
3. DATE OF BIRTH:
4. SEX:
5. MARITAL STATUS:
6. CONTACT ADDRESS:
7. TELEPHONE NUMBER:
8. OCCUPATION:
9. COUNTRY:
10 Attachment of international passport
Your urgent response is needed. Furthermore we will implore on you to stop corresponding with any
scam emails you will/have been receiving this is to help us stop the scams going on. So please get
back to us with the needed information.
You are to contact INTERPOL'S WEST AFRICAN REGIONAL OFFICE via Email
( interpol.wa@gmail.com )
Regards,
James H. Carrew (Inspector General of Police)
on behalf of the Secretary of Affairs (INTERPOL WEST AFRICA) for INTERPOL WORLD WIDE.