An
Email with the Subject "URGENT REPLY." was
received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Mon, 05 Sep 2011 00:27:59 -0700
and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email.
The sender shows as Toe Eric <helassa1001@gmail.com>.
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[date:] => Mon, 5 Sep 2011 12:57:53 +0530 (IST)
[from:] => Toe Eric
[reply-to:] => toeeric@gmail.com
[subject:] => URGENT REPLY.
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[x-ham-report:] => Spam detection software, running on the system "lester.newsblaze.com", hasidentified this incoming email as possible spam. The original messagehas been attached to this so you can view it (if it isn't spam) or labelsimilar future email. If you have any questions, seethe administrator of that system for details.Content preview: Dear friend, I know that this letter may come to you as asurprise, I got your contact address from the computerized search. My nameis Mr.Toe Eric. I am the Bill and Exchange(assistant) Manager of Bank ofAfrica Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. In mydepartment I discovered an abandonedsum of five million three hundred thousandUnited State of American dollars(5.3 MILLION USA DOLLARS) in an account that belongs to one of our foreigncustomer Mr Kurt Kuhle from Alexandra Egypt who died along with his familyin Siber airlinethat crashed into sea at Isreal on 4th October 2001. SinceI got information about his death I have been expecting his next of kin tocome over and claim his money because we can not release it unless somebodyapplies for it as the next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicatedin our banking guidelines, but unfortunately we learnt that all his supposednextof kin or relation died along side with him in the plane crash leavingnobody behind for the claim. It is therefore upon thisdiscovery that I decidedto make this business proposal to you and release themoney to you as nextof kin or relation to the deceased for safety andsubsequent disbursementsince nobody is coming for it and I don't want themoney to go into the banktreasury as unclaimed bill. Am contacting you because our deceased customeris a foreigner and a Burkinabecan not stand as a next of kin to foreign customer.The banking guidelinesstipulate that the fund should be transferred intothe bank treasury after 8years if nobody is coming for the claim. I have agreedthat 50% of this money will be for you as foreign partner in respect to theprovision of your account for the transfer and 50% would be for me, afterwhich I shall visit your countryfor disbursement according to the percentageas indicated. Please I would like you to keep this transaction confidentialand as a topsecret as you may wish to know that I am a bank official. Yourssincerely, Mr. Toe Eric. +226 75 74 72 83 [...] Content analysis details: (3.4 points, 4.0 required)pts rule name description---- ---------------------- --------------------------------------------------1.2 RCVD_IN_BL_SPAMCOP_NET RBL: Received via a relay in bl.spamcop.net[Blocked - see ]-0.0 RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE RBL: Sender listed at http://www.dnswl.org/, notrust[121.101.151.226 listed in list.dnswl.org]-3.0 URG_BIZ BODY: Contains urgent matter3.1 HK_SCAM_N2 BODY: HK_SCAM_N20.0 FREEMAIL_FROM Sender email is commonly abused enduser mail provider(helassa1001[at]gmail.com)0.6 RCVD_IN_SORBS_WEB RBL: SORBS: sender is an abusable web server[212.52.152.113 listed in dnsbl.sorbs.net]0.7 SPF_NEUTRAL SPF: sender does not match SPF record (neutral)-2.0 SUBJ_ALL_CAPS Subject is all capitals0.1 FREEMAIL_ENVFROM_END_DIGIT Envelope-from freemail username ends indigit (helassa1001[at]gmail.com)-3.0 DEAR_FRIEND BODY: Dear Friend? That's not very dear!0.0 HTML_MESSAGE BODY: HTML included in message0.0 LOTS_OF_MONEY Huge... sums of money2.8 FREEMAIL_REPLYTO Reply-To/From or Reply-To/body contain differentfreemails0.1 ADVANCE_FEE_4_NEW Appears to be advance fee fraud (Nigerian 419)0.0 ADVANCE_FEE_5_NEW Appears to be advance fee fraud (Nigerian 419)0.0 T_MONEY_PERCENT X% of a lot of money for you0.7 ADVANCE_FEE_3_NEW Appears to be advance fee fraud (Nigerian 419)0.0 ADVANCE_FEE_4_NEW_MONEY Advance Fee fraud and lots of money0.0 ADVANCE_FEE_5_NEW_MONEY Advance Fee fraud and lots of money0.0 ADVANCE_FEE_3_NEW_MONEY Advance Fee fraud and lots of money0.9 ADVANCE_FEE_2_NEW_MONEY Advance Fee fraud and lots of money0.0 T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL To: misformatted and free email service0.7 MONEY_FRAUD_5 Lots of money and many fraud phrases0.5 MONEY_FRAUD_8 Lots of money and very many fraud phrases0.0 MONEY_FRAUD_3 Lots of money and several fraud phrases
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Dear friend, I know that this letter may come to you as a surprise, I got your contact address from the computerized search. My name is Mr.Toe Eric. I am the Bill and Exchange(assistant) Manager of Bank of Africa Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. In mydepartment I discovered an abandoned sum of five million three hundred
thousandUnited State of American dollars (5.3 MILLION USA DOLLARS) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer Mr Kurt Kuhle from Alexandra Egypt who died along with his family in Siber airlinethat crashed into sea at Isreal on 4th October 2001. Since I got information about his death I have been expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his money because we can not release it unless somebody applies for it as the next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines, but unfortunately we learnt that all his supposed nextof kin or relation died along side with him in the plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim. It is therefore upon thisdiscovery that I decided to make this business proposal to
you and release themoney to you as next of kin or relation to the deceased for safety andsubsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and I don't want themoney to go into the bank treasury as unclaimed bill. Am contacting you because our deceased customer is a foreigner and a Burkinabecan not stand as a next of kin to foreign customer. The banking guidelinesstipulate that the fund should be transferred into the bank treasury after 8years if nobody is coming for the claim. I have agreed that 50% of this money will be for you as foreign partner in respect to the provision of your account for the transfer and 50% would be for me, after
which I shall visit your countryfor disbursement according to the percentage as indicated. Please I would like you to keep this transaction confidential and as a topsecret as you may wish to know that I am a bank official. Yours sincerely, Mr. Toe Eric. +226 75 74 72 83