An
Email with the Subject "from gina" was
received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Tue, 25 Jul 2006 06:25:04 -0700
and has been classified as a Advance Fee Fraud/419 Scam Email.
The sender shows as gina obo <ginaoboba@yahoo.ca>.
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killedassistanceivorygasbankbidaccountresidentdepositedcareer20%business transferinvestmentfundurgentmailbank accountusdabidjanginaoboba@yahoo.ca will yahoo.yahoo!(ginaoboba@yahoo.ca)(usd$5.5m) miss gina, a mr joesph oboba.my miss gina. years old
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I am Miss Gina, a daughter of late Mr joesph oboba.My father was a very wealthy business man here in Abidjan.He was killed by a group of armed robbers that invaded our residence.I was already aware of an amount(USD$5.5M)deposited in his account in a bank,which was one of the armed robbers'target.Please,I want you to assist me to transfer the money into your account for an investment in your country while I continue my education.
I AM HONOURABLY SOLICITING YOUR KIND ASSISTANCE AS FOLLOWS:
1) TO PROVIDE A BANK ACCOUNT WHERE THIS MONEY WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO.
2) TO SERVE AS THE GUARDIAN OF THESE FUND, SINCE I AM A GIRL OF 22 YEARS OLD.
3) TO MAKE ARRANGEMENT FOR ME IN YOUR COUNTRY TO CONTINUE MY EDUCATIONAL CAREER AND TO PROCURE ME A RESIDENTIAL PERMIT IN YOUR COUNTRY.
i am inclined to offer you 20% of the total sum as a mode of compensation for your efforts after the transferring of these fund to your nominated account overseas.
From:Miss Gina oboba Abidjan,Ivory Coast Email:(ginaoboba@yahoo.ca) Good day, I am Miss Gina, a daughter of late Mr joesph oboba.My father was a very wealthy business man here in Abidjan.He was killed by a group of armed robbers that invaded our residence.I was already aware of an amount(USD$5.5M)deposited in his account in a bank,which was one of the armed robbers'target.Please,I want you to assist me to transfer the money into your account for an investment in your country while I continue my education. I AM HONOURABLY SOLICITING YOUR KIND ASSISTANCE AS FOLLOWS:
1) TO PROVIDE A BANK ACCOUNT WHERE THIS MONEY WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO. 2) TO SERVE AS THE GUARDIAN OF THESE FUND, SINCE I AM A GIRL OF 22 YEARS OLD. 3) TO MAKE ARRANGEMENT FOR ME IN YOUR COUNTRY TO CONTINUE MY EDUCATIONAL CAREER AND TO PROCURE ME A RESIDENTIAL PERMIT IN YOUR COUNTRY. i am inclined to offer you 20% of the total sum as a mode of compensation for your efforts after the transferring of these fund to your nominated account overseas. Please,kindly reply urgently for more details Miss Gina.
