An Email with the Subject "From:Mr Michael Lucas Aderemi" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Wed, 02 Jan 2008 22:19:56 -0800 and has been classified as a Advance Fee Fraud/419 Scam Email. The sender shows as "MR MICHAEL LUCAS"<updates2@freenet.de>.
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From:Mr Michael Lucas Aderemi Dear Friend, I am Mr Michael Lucas Aderemi, Director of operations with GLOBAL TRUST FINANCE a Security Company here in Nigeria West Africa.I believe that you will be capable and trustworthy to handle this transaction after getting your contact information.Also I hope we can assist each other as we progress in this transaction. I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit both of us.On the course of the 2006 end of the year’s report,I discovered that my branch in which I am the Director made Twenty Million Dollars (20,000.000.00 Dollars) of which my head Office is not aware of and will never be aware of.I have since then PLACED this fund on ESCROW CALL ACCOUNT without a beneficiary. As a Director in the Security Company, I cannot be directly connected to this money thus I am compelled to request for your assistance to receive this money into your bank account or through Diplomatic Delivery.I intend to part with 40% of this fund to you as gratification while 60% shall be for me but I need your own opinion on this. If you accept my offer you can contact me on my email address:- for more details. NOTE:There are practically no risk involved in this transaction. It will be a bank transfer or through diplomatic delivery. All I need from you is to stand as the original depositor of this fund and provide an account where this money will be transferred into by our head office or if you are ready to accept the fund through or dispatch riders, if you accept this offer, I will appreciate your timely response as soon as you receive this mail. With Regards, Mr Michael Lucas Aderemi.