What's wrong with this?
Spelling - Apalling!!!.
The address doesn't exist
It has +4470 numbers (redirect)
They claim to be European Union - that doesn't mean America and the rest of the world, it means Europe - and using a bank in Uruguay??
The reply-to email address (consultant.com) is a free webmail from mail.com.
As for the 'from' email address, you'll find there's no actual website at http://europeanunion.com/, the name is just used for effect, as is the real website link
The organisation as it's spelt there doesn't exist.
Spelling - Apalling!!!.
The address doesn't exist
It has +4470 numbers (redirect)
They claim to be European Union - that doesn't mean America and the rest of the world, it means Europe - and using a bank in Uruguay??
The reply-to email address (consultant.com) is a free webmail from mail.com.
As for the 'from' email address, you'll find there's no actual website at http://europeanunion.com/, the name is just used for effect, as is the real website link
The organisation as it's spelt there doesn't exist.
From: [email protected]
Subject: Crisis Group
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2008 14:43:38 +0200
To:
EUROPEAN UNION INFORMATION COUNSEL
FOURTH FLOOR SLIDON STREET,
PORTSMOUTH,UK
Tele: +447031839882
+447031882690
Website: http://www.euractiv.com/fr/HomePage
ATTENTION:
I AM MR ANDREW STROEHLEIN THE MEDIA RELATIONS DIRECTOR EUROPEAN UNION INFORMATION COUNSEL,OUR JOB IS TO PROTECT EUROPE,AMERICA AND THE WORLD FROM RELATED CRIME SUCH AS CYBER CRIME AND FRAUDSTERS,I HEREBY USE THIS MEDIA TO INFORM YOU THAT YOU ARE NEXT ON THE LIST TO BE COMPENSATED BY THE EUROPEAN UNION GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION,IT MAY INTEREST YOU TO KNOW THAT AFTER OUR INVESTIGATION WE WERE INFORMED ABOUT SOME AFRICANS THAT HAVE SCAMMED YOU OF SOME CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY AND THEY ALL HAVE BEEN APREHENDED AND BROUGTH TO BOOK.THE EUROPEAN UNION GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN COMPENSATING INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THIS FRAUDSTERS WITH THE SUM OF Ј150,000 (ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND UNITED KINGDOM POUNDS STERLING) EACH TO INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED IN THIS SCAMM AS PART OF THIS YEAR'S COMPENSATION(2008).WE WERE ALSO GIVEN YOUR INFORMATION BY THE CAUGTH FRAUDSTERS AND CRIMINALS SCAMMERS,BUT YOU ARE TO RECONFIRM AS FOLLOWS FOR VERIFICATION WITH WHAT WE HAVE HERE:
NAME:........
ADDRESS: ....... ......
COUNTRY:......................
Mobile Number: .......................
Home Number: ............................
AGE:.................................
OCCUPATION:..........................
SEX:............................
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO NOW INORDER TO GET YOUR FUNDS FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION TRANSFERED INTO YOUR NOMINNATED ACCOUNT IT IS MANDATED THAT YOU PROVIDE TO US ALSO WITH BELOW INFOMATIONS:
1)THE FOMART BEING GIVEN TO YOU BY THESE FRAUDSTERS.
2)ALL THE FOLOW-UPS GIVEN TO YOU.
3)TOTAL AMOUNT BEING PAID BY YOU.
4)THE NAMES THAT YOU PAID THIS MONEY TO.
5)THE NAME OF THE CO-ORDINATOR,FIDUCIARY AGENT,CONTROLLER AND BARRISTER ETC, BEING USED.
6)PROVIDE TO US YOUR ACCOUNT DETAILS TO TRANSFER THE Ј150,000 TO.
YOU ARE TO SEND THESE REQUIRED INFORMATION IMMEDIATELY SO THAT WE CAN VERIFY FROM WHAT WE HAVE HERE AND WILL ENABLE US NOT TO TRANSFER THESE FUNDS TO A NON-RECEIPIANT'S ACCOUNT.AND THEREAFTER REFER YOU TO THE BANK (Banco Hipotecario Del Uruguay) WHERE THE FUNDS HAS BEING DEPOSITED FOR YOU TO GET IT TRANSFERED INTO YOUR ACCOUNT.
SINCERELY,
MR ANDREW STROEHLEIN
Media Relations Director,
International Crisis Group (ICG)
TELE: +447031829817
Email: [email protected]
