> Cc: [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: mark seiden-via mac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Gregory Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: **SPAM*** Re: [funsec] [Spam-R] Pure 419 > Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:08:41 -0700 > > see that little thing in there starting with 41.*? it's called an ip > address and it is your friend.
damn! I looked right at that and thought is was just a funny serial number/message-id... I learned something else... Thanks! This is what I meant... <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> But looking, just now, at the headers, I *do* see the IP. (I somehow blew on by it the first time.) Thanks again! Regards, Gregory Hicks > > whois says it's from starcomms dialup in lagos, despite someone's > excellent english. > > sify is a freemail provider. the reply-to address isn't even at sify > it's at myway, > despite what he says in the body of the mail. > > % This is the AfriNIC Whois server. > > % Information related to '41.219.229.0 - 41.219.229.255' > > inetnum: 41.219.229.0 - 41.219.229.255 > netname: ORG-SA57-AFRINIC-20050513 > descr: Assigned to Lagos dial-pool customers > country: NG > admin-c: NS4-AFRINIC > tech-c: CM9-AFRINIC > status: Assigned PA > mnt-by: STARCOMMS-MNT > mnt-lower: STARCOMMS-MNT > source: AFRINIC > changed: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 20080211 > parent: 41.219.192.0 - 41.219.255.255 > > person: NAVNEET SINGH > address: Plot 1261, Bishop Kale Close, off Saka Tinubu > address: Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria > phone: +234-1-804-9370 > fax-no: +234-1-811-0301 > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > nic-hdl: NS4-AFRINIC > source: AFRINIC > changed: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 20080317 > > person: Catalin Miclaus > address: Plot 1261C, Bishop Kale Close, off Saka Tinubu > phone: +234-7028000733 > fax-no: +234-1-8110301 > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > nic-hdl: CM9-AFRINIC > source: AFRINIC > changed: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 20080317 > > On Jul 25, 2008, at 5:46 PM, Gregory Hicks wrote: > > > > >> From: "Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" > >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:50:05 -0800 > >> Subject: [Spam-R] Pure 419 > >> > >> It's good to know that the 419 scammers are concerned that we not get > > infected ... > > > > This one is reputedly from India not Nigeria... (sify.com is > > reportedly > > in Chennai,Tamil Nadu, India...) > > > >> > >> > >> Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Received: from 41.219.229.165 > >> (SquirrelMail authenticated user [EMAIL PROTECTED]) > >> by webmail.mol.go.th with HTTP; > >> Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:51:51 +0700 (ICT) > >> Message-ID: > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:51:51 +0700 (ICT) > >> Subject: [MALWARE FREE]Good Day > >> From: "Thomas Walford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.5 > >> X-BitDefender-Scanner: Clean, Agent: BitDefender qmail 2.1.0 on > >> mail.mol.go.th, sigver: 7.20190 > >> X-BitDefender-Spam: No (248) > >> X-BitDefender-SpamStamp: v1, build 2.5.34.49691, bayes score: 500, > >> pbayes score: 248(248), neunet score: 500, total: 248 > >> X-DSPAM-Result: Spam > >> > >> I am Thomas Walford, staff of SG International Private Bank. I am > >> contacting you concerning a deceased customer and an investment he > >> placed under our banks management three years ago. > >> > >> I am contacting you independently of our investigation and no one is > >> informed of this communication. I would like to intimate you with > > certain > >> facts that I believe would be of interest to you. In the year 2004, > > the > >> subject matter; came to our bank to engage in business discussions > > with > >> our private banking division. He informed us that he had a financial > >> portfolio of Six Million United States Dollars, which he wished to > > have us > >> turn over (invest) on his behalf. > >> > >> In mid 2005, he asked that the money be liquidated because he needed > > to > >> make an urgent investment requiring cash payments in Helsinki- > > Finland. He > >> directed that I liquidate the funds and deposit it with a security > > firm. I > >> informed him that my Bank would have to make special arrangements to > > have > >> this done and in order not to circumvent due process. > >> > >> Cash movement across boarders has become especially strict since the > >> incidents of 9/11. I contacted my affiliate and made the funds > > available > >> to the security firm. I undertook all the processes and made sure I > >> followed his precise instructions to the letter and had the funds > >> deposited with the security firm. > >> The Security Firm is a specialist private firm that accepts deposits > > from > >> high net worth individuals and blue chip corporations that handle > > valuable > >> products or undertake transactions that need immediate access to > >> cash. > >> This small and highly private organization is familiar especially to > > the > >> highly placed and well-connected organizations. In line with > > instructions, > >> the money was deposited with the security firm. > >> > >> The deceased told me he wanted the money there in anticipation of his > >> arrival from Norway later that week. This was the last communication > > we > >> had, this transpired around 25th of November 2005. In June last year, > > and > >> we got a call from the security firm informing us about the > >> inactivity > > of > >> that particular portfolio. I made futile efforts to locate the > > deceased. > >> I immediately passed the task of locating him to the internal > >> investigations department of SG International Private Bank. Four days > >> later, information started to trickle in, apparently our client was > > dead. > >> > >> A person who suited his description was declared dead of a heart > > attack in > >> Canne, in Southern part of France. We were soon enough to identify > >> the > >> body and cause of death was confirmed. In his bio-data form, he > > listed no > >> next of kin. In the field of private banking, opening an account with > > us > >> means no one will know of its existence, accounts are rarely held > > under a > >> name; depositors use numbers and codes to make the accounts > >> anonymous. > >> This investigation has for the past months been unfruitful; we've > >> used > > our > >> private investigation affiliate companies to get to the root of the > >> problem. It is this investigation that resulted in my being furnished > > with > >> your details as a possible relative of the deceased. > >> > >> What I wish to relate to you will smack of unethical practice but I > > want > >> you to understand something. It is only an outsider to the banking > > world > >> who finds the internal politics of the banking world aberrational. > >> The > >> world of private banking especially is fraught with huge rewards for > > those > >> that occupy certain offices and oversee certain portfolios. You > >> should > >> have begun by now to put together the general direction of what I > > propose. > >> There is Six Million United States dollars deposited in a security > > firm, I > >> alone have the deposit details and they will release the deposit to > >> no > > one > >> unless I instruct them to do so. > >> > >> I alone know of the existence of this deposit for as far as my Bank > >> is > >> concerned. > >> My proposal: I now seek your permission to present you as a next of > > kin to > >> the deceased, as all documentations will be carefully worked to make > > you > >> the beneficiary to the funds $6,00 000 00 (Six Million United states > >> Dollar); I am prepared to place you in a position to instruct The > > security > >> Firm to release the deposit to you as the closest surviving relation. > >> Upon receipt of the deposit, I am prepared to share the proceeds > > 60/40.I > >> would have gone ahead to ask that the funds be released to me, but > > that > >> would have drawn a straight line to me and my involvement in claiming > > the > >> deposit. We can fine-tune this based on our interactions am aware of > > the > >> consequences of this proposal. I ask that if you find no interest in > > this > >> project that you should discard this mail. I ask that you do not be > >> vindictive and destructive. If my offer is of no appeal to you, > >> delete > >> this message and forget I ever contacted you. > >> > >> I wish to inform you that should you contact me via official > >> channels; > > I > >> will deny knowing you and about this project. I repeat, I do not want > > you > >> contacting me through my official phone lines nor do I want you > > contacting > >> me through my official email account. Contact me only through the > > numbers > >> I will provide for you and also through this email address. I do not > > want > >> any direct link between you and myself. My official lines are not > > secured > >> lines as they are periodically monitored to assess our level of > > customer > >> care in line with our Total Quality Management Policy. > >> > >> Please observe this instruction religiously. Do not betray my > > confidence. > >> Kindly send your response to my private email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> I await your response. > >> > >> Thomas Walford > >> > >> -- > >> This mail was scanned by BitDefender > >> For more informations please visit http://www.bitdefender.com > >> > >> > >> ====================== (quote inserted randomly by Pegasus Mailer) > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> If you can't say anything good about someone, sit right here by > >> me. - Alice Roosevelt Longworth > >> http://victoria.tc.ca/techrev/rms.htm > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Spam Research mailing list > >> https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spam > >> Notice: Spam Research is an open and public mailing list. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Gregory Hicks | Principal Systems Engineer > > Cadence Design Systems | Direct: 408.576.3609 > > 555 River Oaks Pkwy M/S 9B1 > > San Jose, CA 95134 > > > > I am perfectly capable of learning from my mistakes. I will surely > > learn a great deal today. > > > > "A democracy is a sheep and two wolves deciding on what to have for > > lunch. Freedom is a well armed sheep contesting the results of the > > decision." > > > > "The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they > > be properly armed." --Alexander Hamilton > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. > > https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec > > Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Gregory Hicks | Principal Systems Engineer Cadence Design Systems | Direct: 408.576.3609 555 River Oaks Pkwy M/S 9B1 San Jose, CA 95134 I am perfectly capable of learning from my mistakes. I will surely learn a great deal today. "A democracy is a sheep and two wolves deciding on what to have for lunch. Freedom is a well armed sheep contesting the results of the decision." "The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed." --Alexander Hamilton _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
