Thursday, April 21, 2005

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Content preview: FROM: SITHOLE BALOY. TEL: 27-835-689-642 ATTN:
DIRECTOR/C E O, I know you will be surprised to read from me, but
please consider this as a request from a family in dire need of
assistance.First, I must introduce myself. I am MR. SITHOLE BALOY from
Angola. I am the first and only son of BRIGADIER BALOY JONES. I am
presently resident in South Africa. I got your contact address from a
business directory in Johannesburg Chamber of commerce and Industry.
On behalf of my widowed mother MRS. ELIZABETH BALOY, I desided to
solicit for your assistance to transfer the sum of US$21.5 MILLION(
TWENTY ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES
DOLLARS)inherited from my late father, into your personal company's
account.Before my fathers' death, he was a Brigadier in charge of Arms
and Ammunation procurement for the Angola Army. In his WILL, he
specifically drew my attention to the said sum of money which he
deposited in a safe box of a private Security Company in Johannesburg-
South Africa in a treasure box, fully documented in my name. IN FACT
MY FATHER SAID AND I QUOTE MY BELOVED SON, I WISH TO DRAW YOUR
ATTENTION TO US$21.5 MILLION . I DEPOSITED THE BOX CONTAINING THIS
MONEY IN A SECURITY COMPANY IN JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA. DURING THE
WAR, I WAS VERY DEDICATED AND OFFICERS AND GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONARIES
WERE BUSSY HELPING THEMSELVES WITH GOVERNMENT FUNDS AND PROPERTIES AND
SENDING THEM TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES. DUE TO THIS, WHEN I AND MY FORMER
SPECIAL ADVISOR TO THE PRESIDENT WERE ASSIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT
(EDUARDO SANTOS) TO PURCHASE ARMS IN SOUTH AFRICA, WE SAW THIS AS A
GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY AND DIVERTED THE MONEY AND DIVIDED IT. i GOT A
TOTAL SUM OF US$21.5 MILLION. IN CASE OF MY ABSENCE ON EARTH, AS A
RESULT OF DEATH ONLY, YOU SHOULD SOLICIT FOR THE FUND FOR INVESTMENT
PURPOSES. From the above, you will understand that the lives and
future of my family depens on this money, as such I will be grateful
if you can assist us. We are now living in South Africa as political
Asylum seekers and financial laws and regulation of the Republic of
South Africa do not permit us financial rights [...]

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0.0 RCVD_FAKE_HELO_DOTCOM Received contains a faked HELO hostname
0.2 NO_REAL_NAME From: does not include a real name
0.5 FROM_ENDS_IN_NUMS From: ends in numbers
0.1 FORGED_RCVD_HELO Received: contains a forged HELO
1.7 MSGID_FROM_MTA_ID Message-Id for external message added locally
0.4 SUBJ_ALL_CAPS Subject is all capitals
1.3 MILLION_USD BODY: Talks about millions of dollars
0.2 UPPERCASE_25_50 message body is 25-50% uppercase
2.9 NIGERIAN_BODY1 Message body looks like a Nigerian spam message 1+
0.5 NIGERIAN_BODY2 Message body looks like a Nigerian spam message 2+
1.9 NIGERIAN_BODY3 Message body looks like a Nigerian spam message 3+

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