I recieved this email, purportedly from sumea. However, someone is just using the Sumea name - the sumea.com.au website is entirely blameless for this. So it's just a warning to people to let them know it's happening. (and I'm posting the full text becuase I always find these so hillarious - this story would make a great game.)
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From: meche01
To: mcdrewski
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Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2006 18:06:01 GMT
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Hello mcdrewski
You received the following message from: meche01 (doujey05@yahoo.fr)
At: http://www.sumea.com.au/forum/
>From Michael Doujey
Avenue 5 Lot 172 Cocody Quarters
Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire
3/1/2006
Good day Dear One,
Greetings and How are you today,I am Michael Doujey I would like you to permit me
to apply through this medium for your co-operation and to secure an opportunity to
invest and do joint relationship and business with you in your country.
I have a substantial capital I honourably Inherited from my late father late Chief
Edward Doujey
who deal in Cocao-coffee platation and share from family Gold, diamond Minining
site.The Epmgigo rebels killed Him recently in poltical crisis in our country that
have resulted to war since this past two years.
I intend to invest this money in profitable areas in your country into a very
lucratives business venture of which you are to advise and execute the said venture
over there for the mutual benefits of both of us .
Most especially is for you to help me come over to your base if possible for You be
able co-operate with me to become my business partner in your country and create
ideas on how money will be invested, properly
managed and the type of investment after the money is transferred to your custody
with your assistance.
I inherited this sum from my late father whom the rebels killed because he was not
supporting their selfish intrest to topple the president Gbagbo the present
president.Meanwhile, on indication of your willingness to handle this transaction
sincerely by protecting my Interests and upon your acceptance of this proposal.I
would furnish you with the full detailed information, procedure, amount involve is
below and we shall mutually agree on your percentage interest or share holding for
helping me to secure the release of the deposit and investing the fund into a
lucratives profitable venture in your care.It is The sum of Three Million,Five
Hundred Thousand USD $3.500.000USD I shall be glad to reserve this respect and
opportunity for you, if you so desire, but do urge you to give the matter your
immediate attention it
deserves.I want you to be rest assured that everything is in order and legitimate it
was due to the political
crisis in our country that have resulted to war which cause everybody to find a way
to get out the country,
that make's me to use this medium to request for your assistance hoping that you
will not let me
down.
This money is legitimately acquired by my late father from sales of cocoa-coffee and
diamond dealings.
Looking forward to your prompt response
Thanks and God bless
Michael Doujey.
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Something else which has only started a few day ago has got me a bit concerned though for the same reasons. Spammers are forging email headers and putting sumea.com.au email addresses in the from/reply to field. I'm getting a tonne of bounced emails around the clock where they've been unsuccessfully delivered, and I shudder to think how many do get through.
Might be time for some scambaiting: [url]http://www.419eater.com/[/url]
Edit: Follow the links too, this scambaiting thing is a huge community, there's lots of other websites like the one above...
pb
Did you receive this recently? The date stamped on the email was the 3/1/2006 which was when everyone else was getting it. That user's account was locked back then, so no one should be receiving spam from meche01.