SPAMS & SCAMS
    An Experiment on the Vulnerability of Web Posted E-mail Addresses

 

 

 

FIRST SCAM ARRIVES THIRD DAY OF TEST

The first test message was sent to the experiment's e-mail address at 7:26 AM on October 4, 2003. A little over 56 hours later, the first scam e-mail arrived, claiming to be from a refugee in the UK with 6 million dollars in a bank in South Africa that he help to obtain.

 

 


The first result from the test was received a little over 56 hours after it began.


muwangat

muwangat@z6.com

Firstly, I am Muwanga tapio, the first son and the Asst. chiarman of (muwanga's farms zimbabwe,)and my father Mr.Tapio Andrew one of the black farmers in Zimbabwe who was recently murdered in the land dispute in my country zimbabwe. I got your contact through your country's classified email address book hence decided to write you, Before the death of my father, he took me to Johannesburg to deposit the sum of USD,6 million (Six million United States dollars only), in one of the private security company, as he foresaw the looming danger in Zimbabwe, this money was deposited in a box as personal effect to avoid much demurrage from the security company.

This amount was meant for the purchase of equipment for a Poultry farming project in Zimbabwe before the introduction of the new Land Reform Act by Mr. Robert Mugabe wholly affecting the rich white farmers and targeting some few black farmers (i.e.my father mr. Ayagobe Robert)who are in surpport of the white farmers, and this resulted to the killing and mobbing by Zimbabwean war veterans who took advantage of the situation.

It is against this background that, my family and I fled Zimbabwe for South Africa for safety but i am currently in the united kingdom(England) where i am seeking political asylum and am also looking for a reliable foreign partner who can stand as the beneficiary to claim this fund on my family's behalf since the law of united kingdom prohibits a refugee (asylum seeker) to open a bank account or be involved in any financial transaction throughout the territorial zone of united kingdom.

I am faced with the responsibility of seeking for a genuine foreign partner whom we can transfer the beneficiaryship to without the knowledge of my government whom are bent on taking everything we have got. also the South African government seems to be playing along with them, I am also faced with the dilemma of moving this fund out of South Africa for fear of going through the same experience in future because both countries have similar political history.

As a man trying to start life all over again, I am seeking for a partner whom I can entrust my future and that of my family in his hands, If you accept to assist us all I want you to do is to make an arrangements with the security company to clear the consignment (funds) from their affiliate office here in the united kingdom because i have already given directives for the consignment to be taking to the Netherlands from South Africa. But before then all modalities will have to be put in place, like change of ownership to the consignment.

I have mapped out 5% of this money for all kinds of expenses incured in the process of this transaction, 20% for your assistance while the remaining 75% will be for my family and it will also be investment in your country.

If you are willing to assist, please send to me the following informations,..... Your full name, address, Passport or Drivers license number, your personal phone and fax number and Date of birth to enable me change the beneficiaryship to your name.Contact me with the E-mail address while I implore you to maintain absolute confidentiality required in this transaction.i have no phone for now,but if you have one i can always try to call you privately.

Yours faithfully,

Muwanga Tapio.