This recent addition to the spam folder pretty much closes the circle of strife:
ATTENTION SCAMMED VICTIMPosted by gerardvanderleun at July 10, 2016 10:35 AMYOUR REF CODE NUMBER: 06654, FOR YOUR $1,500,000.00 USD ONLY
This is to bring to your notice that I am a delegate from the US AMBASSADOR TO UNITED NATION to The IMF (International Monetary Fund) Regional Payment Office to pay 721 scam victims $1,500,000.00 USD (One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars only) each. You are listed and approved for this payment as one of the scammed victims to be paid this amount,respond to this mail and contact MR JOHN BROGAN in Abuja Nigeria as soon as possible for the immediate payments of your $1,500,000.00 USD*(ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) compensations funds.
You are to send your INFORMATION TO THE REPRESENTATIVE:
[1] Full Names:...... ..
[2] Contact address:....
[3] Direct Telephone:...
[4] Country:............
[5] Occupation:.........TO THE REPRESENTATIVE
MR JOHN BROGAN
Email: johnbrogan295@yahoo.com
Phone: 2348754356576Regards
Mrs Susan Rice
It figures it would be Susan Rice.
Posted by: Jewel at July 10, 2016 4:22 PMProbably requires a wire transfer to the clinton foundation.
Posted by: OldFert at July 10, 2016 9:45 PMNot really new. It's been common for a while for the scammers to pose as "police" that claim to have arrested the scammers and want to deposit the victim's money into their bank account. They get account info and then drain the account.
Posted by: Robert at July 11, 2016 8:12 AMSeems legit.
Posted by: Snakepit Kansas at July 12, 2016 10:52 AMAnd country code 234 is, to nobody's surprise, Nigeria. Funny how that works.
Posted by: waltj at July 12, 2016 3:46 PM
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