Spam: bennicetravelandtours@yahoo.com
Sometimes a spam comes along that defies classification. This is one of them. No doubt I could get a clearer idea of what's going on here if I interacted with the sender, but life is too short for detail like that when there are so many scams to report.
This has "Nigerian Modus Operandi" written all over it: it was sent through a webmail system using drop-boxes at Yahoo! and Netscape for replies, and the originating webmail system reports the originating IP address as 62.56.140.83 which WHOIS in turn reports as Nigerian. So what's the scam? Well, the traditional Nigerian speciality is "advance fee fraud", so presumably that's it. Still, I haven't seen it done on this pretext before. If anyone has more detail on the scam, please post it.
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 00:06:30 +0100 (GMT+01:00) From: BENNICE TRAVEL AND TOURS <bennicetravels@virgilio.it> Reply-To: universaleinc@netscape.net Subject: Bennice World Tours Hello Bennice U.K Travel and Tours offers a wide range of services. Do you intend to get Visa to any part of the world? We operate a travel agency that has a difference, service delivery and customer satisfaction is our Goal. We Facilitate in procurement of Canadian Visa,[Students and Working Visa.] U.S Visa [Tourists, Working and Students] United Kingdom. Schengen. Japan [Business and Tourists] South America-Brazil,Venezuela Mexico and Argentina. Australia and New Zealand.[Students] South East Asia-China , Malaysia ,Singapore and Thailand[ Working and tourists] We also specialize in procuring Visas and other travelling document for nurses and other professionals in Nigeria. There are limitless opportunities for Nigerian Nurses to work abroad. We have ongoing application within France and Spain. The visa is processed within nine days to two weeks. Call me on +44 70 40 11 2703 Our Prices are relatively cheap and you have value for money spent. Regards Edwin Oken Email bennicetravelandtours@yahoo.com
1 comment:
This is indeed an advance fee fraud variation. Instead of promising big money, however, they're promising you can immigrate into a major Western country (such as the UK, Canada, or the US). This is usually targeted at residents of third-world countries rather than Westerners, and is unfortunately very successful -- which may be partly because there are many human smugglers who really will take you to those countries for a hefty fee.
If you followed up with the scammer, you'd get a form to fill out, a brief congratulations that your application was accepted, and then an address to which you should send your fee (via Western Union or Moneygram, of course). If you were really unlucky, they'd keep dinging you for more fees (processing, government paperwork, plane tickets, whatever) until you wised up or went completely broke.
Another infamous example of this scam variant is Mrs. Rose and the Omni Hotel in Canada (like you got recently).
Post a Comment