I'd never seen this kind of email before. They are getting very creative.
From "Paul Ginsburg" (melinda2008@vp44.info)
Dear Associate, I just want to inform you that am on my way and let you know that I have just sent the payment via Western union in your name as I do not have your account details correctly.
I also want you to have the payment information below:
Money Transfer Control Number (MTCN): 256-786-0982
Amount Sent: $62,000 USD
Text Question: My car colour ?
Answer: WineSender Name : Paul Ginsburg
You can go to any Western union location right now and pick up the cash . I hope that you have a Western Union card / Promo code? You will need this to send or claim amount above $12,000 USD from any Western Union agent or location.
My company will be sending my team to Chile this week.
I am already on my way to join my team in completing the unfinished bridge construction project in Chile. We may leave town tomorrow and I couldn't go without dropping the payment information with you. We may spend 2 to 3 months there before the job would be completely finished.
Remember that if you do not claim the money before 9 days, they will call back the money to my card. And if you do not have the Western Union Promo/Card, you cannot pick up the cash.
I may not be around to reply any of your emails now,since i will always be at the construction site. but I will talk to you as soon as I return.
If you do not have a Western Union Promo Code, you may contact the western union postage department,with the agent details below so that they will provide a Western Union card/Promo Card for you immediately and also send you a copy of the voucher of the payment that I made, via email.
Contact the office below for your Western Union card:
Contact Person: Andrew Waylets
Email: westernunionpostage2008@posta.ge
Send the below details to him
Your Full Name:
MTCN number: (as above)
Telephone:
Address: (including state and zip code)
As soon as the office gets the above information, they will use the credentials to create your Western Union Promo code right away without any delay.
That is all to it. I hope to talk to you as soon as we are back on the errand or call it project. Thanks,
Paul Ginsburg.
So I thought I'd reply with this.
Dear Paul:
I am so glad that you finally got in touch with me. I have been trying to contact you for months. I have a client who recently passed away. I have been managing his accounts for years, and I know that he has over $30,000,000 USD in cash in his accounts. However, my bank and I cannot find any of his family or relatives to claim the money. If my bank can name you as the guarantor of his accounts, we can release the funds and you will be compensated $500,000 USD. All you have to do is send me your full name, address, date of birth, social security number, bank account number, and mother’s maiden name. Also you should include your place of birth, just as a security precaution. I know that you are in Chile at the moment, but please include your current location so that the police I will know where to find you to claim the money.
I know that you are good person and so deserving of this money. My bank find great person you. So please send information as possible soon.
You can reply to this email: sucker@completetool.ne.or.info.or.whatever
By the way, say hi to Ruth for me.
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Hello Ginger and Readers,
I received this also.
My first guesses 1. Email Scam 2. A clandestine network sending messages or money 3. Paul Ginsberg's email package blew a gasket and these messages went to unintended recipients.
Although most likely a scam I did note that A. Paul Ginsberg really is a wine snob with ties to a winery in Chile. B. The email doesn't ask for anything suspicious (like SS#). So whatever scam it is uses the "get their trust" like the nigerian scam with the real theft coming after contact.
I am taken aback by the general insistance on the web that bad grammer is the hallmark of scam email. On a review of previous emails, my well educated friends hit about 5 in a hundred messages with perfect grammer, the other 95 contained errors. The numbers of errors are lower for my spam mail, adding further evidence that it's not a very good metric to determine the nefariousness of a message.
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