Someone forwarded a spammer's email to Spamnesty, which replied to the email, pretending to be a person called Shannon Bowman and starting a conversation.
This is that conversation.
slamualaikum,
I hope this mail finds you well, may the peace of ALLAH be with you and
your family. I am Mrs. Suha Arafat, wife of the formal Palestine
president (Late Yasser Arafat)! Having gone through a methodological
search of your profile I decided to contact you private for a profitable
business investment which I will place in your care for our mutual
benefit.
If you find it confident to accept my proposal please write back to me
for more information about the business.
Thanks for your cooperation.
Hello,
That is very interesting! Could you elaborate? Do you have any details online I could look at?
Shannon Bowman
CEO, MNesty, LLC
Thanks for your response to my proposal, actual it's unfortunate i have to
tell you about myself and like i said on my previous mail that i am Mrs.
SUHA ARAFAT wife of YASSER ARAFAT, the Palestinian leader who died years
back and Since his death and I have been thrown into a state of antagonism,
confusion, humiliation, frustration and hopelessness by the present
leadership of the Palestinian Liberation Organization and the new Prime
Minister, as well as my husband business associates. I have even been
subjected to physical and psychological disorganized over the issue with
Palestinian Government having consider the death of my husband and yet they
keep coming after my life, simply because i refuse to release the fund in
my husband secret bank account, companies and some huge amount of money
deposited in a security firm in my name.
I have lost confidence with everybody in the country that is why i am
looking for someone i will trust and hand over this fund to keep it for the
main time as i hope to invest into real estate business and other
profitable business in your country for our mutual benefit. Right now i
want to first of all pull out the total sum of ($ 3.7m) three million seven
hundred thousand United States dollars deposited in a security firm as the
company wants to close down due to terrorist attack. Please i need your
humble assistant and help in other to move on to this transaction so that
both of us can achieve something good as i am trying to secure a good
future for myself and my family and you also can do the same. I will offer
to you 20 % from the total amount ($ 3.7m) that will be delivered to you
and 10% for expenses we may ensure during this process(if any). I will
need the following details as it will help prepare a bind agreement and
also arrange for a lawyer that will help us prepare LETTER OF
AUTHORIZATION/CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP for release of this consignment from the
security firm.
1) Your full name
2) Your nationality/Address
3) Your private telephone number
4) Your marital status/Age
5) Your occupation/position
6) Any Identification proof
Once again, in case you don't accept my proposal please do not expose me to
the security and international media as I am giving you this information
with all confidence and trust! Hope to hear from you.
Hello,
Yes, certainly. Could you give me more information on how we can make the transfer?
Shannon Bowman
CEO, MNesty, LLC
It's nice to read from you once again, and to be honest with you i can not
tell you how we go about the transfer because is something you, my lawyer
and I, need to get a particular idea to avoid mistakes. Right now what i
need from you is to furnish me the required details so i can forward it to
lawyer to enable him prepare letter of authorization/change of ownership as
that will enable you stand fully as the fund beneficiary for the onward
release of this fund form the security firm. After which the fund is
procured then will be able to to know how it gets to you without delay.
Hello,
Yes, certainly. Could you give me more information on how we can make the transfer?
Shannon Bowman
CEO, MNesty, LLC
provide me your info after authorization the money will be transfered into
your account.
Hello,
Hmm, I'm afraid I don't understand. What will the funds be used for?
Shannon Bowman
CEO, MNesty, LLC
do not worry my lawyer will guide you on what to invest
Hello,
Yes, certainly. Could you give me more information on how we can make the transfer?
Shannon Bowman
CEO, MNesty, LLC
are you able to help me out or not?
Hello,
I am a bit busy now, but I am definitely interested. When can we talk?
Shannon Bowman
CEO, MNesty, LLC
please show me your interest by providing the following information
then we can start talking and procuring the fund i told you about
1) Your full name
2) Your nationality/Address
3) Your private telephone number
4) Your marital status/Age
5) Your occupation/position
Hi,
Could you give me some more information on what exactly these funds are? How does this work?
Shannon Bowman
CEO, MNesty, LLC
my dear this money i s genuine and clean. i don't know why you are delaying
this issue please provide me your mobile number so i can contact and
explain more better.
Hello,
I am a bit busy now, but I am definitely interested. When can we talk?
Shannon Bowman
CEO, MNesty, LLC
we can talk today or tomorrow if you ready
Hello,
I have wired the funds you asked for. Could we please proceed to the next stage?
Shannon Bowman
CEO, MNesty, LLC