Original Phishing Message
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- This is a typical financial scam email. If an email seems too good to be true, it probably is! Notice the grammatical errors in the email as well as the odd time the email was sent (~3:30am).
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Text of Phishing Message
From: tack[@]eolas-net[.]ne[.]jp
Subject: Hello
Hello,
My name is Reem E. Al-Hashimi, the Emirates Minister of State and Managing Director of the United Arab Emirates (Dubai) World Expo 2020 Committee. I am writing to you to stand as my partner to receive my share of gratification from foreign companies whom I helped during the bidding exercise towards the Dubai World Expo 2020 Committee and also i want to use this funds to assist Coronavirus Symptoms and Causes.
Am a single Arab women and serving as a minister, there is a limit to my personal income and investment level and For this reason, I cannot receive such a huge sum back to my country or my personal account, so an agreement was reached with the foreign companies to direct the gratifications to an open beneficiary account with a financial institution where it will be possible for me to instruct further transfer of the fund to a third party account for investment purpose which is the reason i contacted you to receive the fund as my partner for investment in your country.
The amount is valued at Euro 47,745,533.00 with a financial institution waiting my instruction for further transfer to a destination account as soon as I have your information indicating interest to receive and invest the fund, I will compensate you with 30% of the total amount and you will also get benefit from the investment.
If you can handle the fund in a good investment. reply on this email only: reem.alhashimi[@]yandex[.]com
Regards,
Ms. Reem