Apparently, I will be coming into some money:
> Your email address was norminated and selected to receive a cash grant from
> Mastercard Canada. Reply to this message for more information
We are all familiar with the frauds out there, but this one seems to be safe
because
it also tells me that:
> This is not an internet hoax but 100% legitimate.
OK, so far that is slightly amusing, but hardly interesting. But I was
intrigued by
the next section:
> Note: NO UPFRONT FEE during the process of receiving your cash. If any staff
> request for an upfront fee before transfer of your cash grant please do not
> hesitate to make a report at our website for disciplinary action against such
> staff. Sincerely, MasterCard Worldwide
That warning would seem to rule out 419. So is this just straight phishing,
and
they figure that by warning you against 419 that you are less likely to be
suspicious of the phishing aspect?
(For anyone interested, some of the header info:
Received: from unknown (HELO mailhub246.itcs.purdue.edu)
([128.210.5.246])
by pd7mi2no-dmz.prod.shaw.ca with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-
AES256-SHA; 10 Aug 2014 06:49:06 -0600
Received: from [107.6.80.84] ([107.6.80.84])
(authenticated bits=0)
by mailhub246.itcs.purdue.edu
(8.14.4/8.14.4/mta-auth.smtp.purdue.edu) with ESMTP id
s7ACn1CK022233
(version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-
AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT)
for <[email protected]>; Sun, 10 Aug 2014
08:49:05 -0400
Message-Id:
<[email protected]>
Subject: FYI: You have a cash grant.
Reply-To: [email protected]
X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 140811-1, 11/08/2014), Inbound message
====================== (quote inserted randomly by Pegasus Mailer)
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Woe to you who long for the day of the Lord! Why do you long for
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will be as though a man fled from a lion only to meet a bear, as
though he entered his house and rested his hand on the wall only
to have a snake bite him. Will not the day of the Lord be
darkness, not light -- pitch dark, without a ray of brightness?
- Amos 5:18-20
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