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Please Help the victim in Beslan!
16th September 2004

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Report Summary
Date Reported
16th September 2004
Apparent Sender
andrey_tm
Return Address
andrey_tm@bk.ru
Subject
Please Help the victim in Beslan!
Format
HTML
Method

Scammer pretends to be a victim of the recent Beslan terrorist attack who has lost love ones and is requesting money to help support themselves and their daughter in hospital.

Bogus Web Content?
No
URL of web content

N/A

RISK LEVEL
MEDIUM
WARNINGS

1. A particularly tastless scam that takes the form of a begging letter, supposedly from a victim of the attacks in Beslan. Very topical, but do not be fooled.

2. Uses (noted) bad English to give the appearance of being sent by a non-English speaker.

 

" Dear Brothers and Sisters. My wife Karina was lost in result terror at school of city of Beslan, and 11-years daughter Alina, now to be in the Central Krasnodar hospital, in very heavy condition. "...

If you have received this email, please remember that it is very common for these email scams to be redistributed at a later date with only slightly different content or the same but with the fake page(s) hosted by a different provider. Also, once you have received one of these hoaxes, it is also common place to receive at least another one and usually a day or two after the first, although not necessarily from the same apparent sender.

 

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