I received an email with the subject of ZUMA AND MOTHER from someone I did not know, zuma bullians, and the email was addressed to no one. Which means I was on the blind carbon copy list. All of this struck me as a spam message, until I actually read the content of the email and realized this was a part of a scam.

This scam mail has been around for a while. If you see a message like this, don't respond to it, just DELETE IT.

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The copy of the message that I received was sent from the following address.

X-Originating-Email: [zuma_2013@hotmail.fr]
X-Sender: [zuma_2013@hotmail.fr]
From: "zuma bullians" <zuma_2013@hotmail.fr>

with a reply to address of (this is where any messages are sent if you hit the replyto button in your email client):

Reply-To: [zuma_bullians222@yahoo.fr]

The message originated from the following IP Address:

X-Originating-IP: [196.201.95.98]

Here is what AfriNIC says about this IP Address.

% This is the AfriNIC Whois server.
% Information related to '196.201.95.0 - 196.201.95.255'
inetnum: 196.201.95.0 - 196.201.95.255
netname: AVISONET
descr: ISP Cote d'Ivoire
country: CI
admin-c: CJ1-AFRINIC
tech-c: AE496-AFRINIC
status: ASSIGNED PA
notify: eambeu@citelecom.ci
mnt-by: CIT-DT
mnt-lower: CIT-DT
changed: manouan.aka@citelecom.ci 20060626
source: AFRINIC
parent: 196.201.64.0 - 196.201.95.255
person: CHRISTOPHE JELEN
address: CI2M
address: Avenue Houdaille
address: Bp 310 cedex 01 Abidjan
address: Ivoiry Coast
phone: +225 20 30 09 71
e-mail: cjelen@aviso.ci
mnt-by: CIT-DT
nic-hdl: CJ1-AFRINIC
changed: manouan.aka@citelecom.ci 20060626
source: AFRINIC
person: ASSI ERIC
address: CI2M
address: Avenue Houdaille
address: Bp 310 cedex 01 Abidjan
address: Ivoiry Coast
phone: +225 20 30 09 70
fax-no: +225 20 33 12 03
e-mail: assied@aviso.ci
mnt-by: CIT-DT
nic-hdl: AE496-AFRINIC
changed: padkla@aviso.ci 20020924
changed: hostmaster@afrinic.net 20050205
remarks: data has been transferred from RIPE Whois Database 20050221
source: AFRINIC

Here is the body of the message.

Dear,

I know that this proposal might be a surprise to you but it as an emergency
to
our condition with my mother here in Cote D' Ivoire Abijan, Be bless as you
help me and my mother to transfer and invest our money in your country.My
name is Zuma Bullians. with My Mother from the republic of Sudan in Central
Africa Dafur, now seeking for refuge in Cote D' Ivoire l under
the(UNHCR)united nation high commission for refuge with my mother.

I got your contact during a desperate search here in Cote D' Ivoire for a
possible investment transaction. My (late) father HON DR. ALMAMMY BULLIANS,
who was the former ministre of finance and economy in Sudan before he was
assasineted by the rebbles in the captal city of Khartoon 2003. And all our
properties was totally destroyed. However, we managed to escape with some of
my father's documents covering $18.500.000 Million dollars(Eighteen Million
Five Hundered Thousand us dollars Only) which is presently deposited safely
in a Bank here in Cote D' Ivoire Abijan West Africa on my name as the only
son of the family and the next of kin.

The Bank have approved to transfer the fund deposited on my name but we are
looking for a trust and reaible foreign partner who will assist us to
transfer and inves the fund in his country. i was advice to live with my
mother to Cote D' Ivoire abidjan because i was the next target as the only
son of my family. All the vital documents will be fax to you as our foreign
partner who will recive the fund for the investment.

Meanwhile,we are saddled with the problem of securing a trust worthy foriegn
personality to help us transfer the money and invest it in his country and
into his possession pending our arrival to meet with him. Furthermore, we
only want this done this way because your country is politically stable for
any profitable investment and only if you accept our proposal, you will
serve as the beneficiary of the fund on commencement of this proposed
transactions.

You will send me and my mother a letter of inviation to enable us to get a
visa and fly down to your country once the fund is been transfer to your
country.i hope you will not betray me and my mother because this money is
all our hope since my late fathe r died. I am giving you the offers as
mentioned with every confidence on your acceptance to assist us, we have
decided to invest 40% of the total fund based on equity participation in
your company. Secondly, we shall also take 5% out for any miscelleneous
expenses that may occure during the transfer.

Conclusively, i wish you send me a reply immediately as soon as you recieve
this proposal so that we shall arrange on how this fund will be transfer to
your country. On commencement,this transaction will take nothing less than 4
working days to be accomplished as the bank managment told me and my mother.

All documents covering the fund are and intact with us here in Cote D'
Ivoire Abidjan and also send me.

(1)your private phone number
(2)your private fax number
(3)your private email address so that i will contact you for more ditails

i will fax you all the vital documents to enable you to contact the Bank
firm for the transfer.my mother is sending her greetings to you and your
family. kindly keep this transfer seceret and confidentail between you and
us .My mother is sending her greetings to you and your family

Thanks, yours son,
Bullians & Mother

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