Metamorphose

A letter to the editor

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Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 17:44:24 +0000 (GMT)
From: "Luke"
Subject: Possible fraudulent activity - Please read (non-spam)
To: "newsales@monster.co.uk" , "help@monster.co.uk"
CC: "60minutesmailbag@nine.com.au" <60minutesmailbag@nine.com.au>, "editor@guardianunlimited.co.uk" , "legal@honda.co.uk" , "mail@honda.co.uk"
BCC: "myemailaddress@yahoo.co.uk", "mail@police.uk"

ATTENTION: LEGAL MATTER
To: TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

I received the following email (note below) today, usually of course I delete emails of such nature as I havealways referred my above email address to be used in somewhat of a personal nature.

Fortunately for myself I understand the terminology of fraudulent activity. However for some people that use your overtly large and seemingly MAZE-LIKE interface along with making large employers pay for your small minuscule space-like adverts to avert peoples eyes from actually ever finding a job.

Enclosed (copy of) email;

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Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 09:55:54 +0300
From: "Honda Handle AG Company"
To: ********7487@yahoo.co.uk
Subject: Do you want to work for a successful company?

Honda Handle AG Company introduces a position of the manager, responsible for the payments from customers and other financial means.

The requirements for the candidates are:
-Being energetic, responsible, honest and industrious
-Being under 80 years old
-Have a few (1-5, 2) spare house a day
-Having a bank account (or open a new one)
-Having a landline or a mobile phone
-Having an E-mail

Once you are able to attribute yourself and meet all the above-listed requirements, you should probably try to apply for an offered position. Our company remains one of the most successful distributors of power equipment, manufactured by Honda. Recently our company's profit has increased so much, that we decided to expand into the markets, of the UK, Australia and Spain, so the duties of the financial manager in one of these countries enquire receiving the payments on his bank account from the customer in the nearest region. After that the employee is supposed to transfer the received financial means by Western Union or Money Gram to one of our regional trade missions or to one of our partners' regional branches (Germany, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Czech Republic or Austria).
The destination of the western Union/Money Gram transfer depends on the presence of the ordered item in any of our regional warehouses.
The minimum rate of interest for a financial manager is 5% out of the whole amount of each deposit on his bank account. All the charges for the Western Union/ Money gram are covered by Honda Handle AG. Finally we would like to mention that ,the salary of our staff id not fixed by definite amount of money, we are always eager to give you an opportunity to earn more, therefore any questions are welcome on our email address.

info@honda-equipment.net

We are grateful for your attention!

Your E-mail has been forwarded by www.monster.co.uk at our request, because you or somebody else has subscribed for the delivery of job offers in the Internet.

We wish you good luck and happiness!

If this E-mail is sent to you by mistake, the heads of Honda Handle AG bring their apologies. Please just delete this message!
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Thus I found the following reputed site to identify this following company, possibly from finding the company's details via your website (monster.co.uk). Obviously the below is for the address of Honda (UK) (a real company).

http://website.lineone.net/~farrago/cia/crooksin2.htm#first310
http://seattle.craigslist.org/etc/114483675.html

Honda Handle AG Company
470 London Road,
Slough, Berkshire, SL3 8QY
Rc:120032
Contact phone number + 447040110859

I think for this instance and possibly many more which you have already received within the past and thus in the future, that management should be aware of the risks taken when emails are sent to your clients(?) who interact with the Monster franchise. Thus understanding that this is a 'ticking bomb' waiting to explode on the next victim and rather swaying away from 'blocking' this person(s) (Honda Handle AG Company), and I am sure that it can be a random way of thinking, but actually finding newer and improved ways to deter this from continuing to pollute and flood what has now become an overexposed, congested, anti-social and risky market (ie. The internet).

I expect no apology, other than your indulgent of looking into this matter.

Yours in faith,
Luke

ps. if you like a forward of the original email please feel free to contact me.

LS at 12/20/2005 04:46:00 AM

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