We didn't get full headers on this one, but it looks to us like someone is trying to pose as a representative of NASA. If we did have headers, we're pretty sure we'd see that the sender hijacked a vulnerable email server to send this dirty little piece of spam. Because that's all it is: SPAM.

If you get an email like this, the best thing you can do is report it to www.ic3.gov. The FBI may not be able to do much about it, but if nothing else, the government should see the spoofs that are going out in their name. It's a little disturbing, isn't it, that the government ends up just as victimized by phishers as we are? NO ONE is safe from online fraud!

By responding to this message, you'll just be encouraging them to rob you of money and your identity. It's possible someone could commit some heinous crimes in your name. Steer cleer of any sender who claims they have millions of dollars to send you. We've never seen any of these turn into a success story.

Message text:
From:       "Smith, Edward J (3263)" <edward.j.smith @ jpl.nasa.gov>
Date:       Wed, July 21, 2010 4:00 pm
To:       [removed]
Subject:       WRITE ME;ispogbonna.desk @ gmail.com

I received a report from the FBI concerning your dealings with an online internet
fraudster presently in our custody. I want to use these medium to assure you that a
sum of {$8 million usd} fund will be release to you by the Nigeria Government along
with any fund that might have been lost to those hoodlums, contact me via
email:ispogbonna.desk @ gmail.com for  more details

Headers:
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:00:07 -0500
From: "Smith, Edward J (3263)" <edward.j.smith @ jpl.nasa.gov>
Subject: WRITE ME;ispogbonna.desk @ gmail.com
To: [removed]
Message-ID: <FCB18DDCA9FF3C4B9A3A2BB435A47939901B5EF1AA @ ALTPHYEMBEVSP30.RES.AD.JPL>
X-Mailer: Unknown (No Version)
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: MULTIPART/alternative; BOUNDARY=4972bf9a-2b21-4fe6-b614-0161add5bc48
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT

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