fighting spam and scams on the Internet
|
Try our spam filter! Free trial for 30 days |
 |
|
|
joewein.de LLC fighting spam and scams on the Internet |
|
|
|
Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.
Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.
Click here to report a problem with this page.
Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:
Fraud email example:
From: "mahdi Mamadou" <mahdijnr1@fastwebmail.it>
Reply-To: mahdimamadou@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:06:49 +0000
Subject: Dearest Belove One.
From Mahdi Mamadou Jnr
20 Rue Avenue, BP 102,cocody,
Abidjan, Ivory Coast
10:07:08.
Dearest Belove One.
My name is Mahdi Mamadou Jnr, i am 17years and i am from from Sierra Leone.
i am an orphan being that i lost my mother at a very tender age and my
father Dr. Mahdi Mamadou who was serving as director of the Cocoa exporting
board in Abidjan, Ivory Coast until his death, He died on the 1st October
(2004) by some undisclosed people who i greatly suspect to be his business
associates through food poison .Before the death of my father, he deposited
the sum of $8M USA Dollars in a Bank / Finance House and he left an
instruction that the money is strictly for investments aboard and be given
to me when i am upto 25 years or above because it is an agreement that my
late father signed with the bank and used me as his next of kin because i am
his only child.
Because of the hostile behaviour of my fathers brothers, and there constant
threats to kill me, i had to run away , and it was on these situation that i
contacted you .My father's brothers have taken my father's car, and our
house and because the my elders, there was nothing i could do than to run
for my dear life because i did not want them to also take the fund deposit
documents .i decided to make haste to see that these money is transfered to
your account in your country so that i can leave these country before
something bad happens to me.
I want you to do me a favour to assist me transfer the money to your country
as my Guardian and Investor, and also you will assist me travel to your
country and continue my education. i have plans to do investment in your
country, like real estate and industrial production. This is my reason for
writing to you.
Please if you are willing to assist me, kindly contact me by replying to my
email to you and give me your full name, address, telephone, fax numbers and
profession, so that i will have more confidence in you and i shall guive to
you the contact ofthe bank where my father deposited the money and also the
deposit documents. i have mapped out 60% for myself, 25% for your cordial
assistance and 10% for charity homes like the less priviledged because that
was the vow i made to Allah and 5% for any expenses incured by you i n
therms of this transaction maybe through telephone calls, sending emails,
transportaion etc .
Finally if you have any question as regards this transaction, please dont
fail to ask me. Please note that the confidentiality of this transaction
would be highly appreicated, Please reply as soon as possible. This is my
emailbox:mahdimamadou@hotmail.com
<emailbox%3Amahdimamadou@hotmail.com>
Thanks and God bless you.
Mahdi Mamadou jr.
+22507515501
Anti-fraud resources: