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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.
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Fraud email example:
From: "MR. HASSAN KONE" <konehassan46@yahoo.co.in> (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 22:04:27 +0100
Subject: Good Day Dear, REPLY
Hello Dear,
Good morning and how are you including your family, I hope fine? My name is Mr. Hassan Kone, I was a Personal Assistant to the Late Togolese President, Gnassingbe Eyadema, who died in a hospital after a brief illness and my aim of writing to you was to seek for your aid on accomodating the sum of US$17,800,000 (Seventeen million, eight hundred thousand US Dollars) into your account on my behalf.
The late President budgeted this money for his next political campaign as a mobilization funds to re-contested for the election at the end of his current tennure; but now he is dead. It is only I and the late president that knows about this money in question. So I am applying via this letter for your honest assistance to have this money in your care. If you accept this offer we shall share the money as follows: 5% to the affected victim's of the Indian Ocean Tsnuami, 25% will be your own benefit, while I will receive 70%.
Please I await your prompt reply as I look forward to establishe a good cordial bussiness relationship with you..
Sincerely,
Mr. Hassan Kone
konehassan@voila.fr
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