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: "Mr Awele Johnson" <m-rawe-lejohnson@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mrawelejohnson11@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 02 May 2007 19:13:35 -0500
Subject: Hello..................................
Dear Friend,
A very good day to you and how are you doing
today? I am a director
and head of operations at the one of the big
banks here in the United Kingdom . I have contacted you in search of a
partner who
can assist me in receiving funds as a next of kin
to a deceased
client of my company who was a native of your
country.
In mid 2002 our deceased client deposited in our
custody a Trunk Box
containing the sum of seven million three hundred
and fifty thousand
United States Dollars ($7,350,000) as vital
personal effects for
safekeeping. As the operations director, he
confided in me that there is an
urgent investment requiring cash payment he
needed to make. Unfortunately,
he passed away before he could come and claim
the consignments after a
brief illness. Since then we
have tried in vain to locate any of his relatives
to come forward for the
claim.
The deceased client from all indications and
investigations conducted
by the company did not provide a next of kin.
This venture is risk free
and I am willing to use my position here to the
maximum to ensure the
release of the consignments to you as his next
of kin. Also I will provide
the necessary logistics to give us a legal
backing and I am offering a
share of 25% of the inheritance if you assist
in securing the release of the funds.
I want you to NOTE that this is a straight
forward transaction with
no bureaucracy involved. All that I need from
you is your consent to
present you as the next of kin to our late
client so that I can authorize
the release of the Trunk Box to you. Thereafter,
the Trunk will be shipped
directly to your designated address through a
Diplomatic Attaché as a non
inspection consignment for onward deposit to your
account.
Kindly get back to me if you are interested and
send me the following
details for the actualization of this venture for
us both. Kindly reply to
my private mail (mrawelejohnson12@yahoo.co.uk)
1. Your full names and address.
2. Bank name and address, routing number, account
number and swift code
3. Your personal Phone numbers
I will also advise that you keep this personal as
possible.
I Look forward to hearing from you.
Best Regards
Mr. Awele Johnson
_________________________________________________________________
Exercise your brain! Try Flexicon.
http://games.msn.com/en/flexicon/default.htm?icid=flexicon_hmemailtaglineapril07
Anti-fraud resources: