![]() |
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: james collins <cccjj_colll@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <jam_collii@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2007 22:34:00 -0700
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL
DEAR SIR
CONFIDENTIAL I KNOW THIS WILL COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE BECAUSE YOUDO NOT KNOW ME .I AM MR JAMES COLLINS, I FORMERLY WORK WITH AN OIL MERCHANT COMPANY IN LIBYA, PACKAGING AND COURIER DEPARTMENT OF CRUDE OIL PRODUCT TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
I GOT YOUR CONTACT THOUGH COUNTRY SHORT LISTED DIRECTORY,I WANT YOU TO HELP ME CLEAR THIS PACKAGE THAT IS ALREADY IN OVERSEAS WHICH I SHIPPED THROUGH OUR CBN ACCREDITED COURIER AGENT BUT THE CONTENTS OF THE PACKAGE IS $20,000,000.00 ALL IN $100.00 BILLS, BUT THE COURIER COMPANY DOES NOT KNOW THAT IT IS MONEY THAT I HAVE IN THE PACKAGE.
ALL I WANT YOU TO DO FOR ME NOW IS THIS GIVE ME
YOUR MAILING ADDRESSYOUR PRIVATE PHONE AND FAX
AND I HOPE THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY , YOU WILL HAVE40% AND 60% WILL BE FOR ME .MY IDENTITY MUST NOT BEREVEALED TO ANYBODY. IF THIS ARRANGEMENT IS OKAY BYYOU ,YOU CAN E-MAIL ME FOR SECURITY REASONS.
OTHER MODALITIES WILL BE DISCUSSED AS SOON AS YOU GETBACK TO ME INCLUDING SENDING OF THE KEYS TO THE BOXESTO YOU . NOTE: COMMUNICATION SHOULD BE STRICTLYTHROUGH E-MAIL FOR SECURITY REASONS.
YOURS FAITHFULLY, MR JAMES COLLINS
_________________________________________________________________
Find a local pizza place, movie theater, and more .then map the best route!
http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&ss=yp.bars~yp.pizza~yp.movie%20theater&cp=42.358996~-71.056691&style=r&lvl=13&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=950607&encType=1&FORM=MGAC01
Anti-fraud resources: