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: barr_martins hills6689 <barr_martins_hills6689@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 03:07:45 -0800 (PST)
Subject: URGENT REPLY NEEDED
EXPRESS CHAMBERS
27 AVENUE DE LA LIBERTE,PISCI
OUAGADOUGOU,BURKINA FASO
E-MAIL.martinshills47@yahoo.com
DEAR SIR ,
I am Barrister MARTINS HILLS ,solicitor and personal attorney to Mr.BARTH ,a native of your country, who worked with TOTAL Petroleum Prospecting Company in the Republic of Burkina Faso, here in afterreferred to as my client. Please treat this as highly confidential.
On the 27th of November 2005 my client, his wife and their three children were involved in a car accident along Bobodiolasso Express road,OUAGADOUGOU and all
occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives.Since then, several enquiries to your embassy to locate any of my clients extended relative has also proved unsuccessful hence,after these several unsuccessful attempts,I decided to track his last name
over the Internet, to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you.
I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and property left behind by my client beforeb they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the
SECURITIES FIRM where this deposit was lodged.
The SECURITIES FIRM IN EUROPE where the deceased had this family deposited fund valued at U.S$11.3 million dollars has issued me a notice to provide the next of
kin or have the account confiscated within the next 14 WORKING days. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over ONE year now,I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased to have the same last name so that the proceeds of this account valued at U.S$11.3 million dollars can be paid to you and then you and I can
share the money. 60% to me and 35% to you (NEGOTIABLE)AND 5% Will be set asside for contingency expenses.All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this project through.
I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you and I from any breach of the law. You are sincerely required to contact me urgently If you are in position to honestly cooperate with me in this regard.Please reply to this mail martinshills47@yahoo.com Reason for this is to avoid my junior partners from having knowledge of this matter.
Best regards,
BARR.MARTINS HILLS Esq.
Principal Partner:EXPRESS CHAMBERS
---------------------------------
Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage.
Anti-fraud resources: