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: "ben brown" <ben_brown41@ig.com.br>
Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 17:46:35 +0100
Subject: DEAR FRIEND,
DEAR FRIEND,
I AM VERY HAPPY TO INFORM YOU ABOUT MY SUCCESS IN GETTING THAT FUND NOW, I
WANT YOU TO CONTACT MY SECRETARY ON THE INFORMATION BELOW NAME;(
p.oforma@yahoo.fr)ASK) HIM TO SEND YOU THE TOTAL SUM OF $1.5M USD IN A BANK
DRAFT, WHICH I KEPT FOR YOUR COMPENSATION.
CONTACT HIM ON THIS EMAIL (p.oforma@yahoo.fr)
1 FULLNAMES
2 ADDRESS
3 SEX
4 AGE
5 PHONE NUMBER
6 CITY
7 COUNTRY
BEST REGARDS,
MR,ben brown
Anti-fraud resources: