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: "mary parker" <maryparker81@msn.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 05:12:47 +0000
Subject: A CRY FOR HELP
Dear Beloved in Christ.
It is by the grace of God that I received Christ, having known the truth, I
had no choice than to do what is lawful and just in the sight of God for
eternal life and in the sight of man for witness of God & His Mercies and
glory upon my life.
I am Mrs.Mary Parker, the wife of Mr Robert Parker, my husband worked with
the Chevron/Texaco in Kenya for twenty years before he died in the year
2003.We were married for ten years without a child. My Husband died after a
brief illness that lasted for only four days. Before his death we both got
born-again and dedicated christians. Since his death I decided not to
re-marry or get a child outside my matrimonial home which the Bible is
strongly against.When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of
US$7.5 Million.(Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand U.S.Dollars) with a Bank
in Europe. Presently, this money is still with the Bank and the management
just wrote me as the beneficiary that our account has been DORMANT and if I,
as the beneficairy of the funds, do not re-activate the account; the funds
will be CONFISCATED or I rather issue a letter of authorization to somebody
to receive it on my behalf (note that you need to activate this account) as
I can not come over. Presently, I'm in a hospital in Kenya where I have been
undergoing treatment for esophageal cancer. I have since lost my ability to
talk and my doctors have told me that I have only a few weeks to live. It is
my last wish to see this money distributed to charity organizations anywhere
in the World. Because relatives and friends have plundered so much of my
wealth since my illness, I cannot live with the agony of entrusting this
huge responsibility to any of them. Please, I beg you in the name of God to
help me Stand-in as the beneficiary and collect the Funds from the Bank.
I want a person that is God-fearing who will use this money to fund
churches, orphanages and widows propagating the word of God and to ensure
that the house of God is maintained. The Bible made us to understand that
blessed is the hand that giveth. I took this decision because I don't have
any child that will inherit this money and my husband's relatives are not
Christians and I don't want my husband's hard earned money to be misused by
unbelievers. I don't want a situation where this money will be used in an
ungodly manner. Hence the reason for taking this bold decision.I am not
afraid of death since I know where I am going to. I know that I am going to
be in the bosom of the Lord. {Exodus14 VS14}says that the lord will fight my
case and I shall hold my peace. I don't need any telephone communication in
this regard because of my soundless voice and presence of my husband's
relatives around me always.I don't want them to know about this development.
With God all things are possible.
BELOVED ONE REPLY TO MY PRIVATE EMAIL: maryparker71@walla.com
Your Sister in Christ,
Mrs.Mary Parker.
--
Anti-fraud resources: