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 PETER OKOLI" <peterokoli_2010@msn.com>
Reply-To: pokoli@personal.ro
Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2006 07:32:46 +0000
Subject: BEST REGARDS
FROM MR.PETER OKOLI.
ACCOUNTS MANAGER,
FIRST BANK NIG PLC .
LAGOS,NIGERIA
ATTN:
I am an Accountant with the (FIRST BANK)FIRST BANK NIG PLC.
My name is MR.PETER OKOLI. I am the Personal
Account Manager to one Engineer BRETT MARK a dual
National of the UNITED STATES, and of an AUSTRALIAN origin,
which he disclose to me and his personal
lawyer. He worked with the Ajeokuta Steel Rolling Company
in Nigeria.
My client and his wife were involved in an auto accident on
the 27st of May, 2005 and they both died after an
unsuccessful attempt by the medical doctors to rescue their
lives.
Since then, I have made several inquiries to his embassy to
locate any of my client's extended relatives, but this has
proved unsuccessful. Then after these several unsuccessful
moves, I and his lawyer decided that we should contact you
as the deceased next of kin. The issue is not whether you have the same last
or
surname or not, but the emphasis is just to present you by
me and his lawyer as directed by a magistrate court here in
Nigeria.
As his personal Account Manager,I and his lawyer have made
investigations and discovered that he did not state any
next of kin in all his documents with the bank.I have
contacted you to assist in being the beneficiary as the
next of kin to this sum of Fourteen Million Two Hundred
Thousand United States Dollars(US$14.2M) which
he deposited in a fixed deposit account in my Bank(FIRST BANK NIG.
PLC).The fact is that the fiscal policy regulating banks in
Nigeria, does not permit a fixed deposit account whose
owner is dead to remain unclaimed for a period of two
years. This is the reason I have to contact you in ernest
before the Federal Government of Nigeria get this huge sum
of money confisticated as an unclaimed
fund.
There will be a mutual agreement on how the percentage
sharing should be decided. But all these will happen after
you must have indicated your interest to assist us by
sending thefollowing:-
(1) Your full name and address
(2) Your private phone and fax
(3) Your bank account. You may be required to open a fresh
bank account for the purpose of this transaction, if you do
not want to use your already existing one.
I assure you that, as soon as you indicate your interest to
willingly assist us as the beneficiary, then I will go
ahead to detail you on the role you are required to play.
All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see
this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed
under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from
any breach of the law. We also intend investing a huge
percentage of our share after sharing, into vaible
business opportunities in your country through your
assistance.If you are interested in this
transaction,please, strictly contact me on my email
address so that I could give you more details on the
workings of this transaction.
Best Regards.
Mr Peter Okoli.
--
Anti-fraud resources: