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.
Fraud email example:
From: =?iso-8859-1?q?mike=20adenuga?= <mikeadenuga5@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 08:11:18 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Very urgent need
STRICTLY PRIVATE & URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL
ATTENTION:
TRANSFER OF US$20,500,000,00 AMERICAN DOLLARS INTO
YOUR ACCOUNT.
It is my greatest pleasure to write you this email on
behalf of my colleagues. I have decided to seek a
confidential co-operation with you in the execution of
a deal hereunder for the mutual benefit of all parties
involved, and hope you will keep it strictly
confidential because of the nature of the transaction.
Within the Department of Mining Resources where I work
as the Director of Project Implementation, I have the
co-operation of two other top officials and we have in
our possession an overdue payment in United States of
America Dollars.
The fund represents certain percentage of contracts
executed on behalf of my Ministry by a Foreign
Contractor. We were instrumental to the over-invoicing
of the contract to the tune of US$20,500,000.000)
Twenty Million Five Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars) though, the actual cost has been paid to the
original contractor, leaving the excess balance of
(US$20,500,000.00) unclaimed. With democratic
constitution, sound economic growth, financial
discipline, social and economic stability and a
confident fielding of the full team of its talented
people, the government of the Republic of South Africa
believes that private investment in general, and
foreign investment in particular are the real engines
for sustainable economic development, for which reason
it has continued to encourage investment in the key
growth-oriented sector of Mining with sincere
determination to pay foreign contractors all debts
owed so as to continue to enjoy a mutually beneficial
cooperation and maintain good relationship with other
foreign governments. As a result we included our Bills
for approvals with the co-operation of some officials
at the Federal Ministry of Finance. We are thus
seeking your assistance Morally and
otherwise to stand as the Beneficiary of the unclaimed
funds, since the code of conduct does not allow us to
operate a foreign account or own a foreign company. In
order to commence immediate action on the said
project, we will require the following urgently, 1.
Your company name and address, confidential
telephone and fax numbers. 11 Your Bank name and
address, Account number, ABA Routing number, Account
name, Bank telephone and fax numbers. The requested
information will be used to make a formal application
to the Government Ministries as a matter of procedure
for the issuance of approval for the payment of the
funds into your account. It does not really matter
whether or not your company does contract projects of
the nature described here. The assumption is that your
company won the major contract and subcontracted it to
other companies. More often than not, big trading
companies and firms of unrelated fields win major
contracts, and subcontract to more specialized firms
for execution. With our strong connections in the
South Africa Reserve Bank (SARB), and department of
Finance, and if ably supported by you as our foreign
partner, you are assured of 100% Risk-Free and
mutually beneficial transaction.We hereby propose that
should you be willing to assist us in this
transaction, your share will be 20%, while my
colleagues and I receive 75% While 5% will be set
aside to offset expenses incured by both parties
during the course of transaction. This transaction
should be considered 100% safe and legal, provided you
treat it with utmost confidentiality it deserves. I
have reposed my confidence in you and hope that you
will not disappoint us now or in future.So far, much
has been said and due to our sensitive positions we
cannot afford a slip in this transaction, neither can
we give out our identities as per our respective
offices but where relationship is established and
smooth operation commences, you will be furnished with
all you deserve to know. Kindly notify me by this
email address or alternatively: mikeadenuga@mail2world.com
for further details upon your acceptance
of this proposal. Please treat as urgent and highly
confidential.
Dr. Mike Adenuga
---------------------------------
Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now
Anti-fraud resources: