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: "Ismaila Ahmed" <isahamed@z6.com> (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 14:50:22 +0400
Subject: Urgent asisstance please
Dear Sir,
It is my pleasure to write this mail to you. I am not quite exposed to
foreign business and friends, hence I write to you with hope and trust
that you will welcome my mail without being bias and that you will be a
trustworthy fellow to me.
I write this to you with the hope that we shall later discuss
person-to- person. My mail therefore should not be seen as a mistake or with any
other intention rather than what I am proposing to you.
However, l am Ismaila Ahmed, a law student, State University Of Science
& Technology, Son to late Dr. Ibrahim Ahmed Musah, My father retired as
Former Minister before he died on 29 August 2004.
Prior to the death of my father, it was discovered that my father
deposited the Sum of $12,750 000.00 (Twelve Million Seven Hundred and Fifty
Thousand US Dollars) in one of the banks Vault in disguise to precious
stones, together with specific instruction to me on how to transfer
this money abroad which he could not conclude before he died. This is a
special arrangement with the bank since his intention was to invest the
money himself.
Meanwhile, among other reasons, my father did not wish this money to
fall into the hands of his political enemies, who might conspire to share
my inheritance among them.
He therefore had his Attorney draw up a document empowering a foreigner
that will help me invest the funds into any viable business abroad
together with the Deposit Certificate from the company that had been issued
to my father which the name would be changed to the foreigners name as
the new beneficiary.
If you would assist me, by sending to me via email attachment your
contacts or direct me to a more capable hand that will invest the funds
with little information on where/how the money would be invested, I will
send to you the necessary document from my father's Attorney in order to
proceed on the transfer process. In the Deposit Certificate, you need
to affix your name etc, in the space provided thereafter you should send
it back to me for the onward transfer of this money from the bank here
to any Bank of your choice abroad for the investments.
My father also indicated that such an Executor, who took out his time
to render the help to me, will be entitled to 20% of the US$12.75
million while the balance would be for my family and some to charity home.
I appeal to you for urgent assistance to enable me effect the terms of
my late father's WILL. You will also take care of me and my school fees
and other little expenses from the yield until our agreed years of
investments elapse.
Please, regard this matter as a help to safe guide my life and
inheritance from the hands of my father's enemy and some greedy family members
like my step mother.
I will be waiting for your positive response towards my proposal, also
include your phone/ fax numbers to enable me contact you. I would like
to meet you as soon as you confirm the deposit of the fund into your
account.
Thanks and God be with you
Regards.
Ismaila Ahmed.
Anti-fraud resources: