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: "George Khumalu" <george_khumalu1@hotmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: george_khumalu@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 18:03:47 -0700
Subject: From:Mr.George Khumalu.
FROM: MR.George Khumalu.
TEL:+27-73-1308560
#10 PYBUS STREET,CNR CATHERINE,
STREET,SANTON,
JOHANNESBURG 2001,
REPBULIC OF SOUTH AFRICA.
FILE NO:00641/SA/GSFC/IBI.
TOP SECRET/SECURITY CODE:*IBI/GSFC/17*.
.
ATTEN:CEO/MD,
STRICTLY PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL
RE:TRANSFER OF $US15.5M INTO YOUR ACCOUNT.
In order to transfer out (USD 15.5 M) fifteen million five
hundred thousand United States Dollars) from A SECURITY AND
FINANCE COMPANY,name withheld for safety and other security
reasons,in a consignment in disguise as private antiques
and precious stones.I have the courage to ask for your
co-operation,assistance and understanding in this
profitable and lucrative proposal.
I am MR.GEORGE KHUMALU, married and blessed with four
children , born in the northern province of South Africa,
also the director of deposite and realse operations in my
firm here in Johannesburg Republic of South Africa.The deal
in nutshell, there is a consignment deposited in my firm in
the year 2000, since the year 2003, nobody has paid any
security dummurrage on this very consignment,despite the
initial security bill which was paid for a year,which only
covers the bill for 2003 only.
After going through some old files in my possession for the
year ended 2004. I observed that this very consignment has
overstayed without any body showing interest of claim or
ownership,i was obliged to open the vault to actually know
the content,suprisely the vault was filled with real
cash,hence i discovered that if I do not realse or remmitte
this vault out urgently it would be forfeited for nothing.
However,the owner of this consignment is Mr.Smith
B.Andreas, a foreigner, and miner at Kruger Gold company, a
geologist by profession and he died in April 2001.No other
person knew about this deposite or any thing concerning to
this effect, the vault has no other beneficiary and my
investigation proved to me as well that my company does not
know anything about this vault and the amount involves is
(USD15.5 M) fifteen million five hundred thousand United
States Dollars.
I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money
cannot be approved to an indigine of South Africa , but can
only be approved to any foreign account because the money
is in united states dollars and the former owner of the
vault was Mr.Smith Andreas a foreigner too. I know that
this message will come to you as a surprise as we dont know
ourselves before. We will sign a mutual agreement,this will
bind us legally, but be sure that it is real and a
transperent business.I only got your contact address
through network online, with believe in God that you will
never let me down in this business. You are the only person
that I have contacted in this business; so please reply
urgently so that I will inform you the proceeding steps to
be taken immediately.
Send also your private telephone and fax numbers details of
the transfer will commence also as soon as i recieve your
positive answer, the full details of the account to be used
for the transfer of the money will be required and expected
of you. I will appreciate to have a meeting with you
physically,this meeting will enhance and enable for the
signing of the legal binding agreement,this is to bind us
together as i earlier said, so that you can receive this
money into your foreign account or any offshore account of
your choice where the fund will be safer.
Also I will fly to your country for the withdrawal and
sharing subsequently for my investment arrangenments under
your directives.I am contacting you because of the urgent
need involved a foreign account and foreign beneficiary as
you can see. I need your full cooperation and understanding
to make this work absolutely and perfectly well because i
as the director of release and depositeoperations with the
management are ready to approve this consignment to any
foreigner, who has correct information of this consignment,
which I will give to you later immediately, if you are able
and with capability to handle this amount in strict
confidence and trust according to my instruction and advise
for our mutual benefits in life.
I need trustworthy person like you in this business because
I do not want to make mistake,also I need your strong
assurance and trust.With my position now in my office I can
transfer this consignment to any foreigner's reliable
account, which you can provide with assurance that this
money will be intact pending my physical arrival in your
country for sharing. I will destroy all documents of
transaction/deposite immediately we received this money,
leaving no trace to any where. You can also come to discuss
with me physically as i said earlier after which I will
realse the vault to you and two of us will fly to your
country at least two days ahead of the money going into the
offshore account.
I will apply for my annual leave to get visa immediately i
hear from you that you are ready to act and receive this
fund in your account with good intentions. I will use my
position and influence to effect legal approvals and onward
transfer of this money to your account with appropriate
clearance forms from the ministries and foreign exchange
departments involved. At the conclusion of this business,
you will be given 15% of the total amount, 80% will be for
me, while 5% will be for expenses both parties might incure
during the process of transferring the money out from here.
I look forward to your maxiumum co-operation and favourable
reply.
Yours faithfully,
MR.GEORGE KHUMALU.
NB:I have made every arrangenment and liaised with a top
bank officer,who works in the forex and international
remmittance department of the Amalgameted Banks of South
Africa(ABSA),and he had agreed and accepted to give us his
full and maximum co-operation any time his assistance is
been needed,hence we will make the remmittance/transfer via
his bank.
WARNING
This information transmitted is only for the person or
entity to which it is addressed and may contain
confidential and/or privileged material. Any review,
retransmission, dissemination or other use of this
information, or taking of any action in reliance upon this
information, by person orentities other than the intended
recipient is prohibited.
Anti-fraud resources: