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: "ahaijafunke balogun" <ahaijafunkebalogun@inspectorofpolice.net>
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 03:53:40 +0000
Subject: GOOD DAY!!
ATTN: Sir/Madam,
As matters of urgency, i decided to write you this email, though I am very
sorry for any language you might find disturbing or not pleasing to you. I
never wish to engage myself in this before now.
I am Alhaja Funke Balogun, the wife of the out going Inspector General of
Police of Nigeria
(IG) MR.Tafa Balogun though series of grafted allegations leveled against
him by the presidency because of personal difference between him and the
president.Please read this allegation news maybe it my might make meaning of
what i am trying to say.
http://odili.net/news/source/2005/jan/23/520.html
http://www.independentng.com/news/nnjan250501.htm
I sincerely beg for your pardon, haven known what this kind of mail might
signify to you, as a result of Nigeria image aboard. Even though I never
would have believe i will find myself in a situation of sending
What you might regard as unsolicited mail arm at begging to assistance me in
keeping some large amount of money which is (US$21.5 MILLION (TWENTY ONE
MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) in a foreign security
firm before the presidency get aware of this, Please i want you to contact
our family lawyer which in london where the Security company is, he is in
the position to tell you what you will do as soon as possible for this fund
in your position.
His contact is as follow:
NAME: BARRISTER:Gary douglas
TELEPHONE: +447031946620
E-MAIL: garydouglas_7@myway.com
hope as there is nothing I can do now because we can’t afford to loss the
kind of money to the
presidency, as this will bring us more trouble. And at the end, become
personal fund of the president and few government
Individual like the fund they got from the late president accounts ranking
billions.
In simple terms, I want to beg you for an assistance in helping my husband
and i accommodate this money we have withdraw from our account here in
Nigeria and been deposited in one of this Africa country .
We are ready to issuer a documents for this transfer as money payable for
business transaction.
Please there is no need for any fear what so ever as this fund was not
directly attached to my husband name but my first family name.Sir/Madam, if
this mail makes any meaning to you and you wish to assist us,
kindly send mail to our lawyer through this email garydouglas_7@myway.com
And also get back to me for me to know that you have contacted our family
lawyer.
Finally, if you wish to know me and my husband better, our personal
information or pictures can still be sent to you.
I seek for your corporation in this arrangement.
Thanks,
Alhaja.
Anti-fraud resources: