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: "ibrahim abu" <ibrahimabu02@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 09:39:59 +0000
Subject: WITH DUE RESPACT
FROM THE DESK OF DR IBRAHIM ABU.
BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK(ADB)
OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO.
WEST AFRICA.
PHONE:00226-78806779.
DEAR ,
I am the manager of bill and exchange at the foreign remittance department
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA FASO. I got your contact
address through internet when searching for a good and reliable person that
will assist me in this transaction.
In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of 30.5m US Dollars in an
account that belongs to one of our foreign customer (MR.ANDREAS SCHRANNER
from Munich, Germany), who died along with his entire family in Monday,31
July,2000, in a plane crash.FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT THIS SITE BELOW:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of
kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it unless
somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as
indicated in our banking laws and guidelines but unfortunately we learnt
that all his supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him at the
plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim.
It is therefore upon this discovery that I decided to make this business
proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of kin or relation
to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is
coming for it and i don't want this money to go into the Bank treasury as
unclaimed bill.
The Banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money remained
unclamed after Six year, the money will be transfered into the Bank treasury
as unclaimed fund.
The request of foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned by
the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a Burkinabe cannot stand as
next of kin to a foreigner.
I agree that 30% of this money will be for you as foreign partner, in
respect to the provision of a foreign account 10% will be set aside for
expenses incured during the business and 60% would be for me.
Therefore to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you as
arranged,you must apply first to the bank as relations or next of kin of the
deceased indicating your bank name, your bank account number, your private
telephone and fax number for easy and effective communication and location
where inthe money will be remitted.
Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or email the text of
the application. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this
transaction is hitch free and that you should not entertain any atom of fear
as all required arrangements have been made for the transfer.
You should contact me immediately as soon as you receive this mail massage
to en-able me send to you all the detail information concerning this
transaction.
Waiting for your urgent reply without any delay.
Your's faithfully.
DR IBRAHIM ABU
BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK(ADB)
_________________________________________________________________
Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE!
http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/
Anti-fraud resources: