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.
Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:
Fraud email example:
From: HUGH WATSON <hughwatson3@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 17:11:17 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: CENTRAL BANK INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENT
TREASURY /PAYMENT INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENT
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS, AREA 1, ABUJA,
NIGERIA.
DIRECT LINE:
OUR REF: FGN/CBN/TPID/DATA/XXVOL1.2005
Hello,
REF: CLAIMING A NEGLECTED FUNDS
I am the Information and Data analyst of the
Treasury/Payment Investigation Department of the Central
Bank of Nigeria.In the process of cross -checking payment
files inherited from previous head of this department I
realized a particular payment file with series of
complicated abnormal entries of a beneficiary who had made
efforts towards getting the funds but to no avail; I then
decided to investigate the genesis of the difficulties
/hitches to the release of the said funds I found out
these:
There is NO PAYMENT STATUS on the file and on our payment
computer column as a result of mistake, I believe to have
been made by the secretary who filed the particulars (DATA)
i.e Bank particulars and payment reference as it was fixed
in by the side column of another payment file as if the
reference is not the principal benefactor of the money
which effort were been made to claim its fund.
The reference name did not appear at the foreign payment
list but went and appear at the Bank domestic payment
network,which is abnormal, because it's fund is a foreign payment!
No fund claim certificate was issued to the reference for
claim of entitled payment as constituted in our constitution for
principal foreign benefactors to claim their estate benefits or contract payments without hitch.
I have decided to contact you through this medium because
in my further investigation I found out that this claim is
genuine with all legal backings apart from the above data
irregularities and complications which made the beneficiary
to give up the claim because the original beneficiary I
learnt is deceased without will. Therefore, I've
withdrawn my submission paper for conversion of the funds
to the CBN Treasury, which several payments have suffered
because of irregularities since the implementation of the
ICPC -Independent Corrupt Practices Commission Act and the
EFCC-Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Act.
Based on this assurance I decided to link you up for this
particular transaction knowing it will be of mutual benefit
to both of us.
REQUIREMENT: I want you to lay claim to this money as the
principal benefactor, I will require from you your Bank
account details that will accommodatethis total sum of
USD12Million.I willl get the above complications corrected
with your personal information as will be submitted by you.On reflecting this in the payment computer system, I will advise
you on the application letter you will fax to this Department
for the release of the said funds.Sharing ration, 60% for me and
40% for you.
I can assure you after the corrections and the application
within 72 hours the fund must be in your designated
account.There is no single risk at all as it's quite clear to
you that the Payment Investigation Department of every Bank
supersedes fund release at all level moreso I am the only person entitled to all payment data analysis and information.
I will oblige you with further information and please I
need your private telephone /facsimile number for easy and
confidential communication.
Sir.HUGH WATSON
INFORMATION TECH & DATA ANALYST
TREASURY /PAYMENT INVESTIGATION DEPT (CBN
---------------------------------
Yahoo! for Good
Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.
Anti-fraud resources: