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: "Yinka Davis" <yinka_davis022@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: yinka_davis720@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 16:16:09 +0000
Subject: FROM THE DESK:Mr. YINKA DAVIES
FROM THE DESK:Mr. YINKA DAVIES.
BRANCH MANAGER,
UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC (UBN)
PLOT 669, ILupeju STREET,
P O BOX 75455,VICTORIA ISLAND, LAGOS.
LAGOS NIGERIA
ATTENTION:Friend.
I feel quite safe dealing with you in this business proposition having gone
through your remarkable profile on the internet. Though,this medium
(Internet)has been greatly abused,I choose to reach you through it because
it still remains the fastest,surest and most secured medium of communication
However,this correspondence is unofficial and private,and it should be
treated as such.
I also guarantee you that this deal is hitch free from all what you may
think of. I am Mr. YINKA DAVIES, a Union Bank of Nigeria PLC Branch manager,
ILupeju Branch NIGERIA. ! I am contacting you based on Trust and
confidentiality that will be attached to this deal.
The Management and the Legal department of our BANK (UNION BANK OF NIGERIA)
in a recent meeting, recommended that the account of Mrs.Schranner Maria,
who was one of my branch depositor,should be declared dormant and
confisticated the depositor?s fund to the Bank Treasury according to Nigeria
Banking and Financial law. he is a foreigner based in Nigeria, unfortunately
She is late. died on a fatal plane crash on monday,31 july,2000,13:GMT 14:22
uk with
other passengers on board as you can confirm through this website.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
She is an account holder in my branch, she owns a dollar account with the
sum of US$15.6M (Fifteen Million, Six Hundred United States Dollars Only)
deposited in the account. In fact it happened that since her death,the next
of kin of the dollar account holder(thebrother) has
not show up for the claim.
This is where I am interested on and this is where I want you to come in.I
want you to come in as the relation of the deceased, I will give you the
contact of the attorney, you will have to write to him Telling him you are a
relation to the deceased and that you have found out that Mrs.Schranner
Maria has account with UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC ILLUPEJU BRANCH NIGERIA
which you wants to lay claimsthrough his legal authority.He is going to be
happy to assist you. I will be the one to provide the vital documents for
the claims of the money.
Please include your telephone/fax number/ Home Address when replying this
mail and I will give you more information as soon as you indicate your
willingness to assist in this transaction.We will use our positions to get
all internal documentations to back up the claims.The whole Procedures
will last only 7 working days to get the fund retrieved successfully Without
trace even in future.Please ineed the following:
1.YOUR FULL NAME
2.PHONE AND FAX NUMBER
3.HOME ADDRESS
4.COMAPNY NAME AND ADDRESS.
5.YOUR PASSPORT PHOTO
After successful conclussion of this transaction, we shall share the money
70-30.
I sincerely will appreciate your acknowledgement as soon as possible to
indicate your interest to
enable us proceed.
Yours Truly,
Mr. YINKA DAVIES
Anti-fraud resources: