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: "Benjamin Morrison" <morrisonn_20@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: benjamin_1965@excite.com
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 10:03:25 +0000
Subject: My Request
Good Day
I am Benjamin Morrison,staff of SMITH & WILLIAMSON Private Banking. I
am contacting you concerning a deceased customer and an investment he
placed under our banks management three years ago. I would respectfully
request that you keep the contents of this mail confidential and respect
the integrity of the information you come by as a result of this mail.I
am making this contact with you based for a need of an individual/company
who is willing to assist me to stand as the next of kin to my deceased
client.
Being the deceased financial consultant to him before his untimely and
sudden death and since i am the only one who has the knowledge where
these funds ($30million) was moved to when the deceased demanded itbe
moved from our office SMITH &WILLIAMSON to a security company,i can move
this deal forward to it's successful end once we conclude to work
together.What I expect from you is trust and commitment.There is a reward
for this project and it is a task well worth undertaking.According to
practice, the Security firm will by the end of this financial year
broadcast a request for statements of claim to SMITH & WILLIAMSON Private
Bank, failing to receive viable claims they will most probably revert the
deposit back to SMITH & WILLIAMSON Private Bank. What I propose now is
that if you are the relative to my client please let me know. I alone
have the deposit details and they will release the deposit to no one
unless I instruct them to do so. I alone know of the existence of this
deposit for as far as SMITH & WILLIAMSON Private Private Bank is
concerned, the transaction with our late customer concluded when I sent the
funds to the security firm, all outstanding interactions in relation to
the file are just customer services and due process. The Security firm
has no single idea of what is the history or nature of the deposit.
They are simply awaiting instructions to release the deposit to any party
that comes forward. This is the situation. This bank has spent great
amounts of money trying to track this man's family; they have investigated
for months and have found no family. The investigation has come to an end.
My proposal is that; you share similar details to the late fellow;
I am prepared to place you in a position to instruct the Securities
firm to release the deposit to you as the closest surviving relation. Upon
receipt of the deposit, I am prepared to share the money with you in
half. That is: I will simply nominate you as the next of kin and
have them release the deposit to you. We will share the proceeds
50/50.I would have gone ahead to askthe funds be released to me, but that
would have drawn a straight line to me and my involvement in claiming
the deposit. I assure you that I could have the deposit released to you
within a few days.
I have evaluated the risks and the only risk I have here is for you to
betray my confidence.Hope to hear from you soon if you are interested.
Benjamin Morrison.
_________________________________________________________________
All-in-one security and maintenance for your PC. Get a free 90-day trial!
http://www.windowsonecare.com/trial.aspx?sc_cid=msn_hotmail
Anti-fraud resources: