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: sanndra williams <sanndrawilliams@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 20:19:52 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Hi
FROM SAUNDRA WILLIAMS.
Bill & Exchange Manager
FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPT.
ZENITH BANK OF NIGERIA PLC
Mobile no : 234-80-5844158
DEAR FRIEND
I am the manager of bill and exchange at the foreign remittance
department
of Zenith Bank Of Nigeria Plc. I am writing this letter to you with
trust
and confidence.
In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of US$35.500.00 Thirty
Five
million five hundred thousand United state dollars) in an account that
belongs to one of our foreign customer who died along with his entire
family
in November 2005 in a plane crash.
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
some one applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as
indicated in our banking laws, 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 and other officials in my
department now 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 we don't
want
this money to go into the bank treasury as unclaimed bill.
The banking law and guidelines here stipulates that if such money
remained
unclaimed after TWO years the money will be transfer into the bank
treasury
as unclaimed fund.
The request of foreigner as next of kin in this business is by the fact
that
the customer was a foreigner and a citizen of this country cannot stand
as
next of kin to a foreigner.
We agree that 30% of this money will be for you as a foreign partner,
in
respect to the provision of a foreign account, 10% will be set aside
for
expenses that might come during the business and 60% would be for me
and my
colleagues.
There after my colleagues and I will visit your country for
disbursement
according to the percentage indicated. Therefore,
to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you as arranged, you
must
apply first to the bank as relation 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 wherein the 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 through my private e mail address at
saundrawilliamss@yahoo.co.uk as soon as you receive this letter.
Yours faithfully
SAUNDRA WILLIAMS
Bill & Exchange Manager
FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPT.
ZENITH BANK OF NIGERIA PLC
---------------------------------
The all-new Yahoo! Mail goes wherever you go - free your email address from your Internet provider.
Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
Anti-fraud resources: