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: "IBRAHIM BELLO" <ibrahim_bello195920000@iwon.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 03:26:26 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: I CONTACTED YOU BECAUSE YOU SHARE THE SAME LAST NAME WITH THIS CLIENT
From The Desk Of Dr. IBRAHIM BELLO
Senior Staff In Filing Department,
Union Bank of Nigeria
40, Marina, Lagos
West Africa.
PLANE CRASH WEB SITE:
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/index.html
Confidential Money Transfer Proposal
On a very good day, I am (Dr.IBRAHIM BELLO) a senior staff in filing
department in Union Bank of Nigeria.
I am believing you to be that capable and reliable foreign partner to
champion this businees opportunity as I have prayed to God about you. In my
department we discovered an abandoned sum of US$14.8 million (Fourteen
million, Eight Hundred U.S. Dollars), in an account that belongs to one
of our foreign customer, who died along with his entire family on
(Friday, December 26, 2003) in a plane crash.
Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his
next of kin to come over to 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 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 and one official in my department now
decided to make this businness proposal to you and release the money to
you as the next of kin or relation to the deceased for safety and
subsequent disbursement (primarily to help the poor and the needy) since
nobody is coming for it and we dont 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 five years, 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 Nigrian cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner. We
are looking for a trust worthy foreigner to stand as the next of kin to
the deceased and beneficiary to the Special Fixed Deposit Account.
If this money is not claimed now, it will go into the banks treasury as
unclaimed fund and our greedy directors will divert it for their
selfish use. But we can claim the money and use a reasonable
percentage of the fund to help the poor and the needy.
Every document to affect this transfer of the fund will be in
accordance with the banking laws and guidelines, so you need not worry
or fear about this. We will use normal banking procedure and legal
means to transfer the fund within 14 working days. I therefore, request
your absolute secrecy and confidentiality. You have to assure me that you
will not disappoint whatsoever, after the fund is successfully
transfered.
30% of the total money will be for you, 70% will be for us here. I will
send you the Transfer Procedure and requirements if you are capable and indicate your
interest by replying this mail to my most confidential E-mail address:
ibrahim_bello195920000@o2.pl
Thanks in advance for your anticipated assistance and co-operation.
Your's faithfully,
Dr. IBRAHIM BELLO
_______________________________________________
Anti-fraud resources: