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: Barrister <otahdlawyer@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: otahchambers_info@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 19:02:56 +0200
Subject: the bank where the deceased had an account valued at about US$14.7million dollars has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated within the next 14 official working days.
Dear Friend,
I am Barrister Daniel Otah, a solicitor at law. I am the personal attorney to Mr Eric,
a national of your country, who used to work with Chevron Texaco Corp. Here in after shall be referred to me as my client.
On the 21st of April 2001, my client, his wife and their three children were involved in a car accident along Ibadan express road. All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives. Since then I have made several enquiries to your embassy to locate any of my clients extended relatives but this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track his last name over the Internet, to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you. I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and property left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where these huge deposits were lodged. Particularly, the bank where the deceased had an account valued at about US$14.7million dollars has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated within the next 14 official working days.
Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 2 years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since you have the same last name so that the proceeds of this account valued at US$14.7 million dollars can be paid to you and then you and me can share the money on the percentage we will agreed on.
I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim we may make. All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us get this deal through. I guarantee that this is 100% risk free and will be executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect us from any breach of the law. Please get in touch with through my email so that we can proceed fast as time is no longer on our side. Remember to include your private telephone number so that I can call you for further discussion
Hope you understand the confidential nature of this transaction,
waiting for your fast response.
Best regards,
Barrister Daniel Otah (Esq.)
Anti-fraud resources: