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: carelsegreg@aim.com
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 17:56:11 +0200
Subject: Request For Assistance.
From: Mr. Greg Carelse.
ABSA Bank Ltd,
Republic of South Africa.
Dear Sir/Madam,
Good day to you, although I do not know you in person, I got your contact via personal search on the internet, Let me start by introducing
myself. I am Mr. Greg Carelse, a banker in the ABSA Bank Ltd, South Africa. I have a profitable transaction for you. I was attending a
business luncheon in September 1999 in china and I was introduced to Mr. Andreas Schranner, a renowned German Real Estate/Property magnate.
He later employed my services as a banker and investment consultant, Three months later he invited me and told me of his desire to open a
fixed deposit account, he could fall back to on retirement, under my professional guidance and based on my advice he made a fixed deposit
of US$25,500,000(Twenty Five Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) in one of our branches.
This deposit was for 5 years and upon maturity I made effort to contact my client, l could not reach him. I was forced to travel to Germany
and there I got the tragic news that, my client Mr. Andreas Schranner, his wife Maria, their daughter Andrea Eich, his son in law
Christian, and their children Maximilian and Katharina, all perished in the Monday, 31 July, 2000 plane crash in western German city of
Moenchengladbach. Please Click here and find out what happened to the Mr. Andreas Schranner:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
After further investigation, l also discovered that Mr. Andreas Schranner did not declare any next of kin in his official papers including
the paper work of his bank deposit. And l remember he also confided in me the last time he was at my office that no one except me knew of
his deposit in my bank. So, Twenty Five Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars is still lying in my bank and no one will ever
come forward to claim it. What bothers me most is that according to the laws of my country at the expiration of a numbers of years the
funds will revert to the ownership of the South African Government as unclaimed funds if nobody applies to claim the funds.
Against this backdrop, my suggestion to you is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand as the next of kin to Mr. Andreas Schranner so
that you will be able to receive his funds. Should you beinterested please send me your full names and Direct Telephone and Fax Numbers,
and then I shall provide you with more details of this Transaction.
Please also note that I am willing to give you 30 %( US$7,650,000) of the total money for your assistance. That is, your share Seven
Million Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars.
Your earliest response to this proposal will be appreciated and please reply to the following email address: gregcarelse@aim.com
Be well and God Bless.
Best Regards,
Mr. Greg Carelse.
Anti-fraud resources: