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: ALBERT GARFIELD LAW OFFICE <aglawchambers0001@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <danielolalekan@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 23:07:44 +0000
Subject: enquiry
ALBERT GARFIELD LAW OFFICE 30, Rockland Road,W1J 9HFLondon.England.Dear Successor, With all due respect , I am Barrister Paul Edwards, a senior partner in the firm of Albert Garfield Law chamber & Co ( Legal practitioners , advocates, corporate finance consultants and patent/registered trademark attorneys) We are presently conducting a STANDARD PROCESS INVESTIGATION / RECOMMENDATION on behalf of PACIFIC TRUST FINANCE , a conglomerate of the PACIFIC TRUST GROUP. This investigation is in respect of a deceased customer who shares the same surname with you including circumstances surrounding his death. This PACIFIC TRUST FINANCE customer died INTESTATE and nominated no successor in title over the deposited funds he had in a vault with the finance company. This client is presently having an unclaimed CASH deposited in care of PACIFIC TRUST FINANCE COMPANY and we have been asked to make necessary enquiry and investigation to confirm whether this PTF late client have any extended relative or blood relation to secure his unclaimed funds before the company gets it confiscated since they have failed in previous searches through the embassy and mailing questionaires to his addresses both here and abroad have proved abortive. I have personally contacted you in order to answer the following questions : 1. Are you awared of any blood relative or extended family of yours born on the 17th of February 1938 who shares the same surname with you and whose last known whereabout was England ? 2. Are you awared of any reasonable financial deposit made by this person at PACIFIC TRUST FINANCE ,an offshore financial investment arm of the PACIFIC TRUST GROUP ? 3. If you are not related to this person, can you confirm your willingness to receive this unclaimed lodgement with PTF if you are LEGITIMATELY RECOMMENDED by my law firm to the finance company as the stand in next of kin ? 4. Will you accept to donate a reasonable part of this sum as grant to charity and needy after receiving this payment?It will be appreciated if you give true answers to the above highlighted questions to enable me determine whether or not you are to be recommended to the finance firm as the funds inheritor before they get it confiscated. NOTE: We are being restricted at this point from giving you further details until the NEXT OF KIN has been notified for security reasons. I get waiting for your response including answers to the above highlighted questions via email address Yours Faithfully,Paul Edwards. esqSenior Partner,Albert Garfield chambers & Co.
_________________________________________________________________
Help yourself to FREE treats served up daily at the Messenger Café. Stop by today.
http://www.cafemessenger.com/info/info_sweetstuff2.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_OctWLtagline
Anti-fraud resources: