Posted by Thanks for your response. For clarity purpose, I am Mrs. Joko Sutarjo from Sumatra in Indonesia. I was married to Late Jamil Sutarjo of blessed memory who was an oil merchant in Indonesia for many years before he died in the Tsunami disaster that occurred December 2004.
Before his death I have been battling with Cancer problems. I was taken to Kuwait for treatment in December 2004 only to return home homeless. The whole thing worsen my health situation and since then, I have been paralyzed and in a very critical situation.
Recently I received a letter from a Finance security firm in Europe that was addressed to my husband regarding a deposited item with them. They are not aware of my husband’s death. The deposited item was mentioned in my husband’s WILL and it contains huge sum of money.
Few days ago, my doctor told me that I have short period to live due to my cancer and paralyses illnesses. Having known my condition, I decided to donate this fund among the Tsunami victims, charity and orphanage homes if retrieved from the firm.
I need the assistance of God-fearing individual or organization that will help me retrieve the deposited consignment from the security company. It was on this note that I contacted you. All necessary information and documents that will enable you legally represent me will be made available to you. You will be adequately compensated for your help.
As soon as I receive your acceptance response, I shall give you further directives on what to do and how to go about actualizing this project.
Anticipating your soonest response.
Remain Blessed.
Joko Sutarjo
I have gotten at least three dozen letters…all similar to yours but from supposed lawyers/bankers in Africa…they get your address from yahoo profiles and other sources…used to get upset, now I type a nasty note and send back….it’s fun!
Yes, it’s a scam. Mark it as "junk" or "spam" to help your ISP deal with it, and ignore it.
SCAM
i just wish people would disregard all of these type things
if it seems too good to be true……..well you know the saying
definitely block the e-mail address, but i’m not sure who you’d report it to
i’m very glad to see you ask this question instead of playing along.
Its an age old scam, you can always find out what domain it came from and then forward it to them. for example if it was yahoo.com then forward it to abuse@yahoo.com.
It’s a scam. Search Nigerian fraud or 419 fraud.
It`s a scam, shure thing…
there is a Web page regarding Fraud on WWW here:
Must Read:
Company names used in WWW currency fraud
http://altnews.com.au/drop/node/1384
Best Regards
Yep this sure sounds fishy to me i would just report it and not mess with it good luck
Scam, Scam, Scam. Even if you watch Oprah, last week, she had a show on (I was recovering from surgery and was at home during the day), telling of stories just like this one. One person was given a money order that looked real, and deposited it into her account. Then she took out another money order and sent it to this person, only to find out a couple of WEEKS later, that the original money order was bogus, and she was out the $5,000 that she had sent. Call the FBI, the Oprah show or website, and there are links of who to contact. DON’T SEND ANY MONEY.
I got that once back in 1998. It’s a scam. Report it to the court house.
Yes it is a scam. One of the "Nigerian" bank scams that the Internet has made so economical. There are task forces throughout the world that fight this type of scam but not much they can do because tracking them is so hard. The best thing you can do is just ignore it and go on with your life. The worst thing you can do is try to make some easy money. If you respond they will take your information, send you some official looking documents and give a phone number for you to contact the firm holding the "assets". Once you contact the "firm" you will be told something like there is a problem with one of the local officials and that you need to post some earnest money to free the "assets". This will be a relatively small sum compared to the money you have been promised, something like a thousand or two. the more you participate the more they soak you for (One bank manager was indicted for using bank assets to fund his try at getting rich quick, he was soaked for over two million dollars) If you have started to run low on money or are getting leary of all the deposits you have made without getting anything in return, they may tell you that it is OK for you to come and meet to finalize the transaction. At this point they may take you hostage and ransom you or just straight out kill you (there have been over 40 deaths attributed to this type of scam) so DON"T DO IT!!!
This question is asked over and over on a daily basis on here. It is a scam. I don’t understand why people keep falling for these scams with all the info out there about them.
Don’t waste your time reporting it, just delete the email and move on. These people are almost impossible to find.
Lol if she wanted to get the money, she should be able to produce a marriage certificate and death certificate. She wouldnt need anyones help. Very dumb scam. Report it as junk in your malbox, and if its in yahoo, forward it to abuse@yahoo.com and they will deal with it. If its in hotmail, mark it as junk and they will deal with it, and block the sender. I would also reply to the email and tell them to talk you off their mailing list. If they continue sending abusive mail to you in response to your reply, then notify the police (not by 911 though, its not a emergency)