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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Fraud email example:

From: hannahsibanda@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 11:59:40 +0200
Subject: YOUR ATTENTION

From: Hannah Sibanda,
Phone + 27 72 320 3941
Fax +27 11 507 6469

Attn: Director/Ceo

Sir/madam

This proposal may come to you as a surprise or maybe not. And it may also be difficult for you to accept the position or situation I and my entire family are into .I am Hannah Sibanda the late wife of late Eng Moses Arthur Sibanda, who was declared missing only to be found dead on the 10th of February 2004.
My late husband was a civil engineer and the director and owner of ARTHUR MOSS CONSTRUCTION PTY in Harare ZIMBABWE .He was vocal and instrumental against the odds been perpetrated by the government of Zimbabwe lead by president Robert Mugabe, evidently is the new land reform act that saw land taken away from capable hands to compensate his loyalist, this process alone has brought mayhem to the nation and millions of its citizen now live in absolute poverty.

In a simple language my husband died in pursuit of truth and the crimes been committed against fellow human by those in authority. The plot that killed my husband was also in motion and saw all his assets and company down the drain looted and some seized, after protest by those deeply concerned, our lives were nest as the secret unfold I flee to South Africa with my four children where we have been given asylum status.


Before his untimely death he deposited the sum of nine million five hundred thousand united states dollars.(US$9.5M) with a security and property management company here in South Africa in a consignment labeled as family valuable ,this act was to avoid disclosing the real content of the consignment /box. He had intended to use the fund to purchase earth-moving equipments for his company and establishment of new site in Lesotho neighboring country to Zimbabwe, but as the deal failed he did not take the fund back home.

If you are willing and ready to assist in clearing the fund from the security company to your bank account for our accessibility I will offer you 20% of the total sum, for more clarification contact my elder son JONATHAN ARTHUR SIBANDA (JNR) on the number above. Upon your response do not hesitate to give us your personal contact details phone/fax.
Your prompt response will be highly appreciated,


Regards,


Mrs. Hannah Sibanda




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