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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: doris.mbono@live.com
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2012 00:42:09 +0800
Subject: Please reply as urgent

Hello dear,
I know I may appear to you like a stranger but before i will continue to sharing my message with you,i will like to formerly introduce myself.

My Name is Mrs. Doris Mbono,I am the Wife of Mr David Mbono, from Darfur Region,Sudan. My husband was the owner of Omar Sea Food Industry in Darfur which supplies most Central African Countries with sea food till it was discovered by the Rebels forces in Darfur that portion of farmland which my husband has located the business was rich in Oil and Mineral Resources.

As a result of the oil discovered in the land,the Government and Rebel Movement started having misunderstanding over who will take control of the land.

This led to war in Darfur and the the rebels started killing people in Darfur.In the process my husband was murdered in cold blood and the Farm land and the Sea Food Industry located on it were taken over by the rebels and burnt down.

Prior to the crisis, my husband had moved ( US$25.500,000) Twenty-Five Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars to South Africa which he deposited in a private Security & Finance Company in the name of my son Mr. Jerry Mbono as the beneficiary.

The Rebels has murdered my husband believing no member of the family will challenge their authority over the land but we the rest members of the family has stood in resistance against them.As a result of our resistance,the rebels has been tracing to kill me and my son my son.

We decided to flee Darfur to Johannesburg, South Africa to seek Asylum (Refugees).
We do not have any other possession save for the money my husband has deposited in the security company in South Africa.

All the documents issued when my husband has deposited the consignment of the fund has been handed over to our family Lawyer in South Africa who has assisted my late husband in depositing the consignment with the security company.
The financial laws in South Africa on Refugees do not warrant us as refugees to invest the funds here and we cannot operate any bank account either.

For this reason we decided to look for a Foreign Partner who will assist us in moving the funds out of South Africa for my family investment. In our search for a reliable person,we got your contact from the world chamber of commerce directory in South Africa.

We believe we could have a good relationship with you. We have decided to offer you 25% of the total amount, 5% mapped out to defray all expenses that will be incurred during the course of the transaction, while the remaining 70%will be for my family and will be invested in your country under your management.

I know this message may have come to you as a surprise but please see it as an avenue to help a widow to evacuate her money to a safer place for a life time investment since we cannot go back to Sudan again.

I will like you to reply me urgently so i will give you more information on how you will be required to help me as a foreigner to enable the security company release the money to you on time.
Please reply in my private email account:doris.mbono@live.com

i will be expecting to hear from you,

Have a nice day

With Love from
Mrs Doris Mbono

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