joewein.net   joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet
Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days
  jwSpamSpy

Home
About Us
Spam
419/Nigeria
Fraud
Contact

"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.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

 

 

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

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs.Beasley Yuri" <bea.yusi01@yahoo.fr>
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 10:58:26 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: HELLO


 Hello Dear

With a heart deep humiliation and persecution am seeking me for Contacting You Through this media. But please I am in Desperate Need of your assistance; My Name is Mrs.Beasley Yuri wife to Dr Christopher Yuri from Philippine,who was the Deputy Secretary General of Bayan Muna party-list group in Southern Tagalog Who was attacked and killed in our house on the 9th may 2010 from your profile I believe in me that you ought to be a very honest person,I need someone who would take for whom I am and as a life time partner,after making claims of my deposited life Before my late husband was killed he made total sum of ($5.8 Million usd) Five Million Eight Hundred Thousand United State Dollars) from the sales of gold and cocoa this money is deposited with a firm in ABROAD.

Since the death of my late husband, the Philippine state government has blocked me and my late husband accounts Through the help of my late husband family.Also my late husband brothers succeeded in Collecting Have All Our properties from me That is under my control and They Are Still looking for more.Therefore I am Contacting you to help me secure the sum Which I Explain to you above,for the future of my kids.Since my late husband family made it impossible for me to move out of my late husband in Philippine house

I hope that you can be trusted, that you will not sit on this money when you claim it I will give you the contact of the security company in ABROAD for you to contact them and give them your address for the immediate shipment of the box today I have made up my mind to give you 25% of the total money for your help, after you have secured the box for me and my children's future.Thanks for your comprehension and willingness to assist Contact me for more details with my private email address

Await your urgent reply

Best regards
Mrs.Beasley Yuri

Anti-fraud resources: