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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: "zaifah william" <zaifahwilliam@hotmail.com> (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 18:55:47 +0400
Subject: get back to me


Assalam Alaikum
I came through your email adress at the brunei chambers of commerce
and
industry and further explicit investment informations about your
country
from barrister james dennis, a Bulgarian national based in United Arab
Emirates - Dubai.

I am Hajiat zaifah william,A 32 years old widow and the only
surviving
wife of prince Jefri william,Ex-finance minister of Brunie, the tiny
oil-rich
Gulf Island of Borneo,My quest and desires was moltivated with the
facts
that my testimonies is not unfamiliar with the brunei international
media
whom enjoyed fabricating fallacious scandals against my late Husband.

I will save more time by articulating the amplicity of damage spear
headed
by the Sultan over my late husband,which has already been disseminated
by the international media during the controversial dispute between my
late husband and the sultan Sheik Muda Hassanal william of Brunei,whom
you may know from the international media falsefully accused my late
husband
of financial mismanagement and improperity of $1 billion

This was as a result of the asian financial crisis that made my late
husband's
company Amedeo Development plc and government owned Brunei investment
company
to be decleared bankrupt during his tenure as a senior member of the
asian-Gulf
exchange comittee.

How ever my late husband was kept under house arrest ,his bank
accounts
and private properties including a newly aqcuired license for crude
oil
exporting were later confiscated by the sultanate.

Futhermore during this unfortunate period,I was adviced to evacuate my
residence for United Arab Emirates were i could take a refuge in order
to prevent further prosecution from the sultanate and his security
operatives,
but before i could do that i was arrested and placed under house
arrest
by the sultan and not givng the priveledge to access any communication
except an old pentium 4 computer.

Though most of the guards here are still loyal and would be glad to
recieve
a call on my behalf should the need arise,But before my arrest i made
consultations
with Waheed Al-shalankany Law chamber in United arab Emirates who
assisted
me in shipping down some of my properties worth over fourty six
Million
five Hundred Thousand U S. Dollars ($46,500,000.00)under
special
arrangements with Customs volt company in Dubai.The properties which i
deposited in each of the three trunk boxes are as follows ,30kg raw
gold,
15kg pink and white diamonds and a total of $30M in a trunk box.

Hence i seek your good assistance in retreiving my consignment from
the
costoms volt company as all documents relating to these transaction
are
in custody of Waheed Al-shalakany Law chambers in Dubai.

If you are fully intrested and competent enough to handle a
transaction
of these magnitude kindly get back to me for the more informations
regarding
the transaction.

Kindly note that no terms of compensiation has been discussed yet.

Wa-sallam
Best wishes,
Hajiat zaifah william.






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