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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: KIMAEVA LIOUDMILA <lkimaeva444@cgac.es>
Reply-To: lkimaeva@keromail.com
Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2005 03:50:33 +0100
Subject: GET BACK TO ME ASAP.

MRS. KIMAEVA LIOUDMILA,
NO 24 GREGORY'S ROAD
COLOMBO 07
SRI LANKA 00700


I am MRS.KIMAEVA LIOUDMILA ,I am the wife to the late DR. ZEIGO LIOUDMILA the political adviser to President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga of SRI LANKA.

My husband was a victim in the recent TSUNAMI ocean earthquake disasater on the 26th December, 2004 in ASIA where over 155,000 people died.Before the disaster my husband had deposited the sum of US$21,000,000.00 (Twenty-one million United states dollars
only), with a Finance firm in Europe. This was money meant for the purchase of ELECTORAL equipment and apparatus for the country.My husband was scheduled to travel to Europe before the disaster, but unfortunately we lost him to the earthquake disaster. Nobody is actually aware of the exact Finance firm in Europe where my husband deposited this money except me.I was able to rescue my husband's briefcase that had all the papers for the deposit with the Finance firm. I kept this information out of the reach of anybody. You are the only one that is aware of this fact.I had to do this because my children and I needs this money at this time when we are suffering ,since our bread winner is no more. I haver to be wise. I do not want to rely on the government.

So therefore,I beg for CONFIDENTIALITY from your end. Now that me and my children have been rendered homeless, I need this money to get my family out of SRI LANKA and start a new life.I need you to assist me in recieving this money from the Finance firm in Europe. This will require you to travel to the office of the Finance firm in Europe to do the paper work to enable you recieve the money.

Get in touch with me if you will be able to do this great favor for me and my children, we beg you in the name of God. Also we beg for your 100 % honestY with us.You should send your telephone and fax numbers to me so that we can communicate properly.I will let you have more details about this as soon as I hear from you.

THIS IS URGENT, GET IN TOUCH WITH YOUR RESPONSE SOONEST.

Yours sincerely,

MRS. KIMAEVA LIOUDMILA.






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