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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: se_seko20022@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 17:25:54 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?URGENT=20RESPOND=2E?=

FROM: MRS. SESEKO ANITA

DEAR SIR/MA,

I AM MRS. SESEKO ANITA WIDOW TO LATE PRESIDENT MOBUTU SESE-SEKO OF
ZAIRE? NOW KNOWN AS DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (DRC).

I AM MOVED TO WRITE YOU THIS LETTER,THIS WAS IN CONFIDENCE
CONSIDERING MY PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCE AND SITUATION.I ESCAPED ALONG
WITH MY HUSBAND AND TWO OF OUR SONS TIMOTHY AND BASHER OUT OF
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (DRC) TO ABIDJAN,COTE D'IVOIRE WHERE MY
FAMILY AND I SETTLED, WHILE WE LATER MOVED TO SETTLED IN MORROCO
WHERE MY HUSBAND LATER DIED OF CANCER DISEASE. HOWEVER DUE TO THIS
SITUATION WE DECIDED TO CHANGED MOST OF MY HUSBAND'S BILLIONS
OF DOLLARS DEPOSITED IN SWISS BANK AND OTHER COUNTRIES INTO OTHER
FORMS OF MONEY CODED FOR SAFE PURPOSE BECAUSE THE NEW HEAD OF
STATE OF (DR) MR LAURENT KABILA HAS MADE ARRANGEMENT WITH THE SWISS
GOVERNMENT AND OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES TO FREEZE ALL MY LATE
HUSBAND'TREASURES DEPOSITED IN SOME EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. HENCE MY
CHILDREN AND I DECIDED LAYING LOW IN AFRICA TO STUDY THE SITUATION
TILL WHEN THINGS GETS BETTER, LIKE NOW THAT PRESIDENT KABILA IS DEAD
AND THE SON TAKING OVER(JOSEPH KABILA). ONE OF MY LATE HUSBAND'S
CHATEAUX IN SOUTHERN FRANCE WAS CONFISCATED BY THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT,
AND AS SUCH I HAD TO CHANGE MY IDENTITY SO THAT MY INVESTMENT WILL
NOT BE TRACED AND CONFISCATED. I HAVE DEPOSITED THE SUM OF THIRTY
FIVE MLLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS (US$35,000,000,00.) WITH A SECURITY
COMPANY , FOR SAFEKEEPING. THE FUNDS ARE SECURITY CODED TO PREVENT
THEM FROM KNOWING THE CONTENT. WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO IS TO INDICATE
YOUR INTEREST THAT YOU WILL ASSIST US BY RECEIVING THE MONEY ON OUR
BEHALF OVERSEAS.

I WANT YOU TO ASSIST IN INVESTING THIS MONEY, BUT I WILL NOT WANT MY
IDENTITY REVEALED.I WILL ALSO WANT TO BUY PROPERTIES AND STOCK IN
MULTI-NATIONAL COMPANIES AND TO ENGAGE IN OTHER SAFE AND NON-
SPECULATIVE INVESTMENTS. MAY I AT THIS POINT EMPHASIS THE HIGH LEVEL
OF CONFIDENTIALITY, WHICH THIS BUSINESS DEMANDS, AND HOPE YOU WILL
NOT BETRAY THE TRUST AND CONFIDENCE, WHICH I REPOSE IN YOU IN
CONCLUSION, IN THE EVENT YOU ARE INTERESTED TO ASSIST US I WILL
LIKE YOU TO CONTACT MY LAWYER WHO I HAVE STATIONED IN TO WITNESS THE
TRANSACTION TO IS CONCLUTION. YOU CAN REACH HIM ON IS DIRECT VIA
MAIL:baristony_kashe213@yahoo.com, HIS NAME IS BAR. TONY KASHE AND I
HAVE THE FULL TRUST IN HIM.

I SINCERELY WILL APPRECIATE YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

BEST REGARDS,

SESEKO ANITA
please reply me to my private email address(sesekoanita01@yahoo.com)





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