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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: kins king <rabia_suf@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2005 17:10:34 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: PLEASE HELP ME


Thank you for the attention being given to go through
my mail. I am Mrs. rabiatu yusuf , The wife the Iraq
Military finance corps Chief, who was in charge of the
payment of the military salary during his life service
time. I am 53 years old; i am now receiving treatment
in the hospital. It's quite obvious that I won't live
Longer according to my doctor as i am suffering from
my kidney transplant illness, this is because my
illness
has gotten to a very bad stage.

My late husband died from the American attacks over my
country, and during the period of our marriage we were
blessed with a male child osuni and Adamu. After the
death of my husband, I inherited some money which my
late husband deposited with a Security Finance Company
in Thailand for safety .The doctor has advised
me that I may not live long, so I now decided to
contact you to assist my two sons to claim this money
From where It was deposite! d and guides them for
investment as you are a potential business man.

My family will be interested in doing business in your
country, the fore i would like to seek your assistance
and help. I am interested particularly in properties,
but your advise on other areas of private sector would
be highly appreciated, i am in believe that you would
be of great help in guiding my two sons to a
successful exploration of the investment potentials of
your country, which guarantees good capital returns
and human security .As a result of this, i can take
you in confidence basically due of the source of the
fund, hereby believing that your assistance will be
profitable to us.

The amount in question is USD$3.5 Million .I will
appreciate your willingness to carry this transactions
the gratification remark which
will be determined as soon as i hear from you. As I
have mapped out 15%, for your assistance and 3% would
be used for the
re-imbursement of any expenses that is incurred during
on the process of this transaction.

Lastly, I honestly pray that this money when
transferred to your country will be used for the said
purpose of investing in the
industry, because I have come to find out that wealth
acquisition without Allah is vanity upon vanity. I
await your urgent reply to enable me up-date you with
more information and how to proceed. Do feel free to
ask me any question if you wish to as my husbands
death has blocked every trace of this money from us,
the documentations relating to the deposit of this
fund are all intact with my first son for your
verification .I await to hearing from you soonest.

Yours Sincerely.

Mrs. Rabiatu Yusuf
















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