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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: mrsalim@terra.com.mx
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 20:49:00 -0800
Subject: PLEASE, HELP ME AND MY CHILDREN.................

Dear Friend,

I am Mrs. Ali M. Hassan Abd (Abu Fahad) the wife of Mr. Ali Hassan Abd (Abu
Fahad), a prominent member of the First Activists to organise trade union
in the oil & gas industry but who was murdered resently on his way home,
close to the Al Dorah refinery in Baghdad, Iraq. This has made me a sudden
widow which I did not expect to be at this year of my life.

I Will like to seek your assistance as a matter of urgency, to stand as
the beneficiary to the sum of $US23M (TwentY Three Million United States
Dollars) which my late husband deposited in a Security and Finacial company
for mine and
my children's inheritance after he has passed away. This he made known to
me before these enemies suddenly terminated his life for us, the family.
THIS IS THE MOST BITTER EXPERINCE IN MY LIFE.

Your quick response towards rendering your total commitment in helping me
claiming this fund in the Security and Finacial company in Europe will enable
me forward to you, the details on how you will go about the collection of
the
fund and the pecentage I shal part with you.For Security purpose, I would
like you to open a new email address purposefully for this transaction.
I also want all our communications to be by e-mailling so that my life will
not
be exposed to this oppositionist who murdered my husband.

there will be a very solid agreement between you and I, that you will not
betray me after you have collected the fund from the custody of the company.
As soon as this trasnaction is concluded, I will like to meet with you in
your country to arrange for where myself and my children can live for the
rest of our lives so that these oppositionist will not be running after
our lives by still remaining in our country.

I will welcome your suggestion on the areas we can co-invest the fund on
after arriving in your country. Please, the confidentiality of this job
I am entrusting on you is very important.

Thanks while waiting for your quick response.

Regards.
Mrs. Ali M. Hassan Abd (Abu Fahad)
my new email address: mrshassanabu@rediffmail.com


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