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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: barrepaul@zipmail.com.br
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 00:45:46 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?FOR=20GOD?=

Dear Beloved in Christ,
It is by the grace of God that I received Christ.
Having known the truth, I have no choice than to do what is
lawful and right
in the sight of God.
I have the pleasure to share my testimony with you, having
seen your
contact from the Internet.
I am Barrister Paul Emeka, the legal adviser to late
Mr. and Mrs. Edmond Carlos a Brizilian couple that lived in
my Country
Nigeria for 25
years before they both died in a plane crash.
This childless couple were devouted Christians, who
acquired a lot of
property like
land, estates etc.
As their lawyer and WILL executor, I was instructed to
dedicate their
wealth to humanitarian services.
That I did and realized $7,000,000.00 (Seven million US
dollars) but Instead
of dedicating thesaid money for the work of God. I
converted the
fund to myself with the intention of investing it abroad,
of which I
packaged it in a secret vault and deposited the
consignments with a
security company.
I did not want the Security firm to know the content of the
consignment,
so I registered it
as GOLD BARS/DIPLOMATIC BOOKS. And it has since been
airlifted to their
company in Europe.
However, as fate will have it I lost all that I had in a
fire incident
which left me stranded. I was in this state of confussion
when I had an
encounter with Christ when Pastor Creflo Dollars was
preaching on
television concerning Ananias and
Saphira in Acts 5:1-11. and I realized how selfish amd
materialistic I was.
I gave my life to Christ and became born again, and
exposed to the
things of the spirit. And I deceided to carry out the "Deed
of the will".
As I was browsing through a Christian site, I came accross
your address
on the internet and under the guideance of the Holy Spirit
your
ministry was picked as the beneficiary of the money.So if
you feel
compelled by the Spirit pls. contact me on the email
address
(barrpauleme@yahoo.it )
ALSO SEND YOUR FULL NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS
PHONE AND FAX NUMBER
YOUR AGE
Yours in Christ,
Barrister Paul Emeka







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