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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: "Ms.KIMAEVA LIOUDMILA" <kimamila003@netscape.net>
Reply-To: kimavamila@netscape.net
Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 19:09:10 +0000
Subject: HELLO, TREAT ASAP.

I am Ms. KIMAEVA LIOUDMILA, personal secretary to Mikhail Khodorkovsky the
richest man in Russia and owner of the following companies: Chairman CEO:
YUKOS OIL (Russian Largest Oil Company) Chairman CEO: Menatep SBP Bank (A
well reputable financial institution with its branches all over the world).
First and foremost, I apologized using this medium to reach you for a deal of this magnitude, but this is due to confidentiality and prompt access reposed on this medium. I have decided to seek a confidential co-operation with you in the execution of the deal described below for the benefit of all parties and hope you will keep confidential.
I seek your partnership to accommodate the sum US$423M (four hundred and twenty three million dollars) for us, into a safe foreign account and the need is very urgent.

My Boss got arrested for his involvement on politics in financing the
leading and opposing political parties (the Union of Right Forces, led by
Boris Nemtsov, and Yabloko, a liberal/social democratic party led by Gregor Yavlinsky) which posed treat to President Vladimir Putin second tenure as Russian president before he was re-elected On March 14, 2004. You can catch more of the story on this

<<http://newsfromrussia.com/main/2003/11/13/51215.html>>

The fund (US$423 Million) in question was approved by the Government of Russia for payment of various YUKOS OIL contractors/suppliers to prevent them from loosing the money they invested in the numerous contracts they executed for the above firm. The Government had already concluded plans to frozen all the accounts in my boss name (Mikhail Khodorkovsky) both corporate and personal before I connived with the Accountant General of YUKOS OIL (who is also my partner in this transaction) to raise a memo stating that YUKOS OIL owe contractors the above amount which was finally approved for payment after some deliberations. Actually, we have paid all our contractors both local and foreign because they agitated for their payment when they had that my boss was arrested.

YOUR ROLE:

I will present you or your company as one of the contractors we are owing
so that you can stand as the beneficiary of the above quoted sum or part
of the fund according to your financial strength or the strength of your
company. I will arrange for the documentation which the payment center will
need to transfer the sum to you. I have decided to use this sum to relocate
to American continent and never to be connected to any of Mikhail
Khodorkovsky conglomerates. The transaction has to be concluded as soon as
possible. You will be rewarded with 10 percent of the total sum for your
partnership, should you be willing to assist us on this transacton?
As soon as I get your willingness to assist us in this deal, I will give you more details.

(1) Due to my current situation and the current circumstances around me, I cannot own a foreign account.

(2) My present financial resources will not be sufficient for me also to handle the transfer alone successfully without financial assistance from a reliable foreign partner abroad like you.

This deal itself is 100 percent safe and secure, on your part provided you treat it with ultmost confidentiality. Also, your area of trade or specialization is not an hindrance to the successful execution of this deal. I have reposed my confidence in you and hope that you will not disappoint me. Please, endeavour to contact me immediately through my confidential Email: kimavamila@netscape.net

please remember to treat this matter as very confidential, and remember once again that time is of the essence in this business.

I wait in anticipation of your fullest co-operation.

Regards,

Ms.KIMAEVA LIOUDMILA



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