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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: Susy Smith <susy_smith@email.ro>
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 19:35:01 +0300
Subject: I NEED ASSITANCE





ATTENTION:

I am mrs Susy Smith from london,united kingdom. A wife to late Mr clement

Smith. My late husband was the chairman all the texaco petrolum oil companies

in london. on 13 june 2000, My husband travelled for a meeting, on his way to

the meeting he had a fatal accident and was taken to a hospital.

four days before he died on 17 of june 2000, he called me in his sick bed and

told me that he deposited a box in a security save company in hong kong. and
the

content of the is $30million us Dollars cash. Also he gave me the documents

which he used in depositing the box with the security Save company.

he adviced me to look for someone that will help me to transfer the box out of

hong kong to any other country for an investment.

He equally told me on how he made that money, that he used his position in the

office as the chairman of all the petrolun oil company in london and increase

the price of petrol that was how he made the money.

Besides, he told me that he don't want the board of director to know that he
made that money out of increasing the price of petrol that was why he kept it
in security save

company. please kindly help me to transfer the box of money out of hong kong.

I have mapped out 25% of that money for your good help. i want the money to be

shared as followed .

1] 25% of the money is for your good help.

2] 5% will be for any expenses that will occur in transferring the money out of

hong kong.

3] we will give 5% to the motherless babies home.

4] 65% will be for my family.

I will travell down to your country with my only son to see you when the money

will be transfered to your country for sharing according to the percentage.

please after sharing the money, you will help me to invest some part of the

money in your country with the name of my only son.Then it is vital that you

will be issued all the necessary vital legal documents backing this

transaction,and the the view photograph of this money us$30million which my

late husband gave me,before the died.

and also i will send all the detail information on how we will transfer this

money to you with the help of my family lawyer that we help us ok.

i am waiting to hear from you soon.

Thanks

Mrs.;Susy.B.Smith

for the Entire family.

Here is my life profile:

MY REAL NAME:MRS SUSY BILL SMITH

OCCUPATION:MID-WIFE NURSE

AGE:42YRS OLD

COUNTRY:LONDON

MARTIAL STATUS:FOUR KIDS








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