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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: ks1@omaninfo.com (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 14:17:51 +0200
Subject: notification request

Hi Dear,
I know this may not be the best place to talk about this now because i will not feel safe passing vital informations of my husband's account details across the internet knowing fully well the situation,but i would have loved you come over to Russia for us to talk about this transaction but our government has set up mornitoring team against my family's communications and visitors, I seek your help and partinership in using your name and informations to Re-profile Twenty-eight million united state dollars($28,000,000.00) of my husband's funds lodged now with a diplomatic company in UK,Amsterdam,United State of America and consequently seek transfer to your country of residence because of the fear of being freezed too like other accounts in Russia and swiss banks.
I am Mrs. Inna Khodorkovsky,wife of the imprisoned Mikhail Boris Khodorkovsky and owner of YUKOS OIL (Russian's largest oil company) and Menatep SBP Bank.
My husband got arrested for his involvement in politics and in financing the leading opposition political parties (the Union of Right Forces,led by Boris Nemtsov, and Yabloko, a liberal/social democratic party led by Gregor Yavlinsky) which poses treat to President Vladimir Putin as Russian president.
As a result of this,all my husband's asset and bank accounts both in Russia and the Swiss banks have been frozen including the liquidation of his bank. Presently, the Government has intensified their probe into my husbands financial resources and the revoking of all our business licences round the world.
In view of this,we acted very fast to withdraw this money from one of our bank accounts through the help of the bank manager and deposit it with diplomatic warehouse in London.
No record is known about this deposit by the government because there is no documentation showing that we withdrawed such funds.
YOU CAN READ MORE OF THIS STORIES FROM THE NEWS EVERYDAY MOSTLY THROUGH:
<http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/politics/28.html?id_issue=11261041>
<http://www.supportmbk.com/>
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4041115.stm>
<http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Mikhail-Khodorkovsky>
<http://www.mbktrial.com/qanda/20040712_outside.cfm>
<http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/7265-10.cfm>
<http://www.mbktrial.com/media/11_9-15.cfm>
<http://www.forbes.com/finance/lists/10/2004/> LIR.jhtml?passListId=10&passYear=2004&passListType=Person&uniqueId=M1IF&datatype=Person
As soon as I get your willingness to help me i will send you the details of the Re-profilling.
My husband said i should compensate you with 18% of any transaction of his funds which you assisted us conclude successfully.please contact me wether you or not you are interested in assisting me,this will enable me to scout for another person.kindly reply through this email: innakho@epatra.com
My Kind Regards to your family,
Mrs.Inna Khodorkovsky


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