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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: "Luisa Estrada" <info@luisaestrada.org>
Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 04:05:23 +0000
Subject: Mrs. Luisa Estrada

Mrs. Luisa Estrada
Email Address lu001isa@excite.com
Dear Friend,

My name is Mrs. Luisa Estrada, the wife of Mr. Joseph Estrada. The
former president of Philippines. My husband is presently in jail facing
trial on charges of corruption,embezzlement, and the mysterious
charge of plunder which might lead to death sentence the present government
is forcing him out of manila to avoid demonstration by his supporter.
During my husband regime as the president of Philippine I realized some
reasonable amount of money from various deals the successfully executed I
have plan to invest this money for my children's future on Real Estate and
Industrial Production in your country. My husband is not aware of this
because I wish to do it secretly for now before he was impeached from
office by a backed uprising of mass demonstrators and the Senate.

Before my husband was impeached, I secretly siphoned the sum of
$30,000,000 million USD (Thirty million United states dollars) out of
Philippines and deposited the money with a security firm that
transportsvaluable goods and consignments through diplomatic means.I am
contacting you because I want you to go to the security company
and claim the money on my behalf since I have declared that the
consignment belong to my foreign business partner. You shall also
be required to assist me in investment in your company.

I hope to trust you as a God fearing person who will not sit on this
money when you claim it, rather assist me properly, I expect you to
declare what percentage of the total money you will take for your
assistance. When I receive your positive response I will let you know
where the security company is and the payment pin code to claim the
money which is very important.My son was released from detention on the
agreement to refund $1.5 million to the Government of Philippines allegedly
stolen by my Husband. You can find this on Website

http://latelinenews.com/ps/english/29432.shtml
http://www.time.com/time/asia/magazine/2001/0129/cover1.html
http://www.estrada.com

For now, let all our communication is by e-mail because my line are
right now connected to the Philippines Telecommunication Network
services. Please also send me your telephone and fax number .I will
ask my son contact you to give you more details on after I have received
a response from you.Thank you and God bless you and family.

MRS. LUISA ESTRADA

Please, Get back to me via my private email address
lu001isa@excite.com for security reason.


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