joewein.de LLC fighting spam and scams on the Internet

Try our spam filter! Free trial for 30 days

"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

• About the 419 (Advance Fee) scam
• "Is that email a scam?" - Check it online here!
  
• Frequently asked Questions (419 FAQ)
• Phone numbers used by 419 scammers
  (+225 +229 +234 +27 +31 +32 +34 +44 other)
• Company names mentioned in 419 spam:
  1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
• Support our efforts to stop scams!
  
• How to report 419 spam to us
• What can you do when you receive 419 spam
  
  
• Spam archive, Daily index
  

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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

Fraud email example:

From: =?us-ascii?Q?Idris=20Saidi?= <idris.saidi1@seznam.cz>
Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 21:04:36 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: =?us-ascii?Q?PLS=2EREAD=20AND=20GET=20BACK=20TO=20ME?=

FROM MR IDRIS SAIDI.
Head Audit and Accounting Department
Continental Bank
Cotounu, Benin Republic.
TEL: 00229 28 30 63

My Dear Friend,

This letter might come to you as a suprise but it is with deep sence of commitment, faith and trust that I make this absolute confidential risk free business proposal to you for your assistance/partnership.I am deeply sorry if I have in any manner disturbe your privacy.I am Mr Idris Saidi. the head of the Audit and Accounting Department of Continental Bank in Cotounu Benin Republic. Recently, I and my colleaque discovered a domant account with a huge amount of money valued USD15.500,154.22.(fifteen million ,five hundred thousand one hundred fifty four. dollars) twenty two cents that belongs to one of our numerouse customers MR.PIERE JOHNSON from Germany who died in a ghastly motor accident in Cotounu on 5th OF May 2003.During the period of our investigation After we discovered This Fund We come across that the deceased left no will and nobody behind to come for the claim as his Next or beneficiary.

Since then several inquiries to locate any of MR. PIERE JOHNSON extended relatives have proved unsuccessful, hence I decided to contact you since the banking law here stipulates that if such money remain unclaimed for four years,it will be forfieted to the gorvernment treasury as an unclaimed fund which will be expended on acquiring dangeriouse weaponse for the support of their selfish political interest and promoting wars and ethnic crises in Africa.I and my second who discovered this fund in this department have decided to contact you to collaborate with us to pull out this domant fund from this bank as the business partner or Next of MR. PIERE JOHNSON for the claim of the fund. I want to also bring to your notice that as the Head Audit and Account department of this bank if this fund is not pulled out at the expiration of this quarter the government will lay their hands on the fund.

So urgently get back to me to enable me send to you the procedure of claiming this fund. I have in my possetion all the necessary information of the deceased MR. PIERE JOHNSON that will help us successfully accomplish this transaction.

You shall be offered 30% for your assistance, while 5% shall be set asid for any expences that we might incure during the transaction and the rest shall be for I and my colleaque.Futher response shall be giving to you as soon as I recieve your positive Reply.

Anticipating your urgent reply.PLS. FOR YOUR INFORMATION REPLY THROUGH THIS MY PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS;mr_idris_saidi666@yahoo.fr TAKE NOTE.

Regards,

Mr Idris Saidi.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam