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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: helenbongani147@excite.com
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 20:50:38 +0200
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION

FROM:MRS HELEN BONGANI
helenbongani147@excite.com
Alternative.helenbongani152@yahoo.com
TEL + 27 83 744 6447
FAX + 27 11 507 5425

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am Mrs.Helen Bongani, wife of late Mr Tony Bongani who was murdered by the
Zimbabwean veterans and irrate black people.Before the death of my husband on the
29th of July 2002, he was a Properous Tobacco and Coffee farmer in Zimbabwe and one
of the major sponsor/ Financier of the opposition party Movement For Democratic
Change(MDC)in Zimbabwe. He was also the former president of Farmers Co-operative
Trade Union in Zimbabwe. I am writing you from Johanessburg,South Africa.
I got your contact email address through the South African International
Information Exchange Centre and decided to write you. I write to solicit for your
special assistance to a family shattered by a tyrannical government led by the
dictator President ROBERT MUGABE and his(ZANU-PF) ruling party. I am probably of
the convinction that you are aware of the present situation in my country Zimbabwe
sequel to the land and farm land crisis in Zimbabwe, the government secretly sponsored
the war veterans and some irrate party members to disposes the land being occupied
by whites and some rich farmers who are opposed to his consistent stay in power and
his radical and unnecessary reforms targeted at his political opponents. This action
has led to the killing of some members of the opposition party including my husband
(Tony Bongani),who did not support this ill-fated action. But before the death of my
husband and the consistent threats to his life, he anticipated some dangers and so
he smuggled out the sum of US$6.5m(Six Million Five Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars) to South Africa since it is the nearest neighbouriny country and deposited
it in a security company with the intention of using it for the purchase of New farm
machineryand chemicals for Agricultural purposes in South Africa as well as a purchase
of some hectares of land in swaziland. On the 29th July, 2002, the war veterans and
some supporters of (ZANU-PF) ruling party trooped into our compound and axed him
(my husband) to death. Since then, they have been terrorizing my only son,mories
JR, but I succeeded to work for his escape to a neighbouring country, South Africa as
a political asylum seeker (refugee). But his position in South Africa does not
permit him to open an account or normalise this fund for any meaningful business
transaction in south Africa since He does not have a south Africa Identity Card.
That is why I want this fund to be transferred into your Norminated account so that
you will assist him to invest it in your country.
Hence,if you agree to assist us, we have two option for you, we have agreed to go
into partnership withyou and your family or in the alternatve, we offer you 30%of the
money for your assistance, 5% will be for the possible expenses incurred in the
process of this transaction, while 65%will be for our family investment in your
country,through your assistance. I want you to understand that this fund is purely a
family fund/ money and not drug money, nor could it be classified as government fund
or Money Laundering affairs and it could be substanciated by relevant authorties by
our attorney. It is Family fund but termed confidential because I do not want my
son to be traced to where he is presently. If you are interested in assisting us,
kindly contact my son or myself with this email address,Right now, I am presently in
south Africa with Tony JR. my son and the whole of my family sequel to the tensed
political situation and the fear for our lives in Zimbabwe.
I need your urgent and confidential response.
Thanks.

Best regards
Helen Bongani










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