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: MATTHEWOPARA <opara_matt2005@yahoo.fr> (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 04:05:26 +0200
Subject: I NEED YOUR CO OPERATION AND TRUST:


Hello Dear,

Forgive my indignation if this message comes to you as a surprise and may offend your personality for contacting you without your prior consent and writing through this channel.I got your contact from a proffesional database found in internet while searching for a reliable and honest person that will be an annointed steward in a vision very dear to me.


I am Mr.Matthew Opara a personal treasurer to Mr.Tafa Balogun former Nigeria inspector-General of Police. I have an amount in an excess of US$100.5M, which I seek your Partnership and trust in accommodating for me. You will be rewarded with 10% of The total sum for your partnership. Can you be my partner on this?

INTRODUCTION OF MY SELF:

As a personal treasurer to him, authority was handed over to me for the safe keeping of money of an American oil merchant for his last oil deal with my boss Mr.Tafa Balogun. Already the funds have left the shore of Nigeria and now deposited in a private Finance/security company in Europe. Nobody is aware of this apart from me and my boss, it was deposited as Gift Items and valuables and was perfectly packed in a trunk box. While I was on the process, My Boss got arrested for money laundering, theft of police funds, invested stolen funds in blue chip firms, banks and owned several accounts where huge sums of looted monies were lodged in fictitious names.

YOUR ROLE:

All I need from you is to stand as the beneficiary of the Above quoted Sum and I will re-profile the funds with your name, which will enable the Finance/security company in Europe release the trunk box to you. I have decided to use this Sum to relocate to your country with my entire family for investment purpose and never to be connected to Mr.Tafa Balogun again. The transaction has to be Concluded in 2 week. As Soon as I confirm your readiness to conclude the transaction with me, I Will provide you with the details.

Thank you very much.

Regards,
Matthew Opara(Mr.)

___________________________________________________________________________
Mail sent from WebMail service at PHP-Nuke Powered Site - http://yoursite.com



Yahoo! Groups Links

<*> Besuchen Sie Ihre Group im Web unter:
http://de.groups.yahoo.com/group/loe_intern/

<*> Um sich von der Group abzumelden, senden Sie eine Mail an:
loe_intern-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.de

<*> Mit der Nutzung von Yahoo! Groups akzeptieren Sie unsere:
http://de.docs.yahoo.com/info/utos.html

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam