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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: "Ahat Sosnitskaya" <ahatsosnitskaya1@o2.pl>
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 20:26:30 -0500
Subject: MAIL FROM MRS.AHAT SOSNITSKAYA

MRS.AHAT SOSNITSKAYA

HEAD,

CENTRAL ACCOUNTING UNIT

YUKOS OIL COPORATION

RUSSIA.



MY NAME IS MRS.AHAT SOSNITSKAYA,HEAD CENTRAL

ACCOUNTING UNIT OF YUKOS OIL COPORATION IN RUSSIA.



I HAVE THE DOCUMENTS OF FUNDS FOR ANAETHESIA GROUP PTY

IN OUR CENTRAL ACCOUNTING SYSTEM A COMPANY SECRETLY

OWNED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF YUKOS OIL COPORATION,MR

MIKHAIL BORIS KHODORKOVSKY WHO WAS RECENTLY JAILED FOR

FINANCING POLITICAL PARTIES IN RUSSIA(the union of

right forces, led by Boris nemtsov, and yabloko, a

liberal/social democratic party led by Gregor

yavlinsky).



<http://news.ft.com/cms/s/f13f7d22-b0cb-11d9-9bfc-00000e2511c8,dwp_uuid=4bb9612a-d254-11d8-b661-00000e2511c8.html>





<http://www.canada.com/news/world/story.html?id=87eece8b-6188-46e4-915e-5c1b8d20858c>





<http://www.canada.com/news/world/story.html?id=87eece8b-6188-46e4-915e-5c1b8d20858c>





<http://news.ft.com/cms/s/dbf849d8-b195-11d9-8c61-00000e2511c8,dwp_uuid=4bb9612a-d254-11d8-b661-00000e2511c8.html>



THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF FUNDS IN THE CENTRAL ACCOUNTING

SYSTEM DUE FOR PAYMENT TO ANAETHESIA GROUP PTY IS ONE

HUNDRED AND FIFTY FIVE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS

(USD$155 ,000,000.00).



DUE TO THE FACT THAT HIS FINANCES AND ASSESTS HAVE

BEEN FROZEN BY THE RUSSIAN GOVERNEMENT,HIS

WIFE(MRS.INNA KHODORKOVSKY)HAS APPROACHED ME TO GET AN

INDIVIDUAL OR PREFERABLY A COMPANY TO HELP REPROFILE

THE FUNDS IN THEIR NAME AND CONSEQUENTLY GET THEM

TRANSFERRED OUT OF RUSSIA FOR INVESTMENT ON THEIR

BEHALF.



I AM CONTACTING YOU IN THIS REGARDS BECAUSE SHE HAS

AGREED TO COMPENSATE US WITH 10% OF THE TOTAL SUM.



AS SOON AS I GET YOU RESPONSE,I WILL SEND YOU THE

NECESSARY DETAILS AND MY IDENTIFICATION.





REGARDS,



MRS.AHAT SOSNITSKAYA.





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