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.

Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• This email message is a "dying widow" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "elizabeth antonio remirez" <elizabethantonioremirez44@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: elizabeth_remirez@boxbg.com
Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2005 02:33:29 +0000
Subject: DEAR BELOVED

Warm Greetings,

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 Mrs.Elizabeth Antonio Remirez. person from Colombia undergoing medical
treatment. I am married to Dr. Antonio Remirez who was a gun runner
supplying arms and ammunition to warring factions in Africa before he died
in the year 2002. We were married for thirteen years without a child.He died
after a brief illness that lasted for only three days. Since his death I
decided not to re-marry or get a child outside my matrimonial home .When my
late husband was alive he deposited the sum of $15Million (fifteen Million
Dollars) with one finance/security company in EUROPE.

Presently,this money is still with the Security Company. Recently,my doctor
told me that I would not last for more than three months due to cancer
problem.Though what disturbs me most is my partial paralysis. Having known
my condition I decided to donate this fund to an organisation or individual
that will utilize this money the way I am going to instruct here in.

I want an organisation or individual that will use this to fund, women and
youth groups, victims of war, environmental protection, charities,orphanages
and widows . It is said that blessed is the hand that giveth. I took this
decision because I don't have any child that will inherit this money and as
a part of restitution for the attrocities of my husband which I tacitly
supported. I don't want a situation where this money will be used in an
ungodly manner,hence the reason for taking this bold decision. I am not
afraid of death hence I know where I am going. I know that I am going to be
in the bossom.

If you consider yourself adequately equipped morally and spiritually for
this mission, please send me a breif memo of how you intend to use the
funds.

Thank you and God bless.

Yours sincerely,

Mrs.Elizabeth Antonio Remirez.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam