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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "huge amount of money" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "CHRIS DINNE" <dinne_7@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: dinne_7@ny.com
Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 15:40:37 -0700
Subject: request from mr chris dinne




ATTENTION;


I am one of the officials in charge of refugees
here in Abuja Nigeria in West Africa.One of the refugees here (by name
Donatus Gogo, 17 years) confided
in me about a huge amount of money( a total of twelve million US dollars
US$12m) his late father deposited in a
bank in this country.I came to find out that his father (Late Mr Christopher
Gogo) was the financial controller
of Sierra Leone Gold and Diamond Corporation.According to him,his father
disclosed this and instructed him to
find a foreign business partner/trustee who will assist him to receive this
money so that he can leave the
country

And he said he has approached the bank for the claim of the money and they
said that the money was shifted to
europe for security purpose during the previous war that took place in
Abidjan Cote d' Ivoire. I took time
to verify all he told me and even contacted the bank as an official of this
refugee camp where the boy is staying
presently. The bank said that the boy should forward to them the
name and address, telephone and fax numbers of his foreign partner so that
they will forward it to their off
shore finance house in europe for immediate release of the US$12M to his
foreign
business partner/trustee.

Please,I want you to stand as this boy's foreign business partner/trustee so
that you can receive this money on
his behalf ,and help him move forward.The death of his family ,has greatly
affected the boys life now.Here he is helpless and needs this
assistance.Its really a pity that such a boy with so much money in the bank
will be undergoing the kind of life
here in the refugee camp.

As soon as you receive the money, I will like to arrange for the boy to meet
you in your country or you come here
to take.I am optimistic you will help in this situation.My suggestion is
that you help the boy invest the money
either in your company or elsewhere in your country.I have made the boy to
understand that any body am able to
get for him will be compensated very well with part of the US$12m and he
agreed.As it is now,we need your scanned copy of your identity,either
international passport or diver's licence,it will give me more confidence in
you.
Thanks and God bless you as I wait for your kind reply.I do hope you
wont betray me and the boy in this as am giving you all the trust in the
name of God.

Please if you cannot assist,do let me know immediately so that i can try to
get another person on behalf of the
boy.

Thanks.
Chris Dinne

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam