joewein.net   joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet
Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days
  jwSpamSpy

Home
About Us
Spam
419/Nigeria
Fraud
Contact

"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.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

 

 

Fraud email example:

From: "kusama maskhadov" <kusama35@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: madam_kusama204@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 06:14:33 +0200
Subject: Greetings

Attn

I am Madam Kusama Maskhadov the wife of the late President of
Republic of Chechnya who was murdered with a grenade by some Russian troops
fighting to quell a long rebellion in the mainly Muslim Caucaus region.now
I am
52years old; and a stunch Christian combatant
of our Lord Jesus Christ. My late husband was murdered on the 8th
of
march 2005, by the Government of Vladimir Putin just to butress his power,
evil
intentions and also because he led the guerilla attack on the
Russian army troops Hence he was attacked and subsequently killed by the
Russian
troops.
You can catch more of the stories in this web Page,
http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Aslan-Maskhadov,
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4330039.stm
During a Two weeks Prayer and fasting organised by a spiritually
filled
powerful man of God Pastor Benny Hinn, I asked our Lord Jesus
Christ to
give
me the opportunity to redeem my life and purify what remains of my
wealth.
God
deliverly revealed to me to Invest in His Kingdom through you and
your
Ministry by restoring hope to the disabled,needy,& less previledged.

The extent of Jesus Christ miracles includes every aspect of human
needs
.The
miracles of our Lord Jesus Christ covered every aspect of human life
and
needs. He change water to wine ,in other to change the dispair of a
young
couple to victory ,fed the hungry multitudes with the lunch of a lad
,Jn.6:5-
13 ,healed the sick of various diseases including
paralysis ,Matt.8:13,9:6,impotence -Jn.5:9,a withered
hand -matt.12:13,spirit
of infirmity -Lk.13:12,dropsy-Lk.14:2,fever -Matt. 8:3.Lk.17:19
He gave sight to the blind -jn.9:1-7,hearing to the deaf-Matt.11:5
and
life
tothe dead -Matt 9:18-26,Jn 11:43-44.

I have decided with my Two children a son [Enzo] and a
daughter,[Fatima]
to
share and distribute part of this wealth, by contributing to the
development
of charity in Africa, America, Europe and Asian Countries.
This mission, which will no doubt be tasking had made me to recently
relocate
to the coastal city of Cardiff where I live presently with my
family and
attorney. I selected you believing that you will use the money for
charitable
purpose, I am willing to donate the sum of TEN MILLION UNITED STAtES
DOLLARS
ONLY [$10.000,000.00 Million] to you/Ministry or organisation for
the
development of charity and also as aids for the less privileged
around
you.

Please, do not reply me if you have the intention of using this fund
for
personal use other than enhancement of charity, Otherwise respond to
me
via my
Private E-mail address At:madam_kusama204@yahoo.com

_________________________________________________________________
Send LARGE file attachments, up to 20 MB - upgrade to MSN Hotmail Plus!
http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-xe&DI=1054&XAPID=1816


Anti-fraud resources: