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: "thompson cole" <thompsoncole_01@msn.com>
Reply-To: thompsoncole@accountant.com
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 17:45:23 +0000
Subject: MUTUAL TRANSACTION

Dear Sir/Madam
Greetings,
You may be surprised to receive my letter. However, I got your contact as a
result of my desperate desire for assistance. Though this mail is
unsolicited, I pray you to be humane and consider it. I have decided to
contact you for confidential, urgent and rewarding joint business.
My name is MR THOMPSON COLE, I was a Protocol Officer to the Late Democratic
Republic Of Congo President; LAURENT KABILA, who was assassinated. I am sure
you must be aware that his son, Joseph Kabila was sworn in as president.
This news which was reported by most international media including CNN as
you can see herein:
http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/africa/01/26/congo.kabila
http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/africa/01/16/congo.coup.0

I am passionately contacting you based on the need for a trusted and honest
person, who I can entrust with the sum of US$12,800,000 (Twelve million,
eight hundred thousand US Dollars).
SOURCE OF MONEY:
The late president and I secured this money in a security firm, in the name
of a non-existing person before his death. Now that he is late, I want to
transfer the money out of the security company, for investment in your
country. I cannot travel out of where I am now, the country where I am
presently on asylum as I have not got travel documents to do that for now,
hence I am asking for your assistance to have this money in your care
pending when I will secure travel documents to come over to your country.
If you accept this offer, we shall share the money as follows: 25% for you,
and 75% for me.I have the relevant documents to the fund, which shall be
sent to you attached via email to enable you have assess to the money. Be
assured that this is risk-free and legitimate.
Please do let me know your reaction immediately and take note that I want
this kept very confidential as I do not want anyone to know about my where
about and the trace of the funds.
I await your prompt response, as I may be able to access my mails regularly.

Regards.
MR THOMPSON COLE.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam