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

Fraud email example:

From: "tara fahd" <mrstarafahd000@msn.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 13:30:03 +0000
Subject: Dear Friend,



Dear Friend,
I am delighted to write this letter to you based on your profile conviction,
hoping you will understand my predicament and answer back without hesitation
since I am convince you must be an honest and trusted fellow who will help
save my life and my only son,hence our country has been frustrating us since
the death of my husband.
I am MRS TARA FAHD, the wife of the late KING FAHD,the former king of Saudi
Arabia. I am in possession of $6,500,000.00 (SIX MILLION,FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND U.S DOLLARS)which I want to invest in your country. For your
clarification and understanding, this money is in a security company, which
I deposited with a bank in LONDON disguise as a family effect since 6th of
Febuary 2002 befor the death of my husband, Mind you that is not an ill
gotten wealth rather it was generated by my late husband from over twenty
years of his regim and business relationship with foreign contractors.
On your acceptance to render this assistance to me,I will inform my son to
contact an attorney in LONDON to effect a change of ownership of this fund
in your name and informations as the beneficiary of this fund to enable you
retrieve the fund on behalf of me and my son to your bank account in your
country to make good arrangement for any profitble joint business investment
pending my arrival with my son to your country after you have transferred
this fund for the final sharing with you.Bear in mind that this transaction
demands absolute confidentiality because properties, assets and bank
accounts bearing the FAHD family name, are being ordered to be confiscated
by the newly elected king of Saudi Arabia.Hence I will not want to be
exposed for security reasonsof this fund. I am only revealing this to you
with believing and trust that you will not let me and my only son down now
or in future if this money gets to you because this is the only hope of our
future survival since our bread winner are no more.
For your knowledge, 5 % of this total amount has been set aside for all the
expenses you might incure during the process of securing this fund. Example:
TELEPHONE BILLS, HOTEL BILLS, FLIGHT BILLS,or any other expenses.Try and
negotiate for some profitable blue chip investment opportunities which is
risky free which you think we can invest with part of this money when it is
transferred into your bank account after sharing it with you. Personally I
am interested in estate management and hotel business,please contact my son
( JUBRIL FAHD ) who was lucky to escape from Saudi Arabia to London with the
Certificate of the claim Depositof the fund, where he is now staying and
studing at their university on his email address (jubril_fahd2@yahoo.co.uk)
or phone number :+447031968297 for further details and immediate procedures
for you to make the claim.

Thanks for your anticipated co-operation.
Yours sincerely,
Mrs TARA FAHD.
NB: FOR CONFIDENTIAL REASONS,OUR COMMUNICATION SHOULD
ONLY BE TRANSACT THROUGH ELECTRONIC EMAIL BECAUSE I'M
NOT IN GOOD POSITION TO RECEIVE TELEPHONE CALLS FOR
SECURITY OF THE FUND.


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