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:
  • "hundred thousand united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • samgogoh@yahoo.com.sg

Fraud email example:

From: "Sammy Gogoh" <samggoh@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: sammiegogoh@yahoo.com.sg
Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2006 17:01:50 -1000
Subject: CONFIRM RECIPT

samson gogo,s Chambers Legal
Practitioner & Financial Attorney
# 112/114 Adetokunbo Ademola str, Victoria
Island Lagos Nig.
Email me at <samgogoh@yahoo.com.sg>

GOOD DAY FRIEND

I crave Your indulgence to kindly attend to this mail in good faith I
do
not mean any disrespect approaching you through this medium, it due to
the
time constrain of this matter.My name is Barrister samson gogo a legal
practitioner and the personal attorney to Mr.MARK WILLAMS, a national
of
your country here in after refered to as my client.My client Mr.MARK
WILLAMS
and his family were involved in an unfortunate 5th of November 2000
fatal
auto crash along Ibadan/lagos expressway in which many people were
burnt to
death.my client lost his life with his family.I found this report later
gave
this details about the incident.
archives.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/africa/11/06/crash.nigeria.death.reut/ My
client
an oil magnet working with Chevron Oil Texaco Nigeria plc. had left
behind a
fixed deposit of Fourteen Million seven hundred thousand united states
dollars only($14.7million usd) with a finance company.Just after the
death
of my client,the finance company contacted me as his attorney to
provide
his next of kin who should inhert his fortune.this according to them is
their policy in such circumstances.Well since his death I have made
several
enquiries through your embassy to locate any of my client's close or
extened
relatives but this exercise had all the years been unsuccessful.I had
to
inform the finance company about my fruitless effort in locating my
client's
close relatives.The board of directors of the company just adopted a
resolution and I was mandated to provide his next of kin for the
payment of
this money within the next 15 official working days or forfeit the
money as
an abandoned funds.The comp
After an investigation in the finance company,I found out that some
of
the directors want to divert this funds into thier private accounts for
their own interest and only want to use the excuse that since I am
unable to
look for a Beneficiary to make the claim,the money should be made
unserviceable and that means submitting the funds to the federal
government
of this country and some to the company management which is not their
main
intention.Well I have reason very professionally and I can use a legal
means
to present you as the next of kin of my deceased client.this isleagally
possable and would be done in accordance with the laws of the land.
Consequently I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to
the
deceased since you are at an advantage bearing the same surname with my
late
client and equally from the same country.I have all vitial documents
that
would confer you the legal right to make this claim and would make them
available to you so that the proceeds of th
I have been unable to locate the relatives for the past 4year now and
since
no one has come for the
claim.I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the
deceased
since you have to same last name giving you the advantage so that the
proceeds
in this account $14.7 usd can be paid to you and then you and me can
share
the money,60% to me and 40% to you.I know there might be other persons
out
there with the same surname as my last client,but after a little check
my
instinct tell me to contact you.Can I trust you on this?I shall
assemble
all the necessary documents that will be used to back up your claim. I
guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement
that
will protect you from any breach of law.Please get in touch with me for
better confidentiality and send to me your telephone and fax numbers to
enable us discuss further on this transaction.If this proposal is
acceptable
by you,do not take undue advantage of the trust I have bestowed in
you,I
await your and e-mail me at
<samgogoh@yahoo.com.sg>

response.


Best Regards Barrister Samson Gogo (Esq)
PLEASE TREAT AS ABSOLUTELY CONFIDENTIAL

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam