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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "million british pounds" (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)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • gen_verissimofamily@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "peggy verissimo" <v.peggy4@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: v.peggy@yahoo.fr
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 10:40:24 +0000
Subject: From:Ms Peggy Verissimo

From:Ms Peggy Verissimo
Abidjan,Cote D'Ivoire.
14/03/06

Good Day,

I duly apologize if am interfering on your privacy if
this request is not acceptable to you. First I wish to
introduce myself properly to you.I am Miss Verissimo
Peggy Aku,the dauther of the former Guinea-Bissau army
chief killed(General Verissimo Correia Seabre)under
the present government of my home country.I Refer you
to this website for its details;
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3720218.stm)

As you will see from the above site,my father was just
murdered in cold blood and now leaving me and my
brother fatherless.However prior to his death he
deposit the of sum of Twenty Three Million British
Pounds Sterling(£23.000.000)in this country where we
are now.My father's lawer who informed me of this,
told me that he agreed with the bank that he or the
foreign partner will come for the transfer of the
funds on a later date.

I and my brother flew to Cote D'Ivoire for the claim
of the fund,we located the bank and presented all the
legal documents to the bank,but the bank refuse to
give to us the fund of my father,they told us in the
bank that my father has already registered the fund
unexpress transfer to Leave Africa,so we spook to the
head of treasury depatment of the bank and he advice
us to look for a forign parter to help us contact the
bank for the claim of the fund.So,I am soliciting for
your help now to come and help us to secure this
inheritance as my late father's foreign partner.

Please we need your help to get our fund and leave
Cote d'Ivoire and start a new and happy life. As soon
as the fund is transfered to you,I will come to your
country and if everthing is ok,I will come back to get
my brother out of Cote d'Ivoire,and if its ok for you
to also come to Cote d'Ivoire and meet me and my
brother and help us here it is also very nice.We shall
discuss your percentage(%)for your effort,input and
any expenes you may incure to see this transaction through.

On reciept of your reply to this mail through our family
yahoo email address gen_verissimofamily@yahoo.fr i will
send to you the legal document that was given to my
father by the bank when he deposited the fund with the
bank for your view and the bank contact for your
verification.
Bye for now and hope to hear from you soon.
Best regards,

Peggy.

_________________________________________________________________
Is your PC infected? Get a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfee®
Security. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963


--

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam