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:
  • "dearest one," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "your humble assistance" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: mariam58@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 09:53:20 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?From=3A=20Mariam=20=26=20Zulu=2C?=

From: Mariam & Zulu,

Dearest One,

How are you and every members of your family hope fine Good a thing to write
you. we have a proposal for you-this however is not mandatory nor we will
in any manner compel you to honour against your will. Your profile pushed
us to send you this mail, I am Mariam George 19 YRS OLD and my younger brother
Zulu, the children of my late parents Mr.and Mrs.Greorge Adama. My father
was a highly reputable business magnet (a cocoa merchant) who operated through
out West Africa during his days.

It is sad to say that he passed away mysteriously in France during one of
his business trips broad.Though his sudden death was linked or rather suspected
to have been masterminded by an uncle of his who travelled with him at that
time. But God knows the truth! My mother died when I was just 4 years old,
and since then my father never hide anything from us.Before he made the
trip to france that lead to my misfortune (his death) He called me,explained
to me the reason why he will make the trip...and also told me that he has
the sum of four million five hundred thousand United State Dollars.(USD$4.500,000)
deposited in one of the bank here in Abidjan Ivory coast West africa,which
he disguised and ordering the transfer through a help of a foreign partner
for the future of I and my younger brother. The deposit document which I
have in my possession carries my late father's name as the depositor, while
I'm the next of kin on the same document.

I am just a student university undergraduate and really don't know what
to do. This is because we have suffered a lot of set backs as a result of
incessant political crisis here in Ivory coast.

The death of my father actually brought sorrow to our life. we are in a
sincere desire of your humble assistance in this regards. Your suggestions
and ideas will be highly regarded.Now permit
us to ask these few questions:-
1. Can you honestly help us ?
2. Can we completely trust you?
3. What percentage of the total amount in question will be good for you
after the money is in your account? Please Kindly consider this and get
back to us as possible if you wish to help, please we sincerely in need
of your urgent attention.

Thanks and God bless you,
Yours Sincerely
Mariam & zulu.




--

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam