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:

• This email message is a "dying widow" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "juanidris" <juanidris@terra.com.mx>
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 21:31:38 -0600
Subject: God will bless


From Mrs Juan Idris,
Attention Sir/ma

I am Mrs. Juan Idris from Phillipine. I am married to Dr Hussein Idris who worked with Phillipine embassy in iran for nine years before he died in the year 2000.We were married for eleven years without a child. He died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days.When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of $8.6Million (Eight Million six hundred thousand U.S. Dollars) with one finance/security company in london.

Presently, this money is still with the Security Company. Recently, my Doctor told me that I would not last for the next three months due to cancer problem. Though what disturbs me most is my stroke sickness.Having known my condition I decided to donate this fund to church/mosque or an individual that will utilize this money the way I am going to instruct here in. I want a Muslim/church or an individual that will use this fund to fund churches,mosque, orphanages and widows propagating the word of God and to ensure that the house of Almighty Allah is maintained. The God made us to understand that Blessed is the hand that giveth.

I took this decision because I don't have any child that will inherit this money and my husband relatives are not Muslim nor christain and i don't want my husband's hard earned money to be misused by unbelievers. I don't want a situation where this money will be used in an ungodly manner.Hence the reason for taking this bold decision.I am not afraid of death hence i know where i am going.
I know that I am going to be in the bosom of the almighty Allah. I don't need any telephone communication in this regard because of my health .As soon as i receive your reply i shall give you the contact of to Finance/Security Company in london . I will also issue you a letter of authority that will prove you as the original-beneficiary of this fund. Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated herein. Hoping to hear from you.

Faithfully,
Jaun Idris

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam