joewein.net   joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet
Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days
  jwSpamSpy

Home
About Us
Spam
419/Nigeria
Fraud
Contact

"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.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

 

 

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

Fraud email example:

From: joseph mary113 <josephmary113@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 20:05:07 +0100 (BST)
Subject: From:Joseph And Mary Idreen Justin.


From:Joseph And Mary Idreen Justin.

Dear ,

I am JOSEPH IDREEN JUSTIN the only son of late former Director of finance,Chief NELSON R. JUSTIN Sierra-Leone diamond and mining corporation.

I must confess my agitation is real, and my words is my bond, in this proposal. My late father was the director of finance of Gold and diamond industry in my country, during the disastrous civil war in my country, now he has deposited the money with a BANK in Abidjan, where I am residing under political asylum with my younger sister MARY JUSTIN.

Now the war in my country is over with the help of ECOMOG soldiers, the present government of Sierra Leone has revoked the passport of all officers who served under the former regime and now ask countries to expel such person at the same time freeze their account and confiscate their asset, it is on this note that I am contacting you, all I needed from you is to furnish me with your bank particulars:
1) Account name
2) Account number
3) Bank address, telephone and fax number For you to assist me transfer this money in your private bank account, the said amount is (fifteen Million Dollars) $15 Million.
I am compensating you with 15 % of the total money amount, now all my hope is banked on you and I really wants to invest this money in your country, were their is stability of Government, political and economic welfare.

Honestly I want you to believe that this transaction is real and never a joke. My late father Chief JUSTIN, gave me the photocopies of the certificate of deposit issued to him by the bank on the day of deposit, for you to be clarify because, I do not expose my self to anybody I see, I believe that you are able to keep this transaction secret for me because this money is the hope of our life, it is important.

Please call me immediately after you must have gone through my message feel free and make it urgent. That is the reason why I offered you 15 % of the total money amount, and in case of any other necessary expenses you might come across during this transaction.


N.B Try and negotiate for us some profitable blue chip investment opportunities which is risk free which I can invest with this money when it is transferred to your account, personally I am interested in estate management and hotel business, please advise me.

mail me back immediately you receive this message for more explanation.And promise me and my younger sister to be a guidian considering our situation and not to betray us.

Thanks and God bless.

Best Regards

Joseph And Mary Idreen Justin.


---------------------------------
How much mail storage do you get for free? Yahoo! Mail gives you 1GB!
Get Yahoo! Mail

---------------------------------
All New Yahoo! Mail – Tired of Vi@gr@! come-ons? Let our SpamGuard protect you.

Anti-fraud resources: