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:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "may come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "contact me immediately" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a orphan scam.
• 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.
  • aisha04_ahmed@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: ahmed aicha <aisha04_ahmed@yahoo.fr>
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 22:17:04 +0100 (CET)
Subject: FROM; Aisha Ahmed


FROM; Aisha Ahmed
aisha04_ahmed@yahoo.fr



DEAR SIR,

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you. I know this mail may come to you as a surprise, since we have not known or written before. Introducing myself, I am Miss Aisha Ahmed 24 years of age the only child of the late Alhaji Mustapha Ahmed. My father was a Gold and cocoa merchant based in Accra, Ghana and Abidjan(Ivory Coast), he was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their business trips.Before the death of my father on 29th June 2003 in a private hospital here in Abidjan. He secretly called me on his bed side and told me that he has a sum of USD$3.5M (Three Million Five Hundred Thousand U.S),deposited in a Security company here in (Abidjan Côte D’Ivoire, that he used my name as his only child for the next of kin in depositing the fund.He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth that he was poisoned by his business associates, that I should seek for a foreign partner in a country of my choice
where I will transfer this money and use it for investment purpose such as expansion of his existing cocoa business and real estate management here, on how best to retrieve this box,please.I am humbly seeking for your assistance so that this money will be quietly transferred out of this country and fore you to serve as the guardian of this fund since I am still going to finish my sturdies. To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my education and to help me secure a residential permit in your country. Moreover, I am willing to offer you 15% of the total sum as compensation for your effort/input after the successful transfer of this fund overseas, while 5% will be set aside to offset any expenses we may incur. Furthermore, you can indicate your option towards assisting me as I believe that this transaction would be concluded within the shortest possible time if you signify interest to assist me.NB : Please contact me immediately you receive this
message through this email address if you are interested.( aisha04_ahmed@yahoo.fr)
God bless you,
As I await your reply.

Yours sincerely
Aisha Ahmed


---------------------------------
Découvrez une nouvelle façon d'obtenir des réponses à toutes vos questions ! Profitez des connaissances, des opinions et des expériences des internautes sur Yahoo! Questions/Réponses.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam