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: "cbilma"<cbilma225@myway.com>
Reply-To: bilma_caroline@panista.org
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 20:25:34 -0500 (EST)
Subject: from mrs caroline


Dear Sir/Madam, I am confidentially relating to you alone with the belief that you will respond to me with greate trust and honesty with a view to help me urgently. I am however safe to inform you that I am Mrs.Caroline Bilma, the wife of late Major General Pakerson Bilma, the C.E.O Gulflink Oil Export company Ltd. He was killed recently by Islamic extremist for allegations that my husband revealed secret informations of Iraq rebels activities to the United States.I am very sure, 100% sure my husband is innocent of all crimes and allegations imposed on him by the head of the Militants.He was given no chance to defend himself to the whole world and they killed him unjustly.I am so troubled and my spirit refuses to be at rest. The quick need for contacting you is because my husband has been killed unjustly and I am sure if we do not act fast, the leader of the Militant must come for our wealth and Millions of American Dollars will be seized. About ( $32,000,000,00 USD) thirty
two Million U S Dollars,my husband has in his private vault has been successfully deposited with a security and finance firm.I want you to help me in receiving this fund for investment purposes in your country because i want to establish a personal owned manufacturing company,invest in an already operating company and the purchase of some properties. However,for the smooth success of this transfer of the investment project money overseas, for safe keeping and good investments,even an empty account could serve for this purpose. I want to know from you if the law of your country protects the rights of a foreign investor?, do one have to pay so much tax to set up a company in your country? Please i only need a good,honest,trustworthy and highly confidential person who will stand as the beneficiary of this investment project fund.I agreed to offer 25% of the total sum to you, so that you can help us with 100% effort to arrange for a good offshore bank account for easy money
transfer. I have also set aside 5% for the expences we may incure during the transfer. I want you to contact me as soon as possible by sending your (private telephone and fax number) for easy communication and full details through my private email address (bilma_caroline@panista.org ). I am looking trustily forward to receive good news from you via my email Thanks and may God bless you and your family.yours sincerely,Mrs. Caroline Bilma.On behalf of Bilma’s family.

_______________________________________________
No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding.
Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com

Anti-fraud resources: