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"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.

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

Fraud email example:

From: "Stella Matonga George" <stellino84@she.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: stellino84@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 16:31:49 +0700
Subject: Urgent Reply

DEAR FRIEND,

You may be surprised to receive this message from me
since you don't know me in person, but for the purpose
of introduction, I am Mrs Stella Matonga George, a
citizen of Zimbabwe, the wife of late Matonga George
who was murdered in a land dispute in ZIMBABWE.

My late husband was among the few black Zimbabwean
rich farmers murdered in cold blood by the agent of
the ruling government of President ROBERT MUGABE for
his alleged support and Sympathy for Zimbabwean opposition party.


Before the death of my husband he deposited the sum of
Four Million US Dollars ($4M) with a security company during the time he went
to Thailand to purchase his farm machinery equipment.

The money was deposited as precious stones to avoid
seize and much demurrage from the security organization.

This money was earmarked for the purchase of new
machinery and chemicals for the farms and the
establishment of new farms in Lesotho and Swaziland.

This land problem arose when President R. MUGABE
introduced a new land Act, which wholly affects the
white rich farmers and some few blacks vehemently
condemned the 'MODUS OPERANDI' adopted by the
government.

This resulted to rampant killing and mob actions.
I and my Son who are currently staying in Thailand as a refugee asylum seeker, have decided to transfer this money to a foreign country where we can
invest it.

You will read more stories about President
Mugabe's brutal acts by visiting. This website:
http://www.rte.ie/news/2000/0418/zimbabwe.html

I am faced with the dilemma of investing this amount
of money in Thailand because the financial law and
Regulations of the kingdom of Thailand do not permit
us financial rights to such huge sum of money.

In view of this, I cannot invest the fund in Thailand
Moreover, the Thailand monetary policy/law does not
allow such investment by an asylum seeker or refugee.

I must let you know that this transaction is 100% risk
free and the nature of your business does not necessarily matter.

If you are willing to assist me, please make all the necessary enquiries about a
lucrative business either in your country or in another safe location,
Where this money will be invested as our joint venture to yield good profit .

You will then come to Bangkok Thailand to help me move
the money out because I cannot do it alone due to my
earlier explanations to you, we will discuss more on this when I hear from you.
If you are therefore interested to render the needed assistance to me, try
and contact me through the above email address. I expect your reply soonest.

Best regards
Stella Matonga George



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