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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "any lucrative business in your country" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: DAVID PULE <cydave@emsergipe.com>
Reply-To: david.pule@websurfer.co.za
Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2007 12:48:14 -0300
Subject: RE: I NEED YOUR SERVICE

Dear Sir/Madam=20With due respect, trust and humanity I write this mail to you. I decided =to contact you first through your email due to the urgency of this transa=ction, as l have been reliably informed that it will take at least one we=ek or more for a normal post to reach you. So I decided to use your emai=l bearing in mind that it is not the very best for a transaction of this =magnitude.=20I am David Pule, the son of Late Mr. Vincent A. Pule who was a member of =the farmer=92s co-operation in Zimbabwe. My father was among the few rich= black farmers that were murdered in cold blood by the President Robert M=ugabe=92s administration during the land dispute that just happened in Zi=mbabwe.=20You can view it at:http://archives.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/africa/04/15/zimbabwe.land.03/ http://=news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/918781.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/w=orld/africa/715001.stmBefore the death of my father, he had taken me to Ghana to deposit huge a=mount of United States Dollars in a Security Finance House due to the loo=ming danger in Zimbabwe. This money was meant for the purchase of new mac=hines, chemicals and establishment of new farm in Swaziland.=20 We are presently living in Ghana as a refugees (asylum seeker) and the l=aw of Republic of Ghana does not allow us to operate or open any bank acc=ount or be involve in any financial transaction yet, because of our refug=ee status, that is why we asking for your help in order to invest our inh=eritance in your country for our new future.=20I have two options firstly, you can have thirty percent of the inheritanc=e for your assistance or we can go into partnership and invest the money =in any lucrative business in your country. =20We will appreciate your quick response, because we need to leave this cou=ntry soonest.=20Thanks and God bless.=20David C. Pule

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam