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: "Mrs Asiyah Ahmed Hassanal Bolkiah" <mrsasiyah_ahmed06@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <mrsasiyah_ahmed1960@yahoo.fr>
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 10:35:25 +0100
Subject: From Mrs.Asiyah Ahmed Hassanal Bolkiah




From Mrs.Asiyah Ahmed Hassanal BolkiahRoyal Family of King Haji Omar Ali Sadul Khairiof Brunei Darussalam.Private Email;mrsasiyah_ahmed1960@yahoo.fr

GOOD DAY,My dear, Please read very carefully, It is
with tears that I am writing this message to you from
a hospital bed far away from my home where I have no
mother,father, sister , brother or any relative, in
the mist of strangers with a diffrent language that I
don't understand, imaging how painful it is being a
cancer patient, Firstly let me introduce myself to
you.

I am Mrs.Asiyah Ahmed Hassanal Bolkiah, a widow to
Late Sheik Ahmed Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei
Darussalam, I am 45years old and I have a son of
16years of age who is at the moment in Benin Republic
and I am suffering from cancer of the lungs which I
will soon undergo the operation, I want to also let
you know that I am writing you this mail from a
private hospital here where I am taking my part-time
treatments, what will you do if your doctor come up
and tell you that you have only few weeks to live? you
can imagine the kind of pains I am going through.

My husband is the first Son to the last wife of King
Haji Omar Ali Saifuddien Sadul Khairi Waddien, the
former Prime minister of Brunei Darussalam, the tiny
oil-rich country on the Island in South-Eastern
Asia,let me save your time by not amplifying my
extended royal family history which has already been
disseminated by the international media during the
controversial dispute that erupted between my Husband
and his step-brother, the sultan of Brunei H.M.Sultan
Haji Hassanal Bolkiah who is the present King/prime
minister of Brunei.

As you may know from the international media, the
sultan of Brunei accused my husband who is his
step-brother for financial mismanagement and
impropriety of US$14.8 billion dollars and this was as
a result of the Asian Financial crisis that made my
husband's company Amedeo Development Company that was
inherited by my husband and government owned Brunei
investment company to be declared bankrupt during his
tenure in the office.However my my husband was kept
under house arrest by his own step brother, our bank
accounts and private properties including a crude oil
export refinery were later confiscated by the sultan
and to worsen the whole thing, he has to assassinate
my beloved husband and I was placed under house arrest
by the sultan so that I will not tell the
international community what has happened and that is
where I developed this cancer of the lungs which is
killing me now but I still believe that it is the will
of God that life treat me this way.

To avoid further prosecution and sufferings from the
sultan and his security operatives since I have lost
my husband and I have my only child to keep me happy,
I decided to leave my country Brunei to Benin Republic
in West Africa where my husband has deposited the sum
of ( US$15 Million Dollars) in a reputable bank but
unfortunately for me this my illness has became worst
and I have been placed at the hospital for medical
attention here, so I am planing to fly to abroad for
good medication and a perfect surgical operation
because according to what my doctor told me that I may
not live for more than a month without this
operation,I am so scared about this because she has
made me understand that I have only 20% chance to
survive this surgery and for that reason, I want to
make a future for my only son before undergoing this
surgery so that even if I die on the process of this
surgery, my son will be taken care of by you.
The reason why I am contacting you is to know if you
can arrange for a better hospital over there so that I
can come there for a better surgery and aslo to know
if you can take care of my son when I will be
undergoing this surgery, I have decided to give you
this sum of (US$ 15 Milion) that I inherited from my
late husband so that you can invest it in a very
lucrative business in your country, we never can tell
what will happen during the surgery, so that in case
if anything happen to me during this operation, my son
will have someone to take care of him and a
business/funds to inherit for a good future or if this
surgery goes well, I will have a business that I can
use to take care of my only son.
Please note that this fund is lying with a reputable
Bank here in Benin Republic of West Africa and as I am
writing this message to you from a hospital Bed, I am
not sure that I will survive this operation but even
if I have to die, first I want to secure a future for
my only son. You may ask yourself why am I saying all
this but I believe you never experience this kind of
problem either have you meet anyone in this kind of
situation,have you ever use a lap-top in the hospital
to write a letter to a stranger for help? from a
foreign land where you have no father, mother or
anyone who can help you? In the mist of people that
speak entirely different language? when all the people
you trust become the people after your life? well, you
may not understand but I want you to take this more
serious and urgently important.
All I WANT FROM YOU IS TO TAKE THE MONEY WITH MY SON
AND INVEST IT SO THAT YOU CAN TAKE CARE OF MY SON IF I
DID NOT SURVIVE THIS. please get back to me very fast
so that I can tell you what to do because my days now
is being numbered. May the peace of God be with you
Mrs. Asiyah Ahmed Hassanal Bolkiah Please, know it
that this is my true story and I will like you to
respond through this
address(mrsasiyah_ahmed1960@yahoo.fr).

Regards,Mrs.Asiyah Ahmed Hassanal Bolkiah

_________________________________________________________________
Téléchargez le nouveau Windows Live Messenger !
http://get.live.com/messenger/overview

Anti-fraud resources: