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.
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • patidugb@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Patty Dugb <patydugb@orange.nl>
Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 14:26:11 +0100 (CET)
Subject: Hi dear this is patty.


Hi,
I crave your indulgence as you read this proposal and equally apologise fo=
r my English that is not perfect. My name is Miss. Patience Dugbatti a Gha=
naian by birth although my mum is from Abomey in Benin Republic.

My late friend Mr. Juricha Ruic an expatriate from Croatia working with an=
oil company in the Niger Delta part of Nigeria was murdered by militants =
in Nigeria. Before his death he had bought several landed properties and s=
tock shares worth millions of United States dollars in Benin Republic nami=
ng his only son and wife as his next of kin. Unfortunately, his wife divor=
ced him and left with the boy to an unknown destination when she found out=
about our relationship a few months before his untimely death and he didn=
=92t make the necessary changes in his documents to reflect a new next of k=
in or his ex-wife=92s current contact information thus making it difficult=
to contact his next of kin. Hence I propose to you to stand as his next of=
kin to claim these properties and dividends from the stock shares. I was =
too close to him that I have some vital documents to back up this claim so=
you have nothing to worry about.

I could have done all this myself but considering the fact that some of hi=
s associates here know me as his close friend that made it quite
impossible for me to go for the claim. Please endeavour to reply using th=
is private email: patidugb@yahoo.fr to enable me look for another person =
if you are not interested. Similar incidents can be found at:ttp://www.van=
guardngr.com/articles/2002/headline/f107072007.html,

http://www.guardiannewsngr.com/ and http://www.punchontheweb.com/Articl.asp=
x?theartic=3DArt200707071535340






Truly yours,

Miss. Patience Dugbatti

=20
Bonjour,
=20
Je m=92appelle Mlle. Patience Dugbatti de nationalit=E9 ghan=E9enne, mais d=
e
m=E8re b=E9ninoise d=92Abomey =96 R=E9publique du B=E9nin.=20
=20
Mon ancien copain, M. Juricha Ruic, de la Croatie, paix =E0 son =E2me,
travaillait dans une soci=E9t=E9 p=E9troli=E8re dans les localit=E9s du Ni=
ger Delta au Nigeria avant son assassinat par les militants au Nigeria.
=20
Avant son assassinat, il s=92entreprit dans l=92immobilier et fut
actionnaire des millions des dollars am=E9ricains dans plusieurs entrepris=
es b=E9ninoises ou il nomm=E2t son seul fils et sa femme comme b=E9n=E9fic=
iaires de ses biens. Malheureusement, sa femme le divor=E7a et fuit avec s=
on fils =E0 une destination inconnue lorsqu=92elle constat=E2t que son =E9=
poux sortait avec moi. Son assassinat souvint sans qu=92il ne laisse les d=
ocuments n=E9cessaires pour un nouveau b=E9n=E9ficiaire de ses biens.
=20
N=92ayant plus personne pour b=E9n=E9ficier de tous les biens de ce d=E9fun=
t,
car nul ne conna=EEt ou se trouve son ex-femme, je vous propose de vous =
pr=E9senter comme son nouveau b=E9n=E9ficiaire pour prendre tous ces biens =
et b=E9n=E9ficier de tous ses avantages des ses actions avec les entrepris=
es b=E9ninoises. Ma relation avec lui m=92a permis d=92entrer en possessio=
n de certains documents tr=E8s importants qui pourront vous aider d=92avoi=
r plein droit de b=E9n=E9ficiaire. Donc vous n=92avez rien =E0 vous inqui=
=E9ter.
=20
Je pourrais bien le faire moi-m=EAme, mais comme ses amis et associ=E9s me=
connaissent d=E9j=E0 comme sa copine, cela m=92emp=EAche de me pr=E9sente=
r comme b=E9n=E9ficiaire. =20
Veuillez me r=E9pondre par mon mail priv=E9 : patidugb@yahoo.fr si cela
vous int=E9resse, sinon je trouverai quelqu=92un d=92autre.
=20
Vous trouverez les cas pareils dans les journaux suivants :
http://www.vanguardngr.com/articles/2002/headline/f107072007.html,

http://www.guardiannewsngr.com/ and
http://www.punchontheweb.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=3DArt200707071535340

=20
Sinc=E8rement la votre=20
=20
Mlle Patience Dugbatti

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam