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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: "HELLO" <mariamwater2004@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: juliana_watters2004@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2007 09:19:42 +0100
Subject: I AWAIT TO HEAR FROM YOU

From: Mrs.Julian.

I am Mrs.Julian Kabila, from Democratic Republic of Congo. There is an information
I would like you to keep very confidential for me, There is this sum amount of money
my Husband Late President Laurent Kabila, deposited in a finance firm here in Dakar
Senegal, for safe keeping. Before he was killed by his Eldest Military Son.

The equable happened as immediately we returned back from our London trip.
My husband married us two.I am the second wife.I will not be able to give
you the full details that led to that ugly incidents. The Eldest Son is the
current President of our country now. For now I am staying in Dakar, the
capital city of Senegal, ,just to save my life,with my three children.

The money in question, is about, 9.5, Million U.S.Dollars. I can not make
the withdrawal of this fund, because my husband registered the Beneficiary
of the fund as his (Foreign Business Partner) and also (Family valuables
as the content of the deposit) The documents of the deposit are all with me.

What I would want you to do, is to assist me to get the consignment withdrawn
from the Finance firm, and we shall open a small account in a Bank here in your
name, and transfer the money to your country, through the account .We shall replace
the name Foreign Partner to your own name, because the code was used for security
reason. If you would like to assist me on this very transaction, i have already
agreed to give you 10% of the total money, for your assistance.There is no atom
of risk in this transaction.Because each and every documents that cover this
fund are with me, which i have promise to send to you,upon your acceptance of
this transaction. I also plan to use the remaining balance of the money for an
investment in your country, through your assistance, for the future of my children.
Although i have little or no knowledge about foreign investment.

If you are interested, and can maintain the very confidentiality of this transaction,
you e-mail me immediately for more clarifications, and also note that I am a refugees
in the cost, because of the assassination of my late husband,and the civil war going
on in our country,Democratic Republic of Congo.
Contact me in my private email:...
.juliana_watters2004@yahoo.com..or
central1@europe.com
Thank you very much and God bless you.
Mrs.Julian, Kabila.




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