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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "may come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
  • "transaction is risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• 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.
  • robertjonassavimbi@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "agn. savimbi5" <agn.savimbi5@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 06:54:38 -0700
Subject: GREETING FROM AGNES SAVIMBI,PLEASE REPLY


*From: Mrs. Agnes Jonas Savimbi *
*REPLY TO: *robertjonassavimbi@hotmail.com


*Sub: This is top secret, keep confidential please my dear.*

*Beloved,*

*This letter may come to you as a surprise but I really prayed to God to
help me choose somebody that will be my true partner, a person who has a
fear of God that cannot betray my remaining family and me as I don't even
know whom to trust so I allowed the spirit of God to lead me. *

*I am Mrs. Agnes Jonas Savimbi, wife of the late leader of the National
Union of the Total Liberation of **Angola** (**UNITA**) After surviving more
than a dozen assassination attempts, my husband, Savimbi was killed four
years later, in February 2002, in a battle with Angolan government troops. *

*Two weeks before he died, he called me and reveals the existence of
US$25,765.000.00 (Twenty five Million, seven Hundred and sixty
fiveThousand United States Dollars) being deposited in a suspence account
with the bank in **South Africa**. This money was income accrue from the
sale of Gold & Diamond.*

*When I heard the bad news of my husband's death, his trusted aid moved me
and members of our family out on hiding, but unfortunately my elder son and
myself were caught and place under house arrest. Luckily to us, my second
son being sharp and clever has escaped through **Zambia** to **South Africa*
* where he reside as a political refugee. *
**
*Now the problem he is facing there is that the labour of **South
Africa**does not permit an asylum seeker (Refugee) the right to
financial
transaction. This was the basic reason why I decide to contact you, so that
you will stand as the beneficiary of the funds, we are prepared to transfer
the ownership of the funds to your name. *

*30% of the total money goes to you, as a commission for your services,
while 70% goes to my family, which we intend to invest, immediately we are
being released from house arrest. I am assuring you that this transaction is
risk free as we have put all the logistics in place to make it successful,
all we need from you is your co-operation and sincerity of purpose. *

*You will be contacting my son on his details below for more details on how
you are going to assist us conclude this transaction. I will wait for your
response through my son, thank you and God bless. *

*Name: **Robert Kamara Savimbi
Tel No: + 27-73-933 5582 *
*Email: **robertjonassavimbi@hotmail.com*
<robertjonassavimbi@hotmail.com>*
*
**
*In your email to my son Robert Savimbi, kindly forward to him the
following:** *
**
* 1 Your Full Name *

*2.Your Contact (Home) Address *

*3.Your Telephone and Fax number *


*Thanks and may the almighty father guide us through. *

*Thank you. *
*Mrs. Agnes Jonas Savimbi*

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam