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: gilbert <gilberthasan023@yahoo.cn>
Reply-To: zenabpamela001@yahoo.com.ph
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:32:32 +0800 (CST)
Subject: Dearest in Lord,


Dearest in Lord,

I am the only son of Mrs.Mariam H.M.Hasan. nationality of Kuwait. My mother married to my late father. Mr.H.M. Hassan. who worked with Kuwait embassy in Ivory Coast for nine years before he died in the year October 2007. the were married for twenty years with only one child which is me. My father died after a brief illness that lasted for long four days; they were both born again Christians when they was alive. When my parents was alive they deposited the sum of USD$8 Million (Eight Million U.S. Dollars) on my name as the next of kin, with one of good bank here in Cote d'Ivoire, presently this money is still with the bank. though what disturbs me mostly is my mother's death after my father have died and having known my condition I decided to donate this money to church or a good Christian individual who will utilize this money the way I am going to instruct.

I want a person or church in your country that will use this fund to churches, orphanages like me, research centres and widows propagating the word of God and to ensure that the house of God is maintained, because the Bible made us to understand that blessed is the hand that grivet. I took this decision because I want to leave this country and come over to your country to continue my education and will also like to invest some of the fund with your country economy. I can not carry out this deal alone, that is why I decide to use some of the money to work for God and the rest will be for me and you to have a better live in future. I am just a 16 year old now and been grow up here in Africa,

I have no mentality of busines world and my relatives are not Christians and I don抰 want this money to be misused by unbelievers, I don抰 want a situation where this money will be used in an ungodly manner and this is the reason why I have taking this bold decision. I am not afraid of my life today hence I know that I am going to be in the bosom of the Lord. Exodus 14 VS 14 says that the lord will fight for my case and I shall hold my peace.

I want your telephone communication regarding this issue because.All my believe is with God and all things are possible. As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the Finance/bank here and I will also apply to the bank with authorization in your name to empower you as the new beneficiary of this money. Please I want you to always pray for me because the lord is my shepherd and whoever that wants to serve the Lord must serve him in spirit and truth. Please always be prayerful all through your life. Any delay in your reply will give me room in searching for a church or Christian individual for this same purpose. Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated here. Expecting to hear from you soonest.

Remain blessed in the name of the Lord.

Mr. Gilbert Hassan.
gilberthasan023@yahoo.cn




---------------------------------
雅虎邮箱,您的终生邮箱!

---------------------------------
ÑÅ»¢ÓÊÏ䣬ÄúµÄÖÕÉúÓÊÏ䣡

Anti-fraud resources: