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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: =?utf-8?q?mary=20jeter?= <maryjeter33@yahoo.com.co>
Reply-To: marysjeter@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 16:39:16 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: ***SPAM*** Urgent Assistance Needed for Charity


¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo!Ahora puedes escribirme a:maryjeter33@yahoo.com.co



- Attention Friend, My name is MarY s. Jeter, crude oil dealer from Argentina. I have been diagnosed with esophageal cancer and have been in the hospital in England.The illness has defied all forms of Medical treatment, and right now I have about few months to live, according to the medical experts. I have not particularly lived my life so well, as I never really cared for anyone (not even myself) but my business and wealth. Though I am very rich, I was never generous, I was always hostile to people and only focused on my business as that was the only thing I cared for. But now I regreted all this as I now know that there is more to life than just wanting to have or make all the money in the world .I don't need any telephone communication in this regard because of my health. I have decided to give arms to charity organizations, as I want this to be one of the last good deeds I do on this planet earth before anything could happen. So far, I have distributed money to some charity organizations hear in England, Algeria, Malaysia and also the Tsunami victims.Now that my health has deteriorated so badly, I cannot do this myself anymore. I once asked members of my family to close one of my accounts and distribute the money which I have there to charity organization in Bulgaria and Pakistan; they refused and kept the money to themselves. Hence, I do not trust them anymore, as they seem not to be contended with what I have left for them. The last of my money which no one knows of, is this huge cash deposit Of Eight Million United States dollars ($8.000.000) that I have with a Finance and Trust Company in London.I would want you to help me Collect this deposit and distribute it to charity organizations in your country. I would want you to keep 20% of the funds to yourself and dispatch the rest to charity organizations. Please reply this mail as soon as possible even if you cannot handle this transaction on my behalf. I can be reach in this email address: marysjeter@hotmail.com Regards, Mrs. Mary S. Jeter.


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