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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: denusmanman@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:28:10 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: URGENT CONNCETION SIR/MADAM


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: mrs.aminadenusman4@yahoo.com



- From :Mrs Amina Den Usman.Address in Sudan is: it 68 Sunset Villa.No. 2 Witgoud Street Randfontein, Sudan 2000,Good-Day!,My Name is Mrs. Amina Den Usman. I know this will be a surprise to you.Please consider this message as a request from a family in dire need of your help. I am the Wife of Den Usman Fahad from Sudan Darfour, My husband Mr. .Den Usman Fahad was the owner of Fahad Sea Food Industry in Darfour region and a Farm Land in Darfour region and supplier of Sea food to Central African Countries till the Government found out that Darfour region was rich in Oil and Mineral Resources which was discovered by an individual, Group called Organization Rebel Movement.The Government and Rebel Movement are presently fighting over who will inherit the Darfour region because of the Oil discovered there and Rebel Movement are killing all the people in Darfour region to enable them posses the land.As a result of this my husband was murdered in cold blood and our Farm, Sea Food In!
dustry was burnt down. Before then, my husband has moved US$50 Million United States Dollars to Ghana west africa for establishment of another branch in western Africa ; the fund was deposited in a Security & Finance Company in the name of my elder son Mr. Usman Fahad as the beneficiary. Having killed my husband they believed they will have no challenge in taking over the land. Now the Rebel Movement turned against us looking for the remaining existing members of Den Usman Fahad family in order to achieve their aim and objective. We decided to leave Darfour for ACCRA , Ghana to seek Asylum (Refugees). Now all the documents issued by the security company when the consignment (fund) was deposited have been handed over to our family Lawyer in Accra Ghana who assisted my late husband when the consignment was safely deposited. As it is now, the present financial laws in Ghana on Refugees do not warrant us to invest the funds here as we cannot operate any bank account, that is wh!
y we decided to look for a Foreign Partner that will assist us in movi
ng this funds out from ACCRA GHANA for my family investment. We have decided to offer you 30% of the total amount, 10% will be mapped out to defray all expenses that will be incurred during the process of concluding the transaction, while the remaining 60% will be for me and my family and will be invested in your country under your management. Immediately you receive this message, kindly contact my elder son Mr.Usman Fahad on this number: You can as well Email him via his private Email Address:(denusmanman@hotmail.com) due to my poor English my son has been mandated to over-see the transaction with my family Lawyer. Looking forward to hearing from you soonest. Sincerely, Mrs. Amina Den Usman,For The Family.


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