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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: "Dr.(Mrs) Hajiya Turai Yar'adua." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrsturiayaradua2009@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2010 08:38:36 -0700
Subject: GREETINGS FROM LATE PRESIDENT UMARU YAR'ADUA ROYAL FAMILY.

GREETINGS FROM LATE PRESIDENT UMARU YAR'ADUA ROYAL FAMILY.


Contact telephone: +234 81 603 410 54.

Greetings,



Am delighted to write this letter to you hoping that you will understand my predicament and answer back without hesitation. I am DR.(MRS) HAJIYA TURAI YAR'ADUA wife of the late Nigerian President who died on the 6th of May 2010 after long illness.I got your contact through business inquires from the chamber or commerce as I was making contact for an Honest foreigner who will help save my life and my children, hence our country has been frustrating to us since the death of my late husband President UMARU MUSA YAR'ADUA who died at the age of 58 after a long illness.


I am in possession of $35 000.000 (THIRTY FIVE MILLION U.S DOLLARS) which I want to invest in your country. For your clarification and understanding, this money with a Bank here in Nigeria. I will not expose to you the name of the Bank till we open a communication with trust. It is not an ill gotten wealth rather it was WILLED to me by my late husband.On your acceptance to render this assistance to me, I will instruct the family attorney to effect the change of ownership of this fund to your name as the bona-fide owner/my next of kin to enable you receive the funds since the funds can not be moved out of our country by the family's name. It is very important that you forward to me your private telephone number to call you for discussion. Bear in mind that this transaction demands absolute confidentiality because all properties,assets and bank accounts both local and international bearing my family name, are been confiscated by the Already elected civilian President of Nigeria (President Jonathan Goodluck)


For your knowledge, 15% of this fund $35 000.000 (THIRTY FIVE MILLION U.SDOLLARS) will be given to you if you assist me to secure this fund and another 5% has set aside for all the expenses you might incured during the process of securing this fund. Please contact me immediately through the above phone number call me on the above number tell my son Musa that you want to talk with me as my son(PRINCE MUSA YAR'ADUA) knows everything as regards to this transaction. And bear in mind that this is the only remaining fund for the survival of my family.I would refer you to these Website for further

information on the death of my late husband.



http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8663824.stm



I await your immediate response.



Yours Sincerely.

Dr.(Mrs) Hajiya Turai Yar'adua.

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