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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: "Mrs Tara Lartey" <mrstaralartey@live.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: mrstaralartey@airsoftmail.com
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2010 18:37:31 -0000 (GMT)
Subject: My beloved




My Beloved,

Compliments of the day to you! By this e-mail I do sincerely apologize for
my intrusion of your privacy. However, My name is Mrs Tara Lartey. Based
in Sweden I'm 58 years old suffering from a long time chronic kidney
disease. From all indication my conditions is really deteriorating and it
is quite obvious that according to my doctors they have advised me that I
may not live for the next two months this is because the cancer has gotten
to a very bad stage which I believe you might be of help and for this
reason I contact you, Let this not sound strange to you.

I was brought up in an orphanage and was married to my late husband for
twenty years without a child. He worked with SHELL OIL COMPANY for thirty
years before he died in Air France Concorde flight 4590 crash On 25th of
July 2000 with other passengers aboard. We were true believers and Since
his death I decided not to re-marry. Before my husband's death he
deposited the sum of $5.6Million (Five Million and six Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars) with a Security finance firm which i can only
divuldge to you at the receipt of your acceptance in helping us out of
this mission. Presently this money is still with them and the management
just wrote me as the true owner to come forward to receive the money for
keeping it so long or rather issue a letter of authorization to somebody
to receive it on my behalf since I cannot come over because of my illness
or they get it confiscated.

Presently, I'm with my laptop in a hospital in United Kingdom where I have
been undergoing treatment for this severe decrease. My doctors have told
me that I have only a few months to live and It is my last wish to see
that this money is invested to any organization of your choice and
distributed each year among charity organizations, the poor and the
motherless baby’s homes.
I want you as God fearing person to also use this money to fund church,
mosque, orphanages and assist widows.
I took this decision before I rest in peace because my time will so on be
up. As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the
Security Finance Firm and I will also issue you a letter of authority that
will prove you as the new beneficiary of the funds. Remember your religion
cannot stop you from doing God's work. Please assure me that you will act
accordingly as I stated herein Thank you.

Waiting for your reply.
Yours Sincerely,
Mrs Tara Lartey.

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