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: "Mrs. Rose Suarez" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrsrosesuarez1@live.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2012 13:44:38 -0700
Subject: From: Mrs. Rose Suarez

Dear Beloved in Christ,

It is by the grace of God that I received Christ, having known the truth; I had no choice than to do what is lawful and right in the sight of God for eternal life and in the sight of man for witness of God & his mercies and glory upon my life. I am Mrs. Rose Suarez wife of Mr.Haas Suarez, my husband worked with the Royal Dutch Shell in Netherlands for twenty-three years before he died in the year 2005.We were married for ten years without a child. My Husband died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days and before his death we were both born again Christians.

Since his death I decided not to re-marry or get a child outside my matrimonial home which the Bible is against. When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of £6 million pounds sterling with a bank in United Kingdom. Presently, this money is still with the bank and the management just wrote me as the beneficiary to come forward to sign for the release of this money or rather issue a letter of authorization to somebody to receive it on my behalf if I cannot come over.

Presently, I'm in Hospital here in Netherlands where I have been Undergoing treatment for esophageal cancer. I have since lost my ability to talk and my doctors have told me that I have numbered days to live. It is my last wish to see this money distributed to charity organizations anywhere in the World. Because relatives and friends have plundered so much of the wealth since my illness, I cannot live with the agony of entrusting this huge responsibility to any of them.

Please, I beg you in the name of God to help me stand-in as the next of kin beneficiary and collect the money from the bank. I want a person that is God fearing that will use this money to fund Churches, orphanages and widows propagating the word of God and to ensure that the house of God is maintained. The Bible made us to understand that blessed is the hand that gives. I took this decision because I don't have any child that will inherit this money and my husband's relatives are not Christians and I don't want my husband's sufferings to be misused by unbelievers. I don't want a situation where this money will be used in an ungodly manner, hence that’s my reason for taking this bold decision. I am not afraid of death because I know where I am going.

I know that I am going to be in the bosom of the Lord. Exodus {CHAP 14 VS 14} says that the Lord will fight my case and I shall hold my peace. I don't need any telephone communication in this regard because of soundless voice and presence of my husband's relatives around me always. I don't want them to know about this decision. With God all things are possible.

As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the account manager at the bank in United Kingdom so that you can contact them directly for the release of the money to you.

Kindly send your reply to my private email address which is as follows:

Email: mrsrosesuarez1@live.com

Yours Sister in Christ,

Mrs. Rose Suarez

Anti-fraud resources: