419 scam: "Mrs.Josephine Ajuonuma"<jajuonuma@rocketmail.com> Pls,I need your assistance

joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet

Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days

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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "with your full names" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "huge amount of money" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- josephinej1976@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs.Josephine Ajuonuma" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <josephinej1976@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2013 12:41:32 -0500
Subject: Pls,I need your assistance

Dear Sir/Madam,

With due respect,trust and humility,My name is Mrs.Josephine Ajuonuma.I
write you this day of a tragic death of my husband,late Dr Levi
Ajuonuma,former Group General Manager, Public Affairs Division of the
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation,NNPC who died in the unfortunate
Dana Air crash on the 3rd of June,2012,for more information about the
crash go to

http://www.omg.com.ng/2012/06/names-of-153-victims-of-dana-airplane-crash/

I was his wife before his death, right now I have a very important
information concerning a huge amount of money worth (Thirteen million
United States dollars) US$13,000,000 which he deposited in an asset
management company,to be precise in order to finance his governorship
ambitions in 2015,unfortunately his died in the unfortunate ill-fated air
crash.

Right now,nobody else knows of this deposit apart from me, I have with me
all the information regarding the deposit,hence I will provide them to you
once you notify me of your willingness to work with me to claim this money
in your name as his partner.What I want you to do is provide me with your
full names,address and your direct telephone number through my private
email ( josephinej1976@yahoo.com ) So that we can procure all the
necessary documents that will facilitate the release of the funds to you.I
cannot lay claim of the fund due to the present government is monitoring
me as you know my late husband was a civil servant before his death and
civil servant are not permitted by law to own such huge amount of money in
their name or traced to any member of their family.

I have plans of investing my share of the funds into stock-exchange and
real estate business abroad,under your supervision.I will want you also to
indicate how much percentage you wish to take as soon as the fund is
released into your full custody.

Anticipating to hear from you.

Yours truly,
Josephine Ajuonuma.

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam