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.Theresa Joshua" <mrs.theresajoshua01@gmail.com>
Reply-To: "Mrs.Theresa Joshua" <mrs_theresajoshua@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2014 02:55:02 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Compliments of the day

Compliments of the day!
I am Mrs Theresa Edwards Joshua,
112 Bp Koumassi 354 Abidjan Cote d’Ivoire.

I am writing this mail to you With due respect, trust and humanity, I appeal to you to exercise a little patience and read through my letter, I feel quite safe dealing with you in this important message, I sincerely writing this email to you with pains, tears and sorrow from my heart, I will really like to have a good understanding with you and i have a special reason why I decided to contact you, I decided to contact you due to the urgency of my situation.

My name is Mrs Theresa Edwards Joshua writing you from hospital bed, therefore this message is very urgent. I have a donation to make which I will need your assistance to carry it out for me, I will be 62 years old this coming month, I’m a widow and a servant of the lord for the past 38 years in Ivory Coast.

I have sum of $4.5 Million, Four Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars with my late husband Mr. Edwards Joshua, I want to give it out to Orphanages homes and Charity Organizations as a vow which I made before the lord.

I have a serious lung and breast cancer and will be going for my third surgical operation next week, though the doctors had already confirmed that I will only last for some months but I am happy and glad that the lord has kept me safe and guided me to accomplished my desires here on earth, I will be happy to meet him where he wants me to be.

I want you to please send to me the following information bellow so that my lawyer can use it to do the change of ownership of the fund to your name and there after he will direct you on how to contact the bank officially for the transfer of the fund to your account and the information that I needed from you is as followed;

You’re full Name
Your home or office address
Your direct tell & fax

The lawyer will do everything on your behalf to assure the success of my fund transferring to your account for charity work

This is the favour I need from you when you received the money under your Control.

(1) Give 10% of the money to Steven Mamudu as he has been here for me throughout my illness and I have promised to support him, therefore you will take him as my or your child.

(2) Give 50% of the money to Charity organizations, Orphanage homes and Churches e.t.c, on my name so that my soul may rest in peace.

(3) The remaining 40% should be for your effort and God will reward you in a million fold in Jesus name

May God give you a good heart and wisdom to assist me for the benefit of the less privileged people.


Your Sister in the Lord,

Mrs Theresa Edwards Joshua
&a
mp;a
mp;a
mp;l
t;/
body>

Anti-fraud resources: