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: Ms Jurie Marie <masiur_05@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: Ms Jurie Marie <privatmailone@aol.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2015 04:41:38 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re:Kindly Respond Urgent

Dear Sir/Mad.

I am Mrs. Jurie Marie an Russia Citizen I'm married to Ivorian late Eng Dr Emmanuel who has a servicing firm affiliated with Cote d’Ivoire Ports Authority here for many years before he died We were married for eleven years without a child before he died and since his death I decided not to re-marry even though it is against my faith. When my late husband was alive, he deposited the sum of $4.5 Million US Dollars in the bank here in Abidjan and I am an eyewitness to the funds. However, I have been suffering from ovarian cancer since then. The doctors informed me that I will not live longer than the next two months due to the infection caused by my last operation.

I don’t need any telephone communication in this regard because of my health (should have said it was tongue cancer then) and I struggle to write you this memorandum in tears/sorrow using my laptop, I am writing to you as the almighty God directs me after a series of prayer and fasting for God direction’s. I got your contact from a database found in internet while searching for a reliable and honest person who I will give this funds opportunity to his/her care to help me donate it to the orphanages, poor homeless people all over the world due to my illness.

Therefore, I have instructed my bank manager to transfer the capital to a foreigner that will apply after I have passed on. The bank already has the doctor's report of my physical condition confirming I will not live much longer. I made this decision because i don't have any children that will inherit this money and my husband's relatives are immoral unbelievers. I also don't want my husband’s hard earned money to be misused by unbelievers. Kindly take note that the bank statement shows no withdrawal of money over a long period since I have been suffering from cancer.

I also want you to pray for me because the Lord is my shepherd. I am grateful that I lived my life in worship and for that reason, please don’t betray the orphanages and the poor homeless people when you take out this capital $4.5 Million from Bank custody. I suggest you take 80% out of this total amount of capital to charity and children's homes in your country and use the remaining 20% for yourself.

Kindly respond with the information requested below,

Name..............Age:................Occupation:.....................Photo:.....................

Yours sincerely,
Mrs. Jurie Marie

Anti-fraud resources: