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 Shayma Mehdi <maltagupterkumar@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: Mrs Shayma Mehdi <shaym_mehdi@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 16:45:31 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: READ MY MESSAGE!


Assalamoalikum My Dear Allah Family,Please your 100% help is welcome, read this letter with understanding ! I am the only wife of late Mr Meldi Mustapha, who worked with Libya Embassy in Burkina Faso for Nine Years before his brief Illness that lasted for only 5day before he finally gave up to ghost.
When my husband is a live, we tried all we could to have a child which I finally got affected by cancer diseased as a result of excessive wrong medication.
On the 10th of October 2014, I came to Burkina Faso, to will out my inherited sum of 8.2Million which my late husband got from exportation of Gold which he deposited in Islamic development Bank of Burkina Faso.
I have completed the bank inheritance claims demands and all documents are been submitted Bank has invited me to come with receiving bank accounts where these funds shall be transfer to.
The reason why I needed your urgent attention is because of my health that has increased to the level that I can no longer work with my legs again, My Embassy are now making arrangement to fly me back to my Country Libya, so that i do not die here look at the attached file you will see my situation but through the help of the doctor, i has been receiving their sustaining medication credits.
I want you to building an orphanage home, and schools, any where in your community or any place where is needed, but it must  bear my (Name,if i recover,i will take over the project, if i do not, my name is there). I lost my family during the Late Mouammar Kadhafi’s  regime and my (husband families) hate me to the extend my husband made me took an oath that none of his cent shall go to them, please do all you can to make sure you reach these people who are forced to flee their homes, and villages, to save their lives, risking hunger, illness, and  cold/ refugees.
I have decided to give you (500.000.00$ while 7.7Million should be used for my project.
If you promise to execute this project without hitch of betray, let me have this information of yours and send a letter of introduction to the bank my self and instruct them to transfer the fund in your own accout, if you have agree.
Your Full name…………………Address resident………………Country…………………….Telephone………………Occupation………………….Sex …………………………Age …………………………….Bank address……………….Bank name ……………Account number…………….Bank telephone…………….
ThanksMrs Shayma Mehdi.Written from Hospital.


Anti-fraud resources: