joewein.de LLC fighting spam and scams on the Internet

Try our spam filter! Free trial for 30 days

"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

• About the 419 (Advance Fee) scam
• "Is that email a scam?" - Check it online here!
  
• Frequently asked Questions (419 FAQ)
• Phone numbers used by 419 scammers
  (+225 +229 +234 +27 +31 +32 +34 +44 other)
• Company names mentioned in 419 spam:
  1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
• Support our efforts to stop scams!
  
• How to report 419 spam to us
• What can you do when you receive 419 spam
  
  
• Spam archive, Daily index
  

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.

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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Mike Okafor" <mikeokafor2@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: mike_okafor2@fastermail.com
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 16:46:54 +0100
Subject: good day.

MIKE OKAFOR & CO. BUSINESS CONSULTANTS & PROJECT

MANAGERS. RC 412281

OUR REF JBC/MAKN/44

YOUR REF_______________________

Attn:

We humbly wish to seek your assistance in a matter
that is very important to us which requires ulmost
urgency and confidentiality, One of our high network
client and a gold royalist who served in the past
government of Charles Tarloy in liberia wishes to
invest the sum of $40 million in your country or any
other country with good economic stability and political
climate.Our client is intrested in a real estate hotel
business stock and bonds,The said fund was brought into
my country Senegal in the year 2001 when the heat was
too much in Liberia.and we have deposited it in one of the
leading financier house here in dakar senegal for maximum
protections,However it is the wish of my client to invest
the fund now in your country.

For obvious reason my client does not want
to place the fund with estabilished financial
institutions and thus required our assistance to
look for a reliable foreigner to help move this fund
and turn manage it for the family, It is also his
wish that this deal be handled as quietly
as possible without any leakage to the press,
If you agree to act as the fund manager for my
client the sum of $40million will be realed
to you if you meet our requirements.The money
is available in cash and upon a favourable response
for you,We shall let you know how to receive it.

Your commission shall be down payment of
20% of the total sum of that is $8 million
and an annual 10% Of the after tax returns
for the first 5 years thereafter,The terms shall
be reviewed.

If you are willing to do this
please indicate your intrest via my email
specified below at once for futher details.
mike_okafor2@fastermail.com

BEST REGARDS,
Mr.MIKE OKAFOR.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam