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: "Mohamaadou" <yakubu_son@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: yakubu_son@yahoo.com, yakubufamily@wowmail.com, yakubu_son@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2004 15:07:16 +0100
Subject: CAN YOU BE SINCERE?

NOTE:PLEASE REPLY TO MY PRIVATE
E-MAIL BOX BELOW;(yakubu_son@yahoo.com)(yakubufamily@wowmail.com
Abidjan,Cote d'ivoire West africa

Attn : DIRECTOR,
I wish to request for your assistance in a financial
transaction. sir I get your contact from a member of
this your sit.I wish to invest in Manufacturing and
real estate management in your country.

I have seventin million, five hundred thousand United
State Dollars. USD($17.500,000) to invest
in the transaction and I will require your assistance
in receiving the funds in your account in your
country. I will gladly give you 15% of the total sum
for your assistance.

please it is important you contact me immediately on
my private e-mail address(yakubu_son@yahoo.com)
for further explanation.

Awaiting your immediate response and God bless.
Regards

MOHAMMADU YAKUBU ANDANI.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam