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: tambo54@terra.com.mx
Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 04:58:50 +0100
Subject: YOUR RESPONSE IS URGENTLY NEEDED

Dear Sir,

I am Mr.Tambo, a native of Cape Town in South Africa and I am an Executive
Accountant with the South Africa Department of Mining & Natural Resources.
First and foremost, I apologized using this medium to reach you for a transaction/business
of this magnitude, but this is due to Confidentiality and prompt access
reposed on this medium. Be informed that a member of the South Africa Export
Promotion Council (SEPC) who was at the government delegation to your country
during a trade exhibition gave your enviable credentials/particulars to
me. I have decided to seek a confidential co-operation with you in the execution
of the deal described Hereunder for the benefit of all parties and hope
you will keep it as a top secret because of the nature of this transaction.

Within the Department of Mining & Natural Resources where I work as an Executive
Accountant and with the cooperation of four other top officials, we have
in our possession as overdue payment bills totaling Twenty - Six Million,
Five Hundred Thousand U. S. Dollars ($26,500,000.) which we want to transfer
abroad with the assistance and cooperation of a foreign company/individual
to receive the said fund on our behalf or a reliable foreign non-company
account to receive such funds. More so, we are handicapped in the circumstances,
as the South Africa Civil Service Code of Conduct does not allow us to operate
offshore account hence your importance in the whole transaction.

This amount $26.5m represents the balance of the total contract value executed
on behalf of my Department by a foreign contracting firm, which we the officials
over-invoiced deliberately. Though the actual contract cost have been paid
to the original contractor, leaving the balance in the tune of the said
amount which we have in principles gotten approval to remit by Telegraphic
Transfer (T.T) to any foreign bank account you will provide by filing in
an application through the Justice Ministry here in South Africa for the
transfer of rights and privileges of the former contractor to you.

I have the authority of my partners involved to propose that should you
be willing to assist us in the transaction, your share of the sum will be
25% of the $26,.5 million, 70% for us and 5% for taxation and miscellaneous
expenses. The business itself is 100% safe, on your part provided you treat
it with utmost secrecy and confidentiality. Also your area of specialization
is not a hindrance to the successful execution of this transaction. I have
reposed my confidence in you and hope that you will not disappoint me. Endeavor
to contact me immediately through my above Tel/Fax number or my e-mail address,
whether or not you are interested in this deal. If you are not, it will
enable me scout for another foreign partner to carry out this deal I want
to assure you that my partners and myself are in a position to make the
payment of this claim possible provided you can give us a very strong Assurance
and guarantee that our share will be secured and please remember to treat
this matter as very confidential matter, because we will not comprehend
with any form of exposure as we are still in active Government Service and
remember once again that time is of the essence in this business.

I wait in anticipation of your fullest co-operation.
Yours faithfully,
Mr. Tambo


___________________________________________________________________________
Con Terra MAIL obtienes 6MB de espacio además de bloqueo ANTISPAM
http://terramail.terra.com.mx/TerraMail/
Acceso a Internet 3 x 1, desde ¡$179 pesos al mes!
http://www.terra.com.mx/acceso/suscribete/
Encuentra los mejores productos y precios increibles!!
Aprovecha nuestra promoción a 12 pagos sin intereses con Banamex y Bancomer
http://www.decompras.com/

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam