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: allison roger <allison_roger2@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2005 07:19:56 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: FROM ALLISON ROGER



Dearest one,

Good a thing to write you. I have a proposal for you,this however is
not mandatory nor will I in any manner compel you to honour against your will. Your profile pushed me to send you this mail, my name is ALLISON ROGER i am 22 years old,I and my junior brothere are the only children of late Mr. ROGER My father was a highly reputable business man (a cocoa merchant) who operated in the capital of Ivory coast during his days. It is sad to say that he passed away mysteriously in France during one of his business trips in abroad Though his sudden death was linked or rather suspected to have been master minded by an uncle of his who travelled with him at that time. But God knows the truth!

My father took us so special. Before his death on nuvember 12 2002, he told me about a box he concealed the sum of Seven million, five hundred thousand United State Dollars.(USD$7.5) deposited in one of the security company's here in Abidjan Ivory coast West Africa, which he disguised and declared the box to contain family valuables instead of money, by this way the company does not know the true content of the box.

The deposit document which I have in my possession carries my late father name as the depositor, while I'm the next of kin on the same document.

And I really don't know what to do. This is because I have suffered a lot of set backs as a result of incessant political crisis here in Ivory coast. The death of my father actually brought sorrow to my life.

Sir, I am in a sincere desire of your humble assistance in this regards. Your suggestions and ideas will be highly regarded.



Thank you so much and God be with you,

ALLISON ROGER























---------------------------------
Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam