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.Abdulrazak Momodu" <abdmomodu28@hotmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: abdmomodu14@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 16:20:46 +0200
Subject: urgent investment help,

Good day ,

My mother ask me to look for a reliable foreign partner and I got your contact in cause of a serious
searching in the internet for a reliable foreign partner. I am Abdulrazak Momodu the only son of a
late sierraleonian businessman late El-haj Bawa Momodu the owner of (RMS.PLC) dealing in row
Gold and Diamond.Who died two years ago when the revolutionary united front rebels (R.U.F)
attacked our residence in Makeni Sierraleone. Following the cease fire agreement which was
reach with the help of United Nation peace keeping troops,we used the oppoturnity to leave
the country with a very important document of seven million five hundred thousand U.S Dollars
deposited by my late father in Finace / security company Abroad under my name as his next of kin.

This money was realised from gold/diamond export, now i and my mother are resideing in
Dakar - Senegal do to the sillent killing that is still going on in our country. My main reason of
contacting you is that I received a message from the Security Company warning that I should make
haste to dislodge the money or I loose it to high dumurrage rate which has pilled up since 2003
up till date. I only want this done this way because your country is politically suitable for any
profitable investment,(1) To help me transfer the money to your country. 2) to help me get a
profitable business to invest the fund based on your professional advise. my mother said that
we shall give you 10% of the total sum after the sucessfull transfer of this money.we count on
you greatly for your assistance. you can also contact me at; abdmomodu14@hotmail.com
Waiting to hear from you soon.
best wishes
Abdulrazak Momodu

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam