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: "Kola Martins" <kolamartins_2000@msn.com>
Reply-To: kola_director@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 14:54:29 +0000
Subject: Chief D.S.P. Alamieyeseigha

Dear Sir,
I just need your urgent assistance to help secure the funds of my brother
Chief D.S.P. Alamieyeseigha who is being persecuted because of his political
stance against the intensions of our incumbent president to stay in office
beyond his constitutional mandate.My brother did not steal any money from
the government that is why he is still very popular among our people. There
are serious attempts to to malign and desparrage him as a dishonest
politician and a thief due to his refusal to budge and give in to the evil
machination of a few.He made all his money honestly and through hard work
long before he became a governor. Please help us secure this fund which will
be sent to your bank account if you provied us with this and you will be
handsomely rewarded.
Do your best to help befor we lose all our family has laboured for all our
lives.When the storm is over which shall be soon in God's name you will
return it to us after deducting the percentage we shall agree with
you.Please this is not a scam we are desprate in our search befor located
you address through the internet.
You can see the false infomation they carried about my brother on the world
wide web http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4456300.stm.Like I said earlier
we did not steal this money it is our legitemately earned money so help us.
Get back to me as soon as possible.
Yours sincerely.
Kola Martins Alamasiegha.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam