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.

Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
• This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: =?utf-8?q?Senator=20Abu=20Musa?= <senatorabu55561@yahoo.in>
Reply-To: revmarkdonald000@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 07:26:44 +0530 (IST)
Subject: Your Past Effort Compensation


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: senatorabu55561@yahoo.in



- Dear Friend,This is Senator Abu Musa I am very glad to cheer with you once again.Hope this mail find you in an excellent condition of health. I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred under the co-operation of a new partner from Paraguay. Presently I'm in South Korea for investment projects with my own share of the total sum. Meanwhile i didn't forget you're past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how.Now contact my spiritual father in Nigeria his name is Rev Mark Donald and his email address is ask him to send you the draft check of $950,000,00 Nine hundred and fifty thousand dollars which I kept for your compensation for all your past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter. I appreciated your efforts at that time very much .so feel free and get intouch with Rev Mark Donald and instruct him where to send the amount to you. Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy after all the sufferings at that time. I'm very busy here because of the investment projects which me and the new partner are having at hand,finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction to my Spiritual father on your behalf to receive those moneys feel free to get intouch with Rev Mark Donald he will send the amount to you without any delay Best Regards, Senator Abu Musa

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam