joewein.net   joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet
Try our spam filter!
 Free trial for 30 days
   jwSpamSpy
Home
About Us
Spam
419/Nigeria
Fraud
Contact

"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

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:

Fraud email example:

From: mosaaisha@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:48:19 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Hello


Dearest One,






Please do reply me with this email address above for
more details about this transaction.  I would like to go into a
partnership with you; it is my pleasure to contact you for a business
venture which I intend to establish in your country. Though I have not
met with you before but I believe one has to risk confident in succeed
sometimes in life.






I am Mosa Aisha young medical student from Accra
Ghana West Africa, born to a polygamous family of three wives and twelve
children. I happen to be the only born of the second wife which happen
to be my mother.






Ever since I was born, I had not experience what
"true love" is because, there's always misunderstanding, chaos &
fighting among the wives and my siblings all through-out my stay with
them.






My Mother was rape also shot on her head by the killers in the
plane to UK be course of the fund she deposited on my name. And after
her death, my life came crashing & the love I had in me was buried
alongside with her.  After her death, I fought it hard to forget about
her memory but there's no day I won't think about her.






I have been
trying so many relationships but I could not love or no one is ready to
show or give me the type of love my late Mother was endowed with.. I
always have the believe that 'Love Hates Me' not until a friend advice
me to try the 'Online probably I may see the replica of my late Mother.






I
never believed the person base on the fact that how can someone you'd
not met or seen believe you and offer to give you precious heart.






I am simple, gentle and soft-spoken.






Hardworking, truthfulness, sincerity and trustworthy happens to be my turn on and anything contrary to this turns me off.






If
you really want to be a assistance me to get out my funds that contains
huge amount ($10.500, 000, 00 Dollars) Ten Million Five Hundred
Thousand United State Dollars which my late Mother deposited on my name
in the suspense account with one Bank here in UK before his Death. in a
Bank Security company.






Hope to hear from you as soon as possible, that I wont mind but be serious in everything you do.






Thank you.






Mosa Aisha.

Anti-fraud resources: