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: "Maria Shumejda" (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2017 09:33:18 -0700
Subject: 4/4/2017

Dear Beloved In Christ,



Please accept my sincere apologizes if my email does not meet your business or personal ethics,It is by the grace of God that I received Christ,knowing the truth and the truth have set me free.Having known the truth I had no choice than to do what is lawful and right in the sight of God for eternal life and in the sight of man for witness of God´s mercy and glory upon my life.

I am Mrs Maria Shumejda from San Antonio Texas.I am married to late Mr.John Shumejda who was the President of agricultural equipment Giant. AGCO Corp, who perished on the 4th of January 2002 in a plane crash in Birmingham. Please View the Website below:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_ news/england/1742404.stm
http://edition.cnn.com/2002/WO RLD/europe/01/04/england.plane /

We were married for twenty-seven years without a Child. Since his death I decided not to re-marry. When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of $20,000,000,00 (Twenty Million United States Dollars) with a Bank here Texas and now the management of the bank have just wrote me to come forward to receive the money or rather issue a letter of authorization to somebody to receive it on my behalf if I can not come over.

I am presently with my laptop in a hospital where I have been undergoing treatment of the lungs, I have since lost my ability to talk and my doctors have told me that I have only a few months to live.It is my last wish to see that this money is claim by you and distributed among charity organization.

And for your compensation, as soon as the money enters your account take 30% of the total money, 5% for any expenses while 65% will be for the work of GOD.

I took this decision because l know that there are a lot of poor people suffering from different kind of disease and nobody to come to their aid. With God all things are possible. As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the bank were the money is been deposit. I will also issue you a letter of authority and certificate of claim that will prove you as the new beneficiary of this fund.

Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated here.

I await your urgent reply.


Yours in Christ,
Maria Shumejda

Anti-fraud resources: