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"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.

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Fraud email example:

From: charles_kawa2@terra.com.mx
Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2005 15:25:49 +0000
Subject: FROM:CHARLES KAWA

FROM:CHARLES KAWA
COTE D'IVOIRE ABIDJAN.

DEAR RESPECTFUL,


It is my pleasure to write you after much consideration since telephone
communication can not be suitable enough to communicate to you at first.

Being the son of my father, late Mr. CHARLES KAWA from Guinea Bissau in
Republiqa de Guinea Bissau(GB)My father was limited liability Cocoa and
Gold merchant in Guinea Bissau before
his untimely death. After his business trip to Abidjan -Cote d'Ivoire ,to
negotiate on a cocoa and gold business he wanted to invest in Abidjan -Cote
d'Ivoire.

A Week after he came back from Abidjan, he was attacked with my
mother by unknown assassins, which my mother died instantly but my father
died after five days in a private hospital on that faithful afternoon.

I didn't know that my father was going to leave me after I had lost my mother.
But before he gave up the ghost, it was as if he knew he was going to die.
MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PERFECT PEACE AMEN. he disclosed to me that he deposited
the sum of $18,300,000,00 US Dollars (EIGHTEEN MILLION THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLARS) in a BANK That the money was meant for his cocoa and Gold company
he wanted to establish in Abidjan - Cote d'Ivoire though, according to my
father he deposited the money in the Bank.

Because of his condition he instructed me to seek for a reliable and trust
worthy business partner for investment abroad because he dont know where
his enemies are from. Now I have succeeded in locating the BANK in Cote
d' Ivoire and also confirmed it with most honest and confidentiality.

Now I am soliciting for your assistance to help me INVEST this money in
your country in any meaningful lucrative business because this is my only
hope in life.

I Awaiting anxiously to hear from you so that we can discuss the
modalities of this transaction and I will forward to you more details on
how this transfer should be handle.

Thanks for your kind attention.
Yours sincerely

MR CHARLES KAWA


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