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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: jennifer kossa <jennifer_kossa5@yahoo.fr>
Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 11:21:14 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Urgent Help Needed


Dearest one,
Greetings!
Kindly permit me to discuss this problem of mine with
you.I am Miss Jennifer Alice Kossa.
My Father was the chairman of contract review panel in
my country Cote d'Iviore before the problem of the
land reform program and political crises in my country
he was assasinated together with wife on the 26th
september, 2002. Before the escalation in Cote D
Iviore just of resent I recovered $16.8Million US
dollars from over inflated contracts by some
government officials.
So this money was in my possession and I lodged it in
a security company here in Abidjan. I have been
trying to fly out of this country but it has been
difficult for me to travel because of the present
problems here in Cote d'voire, Africa.
So I want you to help me make claims of this fund
(16.8MU.S.D) beficiary and transfer the money to your
account or any account of your choice before I can get
a visa to fly down. So that we can share the money. I
have agreed to give you 10%,which would be
($1.6Million dollars) of this Money for your
assistance, and 87% would be mine and the other 3%
would be set aside for any expenses that we may incure
during the course of this transaction.
And part of my 87% would be invested in your country
in any profitable business propossed by you. While a
large part of my share will be also be used to help
the suffering people of my country.
We have never met, but I want to trust you and please
do not let me down when this fund finally gets into
your account. Please if you are interested, get to me
through my email address to enable me feed you with
more details and all necessary documentations. Please
treat this as confidential.
Best regards.
Jennifer Alice Kossa.






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