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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: makengo kombi <makengokombi1@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 08:32:33 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: URGENT REPLY.


Urgent attention,

I am Barister Makengo Kombi, resident and practicing in South-africa and I am using this correspondence to urgently seek and request your assistance and cooperation in a sensitive but highly beneficial financial arrangement.

An important client of mine has implored me to contact a reliable and trustworthy partner overseas to urgently receive and handle funds totaling fifteen million{$150000} in CASH presently lodged in a finance and security company outfit .

Due to my client's inability to travel out of the country presently and the fact that we continue to accumulate huge debts daily as long as this consignment remains in the security company we need a friend and partner to proceed as soon as possible and retrieve this money on behalf of my client and handle it as duly instructed.

We have agreed in principle to give twenty-percent 20% of the total sum to whomever shall handle this funds for us while the remaining eighty-percent 80% shall be for my client and I As soon as you are ready to proceed and retrieve this cash on our behalf we shall furnish you with the details and information you will need.

Please be rest assured that this arrangement is absolutely risk free and cannot implicate you in any way yet I implore you to handle this matter with urgency and utmost confidentiality even if you do not intend to execute the project for us Whatever is the case please acknowledge receipt of this mail via the above Email address and if your response is positive we shall proceed immediately without any delay.

Thank you in anticipation of your cooperation and
hoping to hear from you soon.

Yours' sincerely
Makengo Kombi
[Head of chamber]



















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