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.

 

 

Fraud email example:

From: patrick khmalo <patrickkhmalo02@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 20:33:02 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: URGENT FAMILY ASSISTANCE NEEDED


MR.PATRICK KHMALO
34+35 SANTON AVE,RANDBERG,
SOUTH AFRICA (JOHANNESBURG) TEL;+27-83-36-81-848



Dear Sir/Madam,

Kindly accept my apology for sending my mail to you.I Am a true God fearing person,
and I want you to trust me and help me out in this my condition. I believe you are a highly respected personality,considering the fact that I sourced your profile from a human resource profile database on your country in the Internet.( SAINO) South African Information Network Online.Though, I do not know to what extent you are familiar with events and fragile political situation in Liberia but it has formed consistent headlines in the CNN, BBC news bulletins.


My Name is MR PATRICK K NUHAN VAYE from Liberia, a Country in West Africa. My late Father is Khmalo NUHAN Vaye, Deputy Minister of Public Works in Liberia.My Father was falsely accused of plotting to remove the (PRESIDENT OF LIBERIA CHARLES TAYLOR) from office. Without trial,Charles Taylor killed him. You can verify this from some of the international
newspapers posted in the web sites below:

(I)http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2003-07-15-liberia_x.htm

Before my Father was killed, he moved out the sum of $95.5 million through a diplomatic means, and deposited it with a Security Company Safe Vault in South Africa were we are presently seeking asylum. All that is needed is for us to get a reliable person that would assist us in seeing that we pull the money out of the security company and have it transfered overseas for investment.

I will remunerate you with 20% at the end, but most of all is that I solicit your trust in this transaction.I have been confined only to our country home and all my calls are monitored, So I will advise you contact me through my private contact number stated above for onward proceedings.

Kindly include your Full Name, Private Telephone Phone Numbers where you can always be reached, your Residential or Company Address to enable me send detail information/documents that will enable you receive the fund without any problem either now or in future as all modalities has been perfected.

Please your urgent response is needed.

Best Regards.

MR PATRICK K NUHAN VAYE (SON)


NB:
PLEASE NOTE THAT WE ARE AWARE THAT THERE ARE MANY SCAMS AND LETTERS OF THIS NATURE AND WOULD THEREFORE ADVISE THAT YOU DO NOT REPLY TO THIS IF YOUR INTEREST IS NOT AROUSED.







































__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around
http://mail.yahoo.com

Anti-fraud resources: