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: mr akue <mr_akuewilliams1@yahoo.co.in>
Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2007 14:35:37 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: FROM AKUE WILLIAMS


My Dear

I am cpatain Akue from liberia. i served under the former president of Liberia Charles Taylor .

Dearest i need your help to use your account to transfer $15.3 million us dollars .which i got when i was the commandand of Liberian Zone 3 millitary cantoment in monrovia.

Because of the political problems then i Bank the money in a Bank in Lome Togo. if you are intersted and ready to help me i will give you the full details of this for more. finally i have put out 30% out of it to who ever that will help me in this.
So contact My Lawyer for more.
barrister_dragos3@yahoo.co.uk


FROM BARRISTER DRAGOS TIBERIU IOAN
Attorney & Counselors At Law
Sos,Berceni 24,Bucharest RO-75620.
Republic of Romania
Private email:barrister_dragos3@yahoo.co.uk
phone number
fax number
ATTORNEY IN CHARGE.


FROM AKUE WILLIAMS




---------------------------------
Do you get hundreds of mails everyday? Delete none. Keep them all.

Anti-fraud resources: