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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: Martha Sackie <marthasackie@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:33:58 -0500
Subject: PLEASE FROM YOUR DANGHTER

Dear Sir/Ma,

It is my pleasure to write you after many considerations since I can not be able to see you face to face at first. Being the only Daughter of my father late Ousmane Sackie, from Africa. My father was a diamond merchant in sierraloene before his untimely death. During his business trip to sierraloene, to negotiate on a diamond business, he was shot by unknown assassins and the shock lead to my mother's untimely death instantly, but my father died after five days in the hospital. I am now an orphan.



Before he gave up the ghost, He disclosed to me that he has a deposit of US$7,000,000 (SEVEN MILLION U.S DOLLARS) in a bank in the Gambia. Which he deposited under blind trust deposit in favour of imaginary foreigner whom he claimed owns the money that he did to avoid questioning from the authorities on how he came about with such amount of money. He instructed me to seek for a trustworthy foreigner who will help me move the money out from the country for safe deposit and for a life time investment abroad.



Now i am only 20yrs old and do not have the capabilities to carry this situation. I met a lawyer who told me that i need a foreigner to be able to pull this business through .Hence, the reason why I am soliciting for your assistance to help me provide account where the money will be deposited and to also act as the beneficiary of the said amount, thereafter, we can reason together on which field to invest on, because this is my only hope in life.



I am waiting anxiously to hear from you so that we can discuss the modalities of this transaction and I want to assure you that everything will be legally done. Please if this proposal is acceptable to you kindly contact me through the above email address immediately for more information. Please help me with good mind.

Thanks for your kind attention and anticipated mutual understanding.



Best Regards.


Miss Martha Sackie
Banjul-The Gambia
West -Africa


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