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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: "denisnabotha@cantv.net" <denisnabotha@cantv.net>
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 13:24:37 -0430
Subject: Good day,

Good day,

I am Denis the first son of Dr. Richard Nabotha who was killed by rebels
during the war in Congo. before my father's death he made me and my sister
to understand that he deposited some huge amount of money which he made
from sale of diamond and gold and give my sister all relevant document of
the deposited.
I and my sister was able to move out from Congo through the United Nation,
that convene refugee from Brazzaville to Ivory Coast as a refugee. my
father left behind physical cash of $10.5million usd which he safely lodged
in a bank in Ivory coast, during his tenure as a supervisor miner
operation, according to the deposit certificate, the deposit was suppose to
be invested in Ivory Coast before my late father's investment partner told
my father the risk of investing such large amount of money in a country
with a history of political unrest, I am afraid we cannot do anything on
our owe to get the sum paid to us, that is why I contacted you to help us
to get the sum transfer to your country where I am sure we will be able to
have a good investment with you managing it on our behalf.
So please get back to me as soon as possible so that i can forward your
details to the bank as our trustee partner for the transfer since the
deposit is genuine and legal and should not cause you any form of
embarrassement for helping us and we are prepard to offer you.

Regards,
Denis Nabotha



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