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: "Mrs Nkoyo Ibori" (may be fake)
Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2010 20:26:10 +0100
Subject: From Mrs. Nkoyo Ibori (SOS)

Dear friend,

I am Mrs. Nkoyo Ibori,wife to Chief James Ibori, the former Executive Governor of Delta State.Without much ado I have to go straight to the point of my having contact to you. Right now I am undergoing a serious persecution from the President over allleged misappropriation of funds by my husband when he was the governor of our state. Kindly visit these three websites for more information clarification regarding this matter read carefully:

http://amairi.org/ibori_loot.html

http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/News/National/5498438-146/story.csp
http://www.nigeriavillagesquare.com/articles/omoyele-sowore/james-iboris-wife-theresa-nkoyo-arrested-at-heathrow-airport-in-london.html

Resulting from this is my resolve to move to a third party a huge sum of money we have deposited with a financial institution offshore through a foreign beneficiary who will receive and invest and manage same funds on our behalf pending when thins clear up.On completion of the transfer necessary commissions will be paid.

To enable us get started you need to immediately forward to me a brief profile of you,telephone as well as fax number and address.

Thank you.

Mrs Nkoyo Ibori.

Anti-fraud resources: