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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: "MRS SUSAN WHITE." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <keyamodelaw@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 12:08:34 -0700
Subject: PRIVATE LETTER.

RE: Private Letter To You/Very Confidential---How you will receive your overdue funds from Nigeria.



Dear Sir/Madam.



Iam Mrs. Susan White, iam a US citizen 63 years old and I reside in NJ USA,my residential address is: 3730 South Delsea Dr. Unit 26 A,
Vineland, NJ 08360 United States, Iam an Inheritance beneficiary with the Nigerian Government years back and they refused to pay my funds after the completions of the payment process by me of which i have spend well over US$100,000 while trying to receive my funds without result of which i nearly give up before luck smiled on me recently, I decided to travel to Nigeria with the help of our Embassy in Abuja with all my contract/inheritance documents and details and i was directed by our Embassy to an Attorney in charge of contract/inheritance beneficiaries funds in the person of Barrister Festus Keyamo who is the Secretary of the Contract/Inheritance

Awarding Committee hence i contacted him and he did explain everything to me, he told me point blank that those people contacting us through the email and telephone are mere fraudsters and impostors who are only after to reap us off of our hard earned money and that they are referred to locally in Nigeria as 419ners,then he took me to the paying bank there in Lagos, Nigeria and the name of the bank is called Oceanic International Bank Plc of which i have been seeing the banks advert in our CNN here, to GOD be the glory iam now the happiest woman on earth now as my due Inheritance funds of US$2.5Million has being released and paid to me by the bank through the effort of that God sent gentleman and our Embassy in Nigeria as well.


Why i have your email ID is because the attorney Barrister Festus Keyamo did showed to me the manifest and list of people like me which you are one of them that have not been paid as well that is why I decided to contact you privately as Christian so that you will urgently have to follow the same process and get your funds paid, am a living witness and i don’t want those black morons to sit on your funds any longer hence this is a sisterly advice as a white like me, please I will advise you stop any dealings with those impostors because i have seen with my eyes and i have believe,only that gentleman will do the magic for you and him alone and mind you you dont need to travel to Nigeria like me, I acted like that because I was so desperate and it worked out, what you have to do is to secretly and privately contact the barrister as i will give you his details, plead with him to help you as he helped me hence you have to make reference of me, he will not charge you any fees at !
all because he is a good man to th



Name: Barrister Festus Keyamo, SAN.
Email ID: keyamodelaw@gmail.com
Private Mobile:234-8058875754.
Address:Plot.11/16 Adeola Odeku Str,Victoria Island Lagos,Nigeria.

Use the above details to contact him today so that he will help you as he helped me, you really have to stop dealings with those scam impostors that are contacting you via email and telephone informing you of your funds while they dont know anything about it rather trying to take advantage of you by extorting you of money, I have misplaced the telephone number of barrister Keyamo hence i have only his email id in my box that is why i gave them to you but he will give you if you open up communications with him.

Note and be informed that what i paid through Barrister Festus Keyamo is only the sum of US$470 apart from my flight ticket and personal expenses which covers the cost for NRTC (Non Residence Tax Clearance Fees)is very mandatory that you will pay it and a receipt issued to that effect in my presence, take proper note of that because it is very necessary that you send it through him if you cannot travel to Nigeria as i did because of my desperate conditions.

Let me know when you have secured your funds as i did for a good thank you to me as i guided you.


Sincerely,

Mrs. Susan White.
New Jersey,United States.
Email:nicongoup@blumail.org

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