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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. Veronica Henrieteh <vecton03@myway.com>
Reply-To: vecton03@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 21 May 2012 23:54:32 +0800
Subject: STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL

Dear Sir, STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL Compliments of the day to you and your family. I am writing to you with much respect and honor to this letter, which must remain private and confidential. I know my proposal will come to you as a surprise since you do not precisely know me. Anyway, my mind accepted you and I believe that this proposal will bring mutual benefit for both of us. Let me use this medium to say that, I am MRS. Veronica Henrieteh the wife of Jumanta Henrieteh, the former chairman of Diamond National Mining Co-operation of Sierra leone before his untimely death. My Husband was among the innocent people that was wrongly accused along-side of the coup plotters that ousted the government of Ahmed Tijan Kabbah on May 1998 and was executed including ten (10) others, after having first executed 29 people. As a result of his death and uncontrollable war in my country Sierra Leone, and adding the Treth by some group of the government opposition of my husband who is after our life, my children and I decided to seek asylum in South Africa where my Husband had a little 3 Bed-room Bungalor house. NOTE: My Husband while he was still alive deposited the sum of US$12.8m (Twelve Million Eight Hundred Thousand United State Dollars) with a Diplomatic Security Firm abroad which he intended to use for an investment of 5 Star Hotel but unfortunately he died before his time. Now we want to use this money for investment in your country, I am therefore asking for your urgent assistance to help us move this money into your country for investment. For your assistance I will offer you 25% of the total amount immediately the money arrived into your account. However, this money is safely kept in a Diplomatic Security Firm by my husband under disguise as Family Belongings/Government Personal Effects and nobody has any slight knowledge of what is inside the box deposited with the Security Company. In other words, there is no risk involved and so do not hesitate to ask questions where you feel necessary. All the documents covering the deposition of the money with the Diplomatic Security are intact with my son and me. For more information, please contact my son Mantana Henrieteh on +66 82707 4303 or via E-mail: mhenrirteh@gmail.com reply to provide you with detailed information on the latest arrangement so far. Please your private phone and fax numbers will be mostly needed for easy and confidential communication. I look forward to your earliest reply. God bless you as you get back to me Urgently. My Email: vecton03@yahoo.com Best regards, Mrs. Veronica Henrieteh (For the family).

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