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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: "=?ISO-8859-1?B?anVsaWU=?=" <juliekoffi2@qq.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 20:11:47 +0800
Subject: Hello Sir/Madam

Hello Sir/Madam

My name is Miss.Julie Koffi. I am writing this mail with tears and sorrow from my heart. With due respect , trust and humanity , I appeal to you to exercise a little patience and read this email.

Get your contact / profile through an international directory and is interested in disclosing everything about you. It is true that we have not seen or known before. I am the only product of the late Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Koffi Ivory Coast . Please , my lord , let us reason together and have confidence in God our creator. I seek your assistance to help me transfer my inheritance money , the sum of ( U.S. $ 3,650,000.00 ) Three million six hundred fifty thousand dollars of the United States of America in his bank account. My late father wanted this money for me , but my mother died when he wrote the will in my name.

like I said contact me again, so He deposited This money Here in Bank in lome togo West Africa, where these funds were deposited by me though mylate Father .

Please , it is more than urgent , because my life is in danger because of my father 's brothers and family members are in my life because of this huge amount of money dear to me . I have now run out of my country to the Republic of Togo for the safety of my life. My late father was a politician and also gold and cocoa merchant in Ivory Coast before their business colleagues poisoned and died. My Lord , I am willing to give 30% of the inheritance money for their efforts and assistance after the successful transfer of the money in your bank account abroad because I like to invest in your country. I will give more details when I receive your reply . Anticipating to hear from you urgently and please reply .

Thank you and God bless. Yours sincerely,

Miss.Julie Koffi

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