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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: Miss Kanga <missalicekanga@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: Miss Kanga <alnkanga@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2014 16:00:03 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Urgent Message from Veronica Kanga.


Greetings!         Firstlyyou don't know me before, but I am very sorry for the inconvenience that I maygive you. My name is Miss Veronica Kanga from Abidjan Ivory Coast in WestAfrica. I am 19 years old. I am the only daughter of my late parents Mr. andMrs. Francis Kanga a Cocoa and Gold merchant who poison to death just of recentby one of his family members and also my mother died when I was just two yearsold baby, right now life is very difficult for me.     Therefore, Iam contacting you today to solicit your urgent assistance in transferring thisamount of money (US$8,550M) (Eight Millions Five Hundred Fifty Thousand UnitedStates Dollars) that I inherited from my late parents to your bank account andalso to bring me over to your country to invest the money there and to continuemy education because my life is at risk here since I lost my parents, though itis a long story.      The saidmoney was deposited in my name as next of kin in one the prime Bank’s here inAbidjan Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire) in a fixed/suspense account for onwardtransfer to a foreign account. Right now my age didn’t yet attain the legal age22 years to access to the money in the bank here but I can present anyforeigner who could help me transfer the money to a foreign account accordingto the agreements signed between my late father and the bank, therefore, thisis the reason why I am seeking your urgent assistance in claiming the moneyinto any of your stable bank account in your country. Please kindly let me know your capacity in helping meand your percentage % you will take as commission for your assistance. Pleaseif you are willingly to help me then I want you to send me your fullinformation as stated below to enable me to introduce you to the bank as myforeign guardian and the receiver of the money. 1) Your Full Name:2) Address:3) Occupation:4) Nationality:5) Marital Status:6) Age:7) Sex:8) Phone Number:  I am looking forward to hearing back from you as soonas possible. Regards. Ms VeronicaKanga.

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