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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: Amed Kimtinga <mrsmedel51@gmail.com>
Reply-To: amed_kimtinga@yahoo.fr
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2015 07:57:09 +0000
Subject: READ WELL !

My Dear,
I am contacting you based on trust, honest and confidentiality that
you will keep this as top secret ,I deemed it necessary to reach you
through email since there is no other better way to handle this.

One of our Foreign contractor who worked in our Cotton Company and
Gold refining Company for 32years as Engineer ; He died accidentally
in our Milling-Machine in 1980,leaving behind the his contract sum
which he has labored for 32Year.

The new director, who was employed last year 2014, saw his file that
neither contract sum nor compensation was given to the family; he
therefore called a meeting which the sum of USD1.2Million Dollars was
immediately deposited in Central Bank of Burkina Faso on behalf the
family.

I the company Supervisor who is in charge to find the family, I sent
my personal assistance Mr Jomo Akalita Ali, to Jordan to check if he
can get any of the deceased relative to receive this allowance, he
returned to me with this (News which i confirmed real)
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/10/international/middleeast/10jordan.html?_r=0

None of his family survived in this incident, seeing it as
opportunity, we told the company that we found the father but he is an
alphabet, so he promised to appoint a representative.

That is why I am contacting you to stand and play the rules of
representative and receive this $USD 1.2Million.

There is no risk at all; this will be his last payment meaning that
once this money is paid to you, his file will be closed forever.
I need your full name ..................and your private
phone.................before I tell you next thing to do.
The company is waiting to hear from the appointed person for this.
I will give you 30% me and my assistant will take 70%,am counting on
this money to go on retirement.

Thanks
Regards
Amed Kimtinga.
Supervisor Sofitex-Company.
Web site - www.sofitex.bf.

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