joewein.net   joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet
Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days
  jwSpamSpy

Home
About Us
Spam
419/Nigeria
Fraud
Contact

"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.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

 

 

Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "SAMUEL AND HELEN BEREWA" <samuelhbe17@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: samuelhelbere77@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2016 11:28:32 +0200 (EET)
Subject: Please We Need Your Urgent Assistance




FROM SAMUEL AND HELEN BEREWA,
Bingerville refugee camp
REPUBLIC OF COTE-D'IVOIR.

Dear,

Good Day and God bless you as I introduce myself to you with all faith and hope you will
understand us and not to betray us or let us down at the end.

My name is SAMUEL and my sister's name is HELEN BEREWA. We are the children of late CHIEF
MAXWELL BEREWA, I am 17 Years old, our father died years ago in our country home town TAIMA,
Republic of Sierra Leone, He was into legal solid minerals, diamonds and gold mining saleing
which was under his positions in government then, and he has succeeded in saving
(US$9.500,000.00) Nine Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars, during his
Business on legal solid minerals, diamonds and gold mining selling, After he went on a trip
to Republic of Cote D'Ivoire nearby country to our country to save his money for security
reasons because of the political problems in our country, as our father return back to our
country Unfortunately he is dead the rebels kills him and I will not want this money to be
kept like that without any investment purpose please we are contacting you with full trust to
assist and help us to transfer this money out from here to your country for investment
purpose hoping that you will not let us down.

After the death of our father, our mother took us to Abidjan Ivory Coast here we are right
now and our mother died here in Ivory Coast in a private hospital because of the injuries she
sustained during the war Now we are alone in a totally strange country without parents at
our tender ages.

Before our mother's death she advice us that we should do praying and fasting to find a trust
worthy person who will help us to stand as our late father’s foreign business partner, who
would help us to transfer this money to his account and invest it in a profitable business
venture in his country and also help us to come over to his country and stay with him as his
own blood children and continue our education which terminated because of the war in our
country, She told us to do this quickly so that we can leave Ivory Coast and then settle down
in abroad because of the political problems here now in ivory coast.

Our mother gave us all the vital documents which covers the deposited money in the bank, she
told us that our late father reached an agreement with the bank that this money is for onward
transfer t a foreign account to any of his foreign business partner but our late father did
not introduce any name to the bank as his foreign business partner, that is why we are
contacting you to help us to stand as our late father’s foreign business partner so that the
bank will transfer this money US$9.500,000.00 million to your account, our father used my
name as the only son to deposited the money as next of kin. Our mother made us to know that
this is the reason why we run to this country Ivory Coast. My mother died after words. May
her spirit rest in perfect peace.

I am always visited the bank to make inquires on how to transfer this money out from here and
we have discussed with the director of the bank who assured and promised to help us to
transfer this money to any of my late father's foreign business partners immediately within
72 working hours as soon as i provide my late fathers foreign business partners details to
the bank he also said that my father did not introduce any name to the banks as his foreign
business partners that i should submit my late fathers foreign business partners details to
the bank However, the manager is very concerned because of our age. I am 17 years while my
younger sister is 15, he also told us that our late father reached an agreement with they
bank that the money is for onward transfer to a foreign account and entered my name as the
next of kin. he pleaded that I should look for any of my late fathers foreign business
partners in abroad who will help us to transfer this money out of here to his account.

We need help from you to help us submit your name to the bank as our fathers foreign business
partner and transfer this money to your account for investment purpose and be sincere to get
travailing papers for us and invert us to your country without cheating us or doing bad to us
on my arrival with my younger sister.

Regarding to what our late mother told us, I'm willing to give you 25% of the money after the
transfer of the money and 5% extra for any expense you incurs in this transaction and you
will us the rest to invest it in good business, I am interested in any profitable business or
commercial venture which you consider very good in your country or abroad to invest this
money, please mail us immediately urgent to know your stands before looking elsewhere,
because you're the first person we are contacting and also send your phone number as soon as
possible for easier communication.

Now permit me to ask these few questions:-

1. Can you honestly help me as your own person?
2. Can we completely trust you?
3. Hope my percentage offer is good accepted by you?

Please, Treat this email confidential and get back to us as soon as possible.
Please for security reasons reply to our privet EMAIL ADDRESS ( samuelhelber77@yahoo.com ),
please you can call us with this number (+225-0869-5944 ) immediately for more information.

Yours Sincerely,
Samuel and Helen Berewa.

Anti-fraud resources: