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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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Fraud email example:

From: "mokale john1" <mokalej1@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 06:59:50 +0000
Subject: MAIL FOR A REQUEST

HOSTON ASTATE
JOHANESSBURG, SOUTH-AFRICA,
PHONE:+27-83-941-6930
E-mail:mokalej1@hotmail.com

Your attantion sir/Madam

A brief introduction will be necessary to let you know simply who i am .


Without wasting much time, my name is MOKALE JOHN the son of MR.MOKALE DAVIS
from Sierra-Leone who was the Chief Security Officer of the Arms and
Ammunition procurement for the Sierra-Leone Armed Forces. Assistance.

Giving you a brief inside about this money of which you must also like to
know, but VERY CONFIDENTIAL my beloved Dad smuggled it out, during his
tenure of office as the Chief Security Officer who was in charged of the
Arms and ammunition procurement for the Sierra-Leone Armed Forces from South
Africa. he deposited the funds under the custody of the security company in
Johannesburg South Africa. And the amount is TWENTY TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ($22.500.000.00) In other words I am only
anticipating for your assistance to transfer this money into your personal
or companies account because right now my father has passed away and I am
the only son and the beneficiary to this fund.So,all I need from you is ;
(1)Your maximum assistance, based on honesty.

Finally, I disclose to you that 20% of this fund will be given to you for
your assistance, 10% will be set aside to defray expenses, and the remaining
70% will be for my business negotiation and transaction when I arrive in
your country of which you will be the pilot.
Remember that this money transfer is 100% risk free and I am taking care of
everything concerning the fund here in South Africa.

Also bear in mind that this request needs UTMOST CONFIDENTIALITY AND SECRECY
for proper transaction. Please i look forward to read or hear from you.
Reply including your Telephone and Fax numbers for easier communication and
confidentiality.

Thanks for your anticipated response /co-operation, hoping to hear or
receive your reply.

MOKALE JOHN



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