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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: "The Desk Of Dr. N'GUESSAN BERNARD" <g_nmien@yahoo.se> (may be fake)
Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 11:11:43 +0000
Subject: PLEASE HELP ME

From The Desk Of Dr. N'GUESSAN BERNARD
Attorney of National Bank of Cote d'Ivoire
Code:[la SIR] US$18m
Email: g_nmien@yahoo.se
This mail is from the office of the attorney to the national bank of cote d'ivoire.
I was contacted by the remittance officer of the bank in conjunction with
the cote d'ivoire national petroleum coorperation, [la sir] payment officer to look for a reliable overseas partner who will be willing to assist in recieving huge amount of money from the bank.
The amount is eighteen million dollars[usd18 million] this fund emanated from the amount meant to be paid to a company that said to have executed a contract with [la sir]. Honestly no contract was executed and
such company did not exist. [ghost company]. This fund was approved before the former petroleum minister was sacked for loss of huge some of money from [lasir] account with the national bank.
Dr. James bamba, the former oil minister is secretly involved in this deal. We had a meeting with him though he is no more the oil minister.now the federal government is planning to set up a committee to probe the former minister, that is why an urgent meeting was held to look for a reliable overseas company or individual to recieve this fund. The fund has been sent out as a consignment through a diplomatic baggage system and is tagged photographic materials. All arrangements have been concluded. We do not want to remit the fund through regular banking procedures to avoid being traced.
Do show your interest by sending your direct telephone and fax lines, your address and proof of identity with the code:[la sir usd18m] to the
attorney Dr N'GUESSAN BERNARD via email: g_nmien@yahoo.se for prompt attention.please if you are not interested do not expose us because of our job. Further details will be communicated to you as we hear from you.
Thanks,
yours faithfully,
Dr. N'GUESSAN BERNARD



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