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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: brownmaryk@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 14:43:00 +0000
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?From=3A=20Brown=20and=20Mary=20kamara?=

From: Brown and Mary kamara
Assylum Camp
Abidjan- Cote d' Ivoire
Tel: +22507774012.

Attention: Ceo/Manager

CONFIDENTIAL

I am Brown Kamara the only son of late former Director of finance,Chief
Vincent R. Kamara Sierra-Leone diamond and mining corporation. I must confess
my agitation is real, and my words is my bond, in this proposal. My late
father made this money when he was in position, he deposited the money with
(BANK) in Abidjan, where I am residing under political asylum with my younger
sister in Abidjan Cote d' Ivoire.

Now the war in my country is over with the help of ECOMOG soldiers, the
present government of Sierra Leone has revoked the passport of all officers
who served under the former regime and now ask countries to expel such person
at the same time freeze their account and confiscate their asset, it is
on this note that I am contacting you, all I needed from you is to contact
me so that I will furnish you with all the information concerning money
in the bank also the contact of the bank.

We want you to assist us transfer this money in your private bank account,
the said amount is (Twenty four Million Dollars) $24 Million. We will
compensating you with 15 % of the total money , now all my hope is banked
on you and we really wants to invest this money in your country, were their
is stability of Government, political and economic welfare.

Honestly we want you to believe that this transaction is real and never
a joke. Our late father Chief Kamara gave us the documents like certificate
of deposit issued to him by (BANK) on the date of deposit, for you to be
clarify because, we do not expose ourself to anybody we see,we believe that
you are able to keep this transaction secret for us because this money is
the hope of our life, it is important.
Please call me immediately after you must have gone through our message
fill free and make it urgent. That is the reason why we offered you 15 %
of the total money , and in case of any other necessary expenses you might
incur during this transaction.

N.B Try and negotiate for us some profitable blue chip investment opportunities
which is risky free which we can invest with this money when it is transferred
to your account, personally we are interested in estate management and hotel
business, please advise us.
Call me back immediately you receive this message for more explanation.
And promisse me and my younger sister to be a guidearn considering our
situation and not to betray us.

Thanks and God bless
Best regards

Brown Kamara TEL: +22507774012. NB: Our late father used me the only son
as the beneficiary / next of kin on the day of deposit and also told me
that I will need a foreign assistance of a foreigner with a legitimate
bank Account abroad who will stand as co-beneficiary and partner abroad.



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