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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: cheyedoe01@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 00:56:34 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?FROM=20CHEYE=20=20DOE=2E?=

Attn:

I wish to use this medium to introduce myself to you.I am Sir Cheye Doe
The Managing Director of National Port Authority (NPA) Liberia. During the
Regime of my late Brother samuel Doe, I was in-charge of the sales of all
Diamond in our country-Liberia, as you may also be aware that, Liberia is
one of the leading producing Diamond Country, in Africa While carrying out
this sales of diamonds, that worth up to $2.4billions, I was able to divert
the sum of US$54,000,000.00 (Fifty Four Million United States Dollars) for
my personal benefit, which is lodged in a security company in Amsterdam
in Netherlands..

Now that I am The Managing Director of National Port Athority (NPA) in the
transition government in liberia,I believe it is wise for me now, to move
the funds out of the security company for Any Lucrative investment hich
is my motive to contact you for the mutual benefit between us.

You will be required to fly down to Amsterdam to see Everything by yourself,
as Every arrangement has been put in place for the smooth completion of
the project without any Trace.

For assisting me in securring this fund into your care for the investment,
I will offer you 25% of the total amount involved, while 5% is set aside
for any expenses that might be incurred during the completion of this Deal,
and the remaining 70% will be used for any lucrative investment you will
introduce me into.

Looking Forward to read from you.

PLEASE SEND YOUR RESPONSE TO THIS MY CONFIDENTIAL

EMAIL ADDRESS: cheyedoe077@fastermail.com



Yours,

Sir Cheye Doe.

Managing Director





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