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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: Dr.Celestine Okonji <celestineokonji@netscape.net> (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 13:40:02 -0500
Subject: Assistance



OKONJI & CO.
SOLICITORS & ADVOCATES
NO. 112 LEWIS STREET
LAGOS NIGERIA
TEL: 234 1 470 3426

I AM CONTACTING YOU ON BEHALF OF MY CLIENT WHO IS SEEKING FOR URGENT ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT.KINDLY GOING THROUGH HIS MAIL BELOW AND GET BACK TO ME TO SEND YOU THE NECCESSARY DOCUMENTS NEEDED FOR THE CLAIMS OF THE
FUNDS IN THE FINANCE COMAPNY.

HIS MAIL:

MY NAME IS CHARLES -TAYLOR. I AM THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF LIBERIA.I WAS FORCED TO RESIGN AS THE PRESIDENT OF LIBERIA IN WEST- AFRICA BY THE UNITED NATIONS / INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITIES WHICH WAS SPEARHEADED BY THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT, MR. GEORGE - BUSH.PRESENTLY I AM IN EXILE IN CALABAR - NIGERIA WHERE I AM STAYING UNDER CLOSE WATCH BY THE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT WHO KINDLY OFFERED ME ASYLUM.

I NEED TO TRANSFER WHAT I CALL, MY FUTURE HOPE, THE SUM OF FIFTY TWO MILLION DOLLARS [USD 52,000,000,00] WHICH IS WITH A SECURITY/FINANCE COMPANY INTO YOUR ACCOUNT OR ANY ACCOUNT THAT YOU CAN GET FOR ME OR A NEW BANK ACCOUNT WITH LITTLE OR NO MONEY IN THERE.

I AM BEING MONITORED AND I DO NOT WANT TO TAKE CHANCES. FOR YOUR INFORMATION, MY COMMUNICATION AND MOVEMENTS ARE UNDER STRICT SURVEILLANCE THEREFORE MAKE ALL YOUR COMMUNICATIONS TO ME THROUGH MY ATTORNEY, BARRISTER. [CELESTINE OKONJI] MY LAWYER WHO IS ALSO MY CLOSE CONFIDANT WOULD BE ABLE TO ESTABLISH AN INVESTMENT WITH YOUR ASSISTANCE ON MY BEHALF UNTIL I COME OUT OF MY TRAVAIL AND TORMENTORS.YOU CAN GO THROUGH THIS WEBSITE
TO SEE MY REAL DETAILS:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/africa/liberia/taylor-bio.html

PLEASE I AM PROMISING YOU AND YOU FAMILY GOOD SHARE THE FUNDS IF YOU CAN QUITELY GET THIS FUND OUT INTO YOUR ACCOUNT.

I WAIT PATIENTLY FOR YOUR RESPONSE.

YOURS TRULY,

CHARLES TAYLOR.
EX- PRESIDENT OF LIBERIA

PLEASE, THIS IS AN APPEAL TO BE KEPT SECRET BETWEEN YOU AND MY CLIENT(MR. CHARLES TAYLOR) I WILL FORWARD TO YOU INFORMATION ABOUT THE SECRURITY AND FINANCE COMPANY THAT IS IN CUSTODY OF THE MONEY.KINDLY REPLY ME
BELOW

celestineokonji@netscape.net

THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS.

BARRISTER CELESTINE OKONJI (ESQ)



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