joewein.net   joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet
Try our spam filter!
 Free trial for 30 days
   jwSpamSpy
Home
About Us
Spam
419/Nigeria
Fraud
Contact

"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.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

 

 

Fraud email example:

From: "Chantal Sankoh" <ndayebanya@voila.fr> (may be fake)
Reply-To: chansanko@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 17:07:54 +0000
Subject: Please awaiting your reply

Hello Dear,

I am Mrs Chantal Sankoh from Monrovia in Liberia,I am 38years old and i reside here with my child.

am here in Dakar-senegal with the documents of deposit which my late husband was certified to have deposited a fund in a bank for safe keeping in Spain and due to our statue that we have declared assylum here in Senegal after the death of my Husband, the bank insist we provide them a trustee and the death certificate of which we have notified them the availability of the death certificate but they insist on Trustee.


I am searching for a reliable and capable business man who will assist us to stand for us as a relation, we shall honourably reward you.

Please contact us for further clarification if interests you to be of a help through my private email box (chansanko@yahoo.com)

Thanks.
Yours truly,
Mrs.Chantal and Children


Anti-fraud resources: