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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: jule_kaar@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 22:38:54 +0000
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?From=3A=20Mrs=2EJuliet=20Kaabourg?=

From: Mrs.Juliet Kaabourg
Abidjan,
Phone.+225 0716 91 73

Dear,

I know my message will come to you as a surprise but
don't worry I was totally convinced to write you in
reference of the transfer of Twenty Two million united states
dollars (US$22,000,000.)to your account for onward investment
in a lucrative business in your country.

I am Mrs.Justina kaabourg the second wife of the
former chief of defence staff Late General Hanist A.Kaabourg
of Guinea Bissau. My late husband was killed on 30th
November 2001 following his role as a rebel leader
against the past Government of Guinea Bissau as of
1998.

Following his death on this political crisis, we were
forced to leave our country to Abidjan the capital city of CÃ?te
d'Ivoire for our life sake. It is here in Abidjan that he
deposited this money in a bank.

I got to know about this information and as well able
to recover all the relevant documents regards to this
deposit in his study, when we were about to run from
my country on his death.If you are ready and truly disposed to assist us
in transferring of this fund kindly write me through my
above address.

More information about the transferring of this funds
legally follows immediately after your positive reply.
please we have agreed to offer you 20% of the total
funds and 5% is mapped outside for any expenses that might
be incurred in the course of this transaction.

N/B please kindly contact my son Henry Kaabourg
through this number 00 225 07 16 91 73 for more informations
as he is more conversant with the english language.

Best Regards
Mrs.Juliet Kaabourg




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