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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: shirifatu2@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 19:52:16 +0000
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?I=20greet=20you=20in=20the=20name=20of=20Allah?=

Mrs Shirifatu Sankoh
Tel:00225 07624509
12 BP 2114 ABIDJAN 12
E-MAIL:shirifatu2@zipmail.com.br)
ABIDJAN-COTE D'IVOIRE.

Asalam alaikum

Dear One

In the name of Allah the Beneficent; the Merciful,the Master of the day
of Judgement , I greet you in the name of Allah
we are contacting you based on the information we gathered about your person
in the net.
I am Shirifatu Sankoh 25 years with my younger brother . we am in possession
of a large sum of US$15.5 Million in cash which we want to invest in your
country under your care. This money was inherited from our late father Dr
johnson Sankoh who was the Chief
accountant of Sierra Leone Gold & diamond Mining Corporation during our
8 years civil War when Major Johnny Paul Sankoh was the country's president.
This money is of no criminal origin as it was largely realized from black
market sale of alluvial gold dust during the war.
This money has been moved and lodged into a security & finance corporation
in Abidjan Ivory Coast through diplomatic channels in one trunk box tagged
family valuables for security reasons. we now want to move this money abroad
and invest it in profitab
le ventures, as the time is now ripe for such move.
Where we need you assistance
1.Firstly to assist us claim this consignment from the security company
as my late fathers foreign partner and have the money paid into your nominated
account.
2. To assist me invest the money in a profitable business ventures in your
country.
For your kind assistance you will get 15% of the total amount and 5% for
any expenses you make, both telephone calls, fax/emails or any other money
spent during the transfer of this fund into your nominated account.
Upon your response and acceptance to assist me, we will give you further
details concerning this transaction but you must treat this transaction
as highly confidential for my security reasons.
Best Regards
Shirifatu Sankoh
.
N/B please try and get back to me through this my private email id for security
reason,(shirifatu2@zipmail.com.br)







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