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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: kamaraza@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 15:10:39 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?MY=20CONFIDENT?=

From MrI.Kamara

TEL +27 73 399 1977

DEAR ,

This letter was borne out of my sincere desire to establish a business/mutual
relationship with you. I got your contact through the international trade
and commerce (ITCC).

My name is Ibram Kamara the son of late Chief Abraham P.Kamara (the former
deputy minister of finance under the ousted civilian government) who was
killed and mutilated by the military junta led by major, Paul Koroma after
overthrowing the elected government of president Tejan. Through, I do not
know to what extent you are familiar with events and disturbance in Sierra-Leone
but the pressure of war drove my mother and I out of Sierra -Leone into
exile in South Africa where we have been living under political asylum for
years.

Sadly, my mother died of cancer 2 months ago and was buried here in South
Africa . Prior to her death, she handed me over a certificate meant for
a secret deposit, which my father made in a security/finance company in
europe the deposit that worth US$25,000,000 ( Twenty five million U.S dollars)
this was the money paid to his corporation by it's overseas customers in
the heat of the conflict. He made the deposit in his name and also deposited
it as a family tresures, with the hope of converting it to his personal
use at the end of the war but he was killed when the conflict intensified
as a result of his opposition to the rebel forces. I have contracted the
Security/finance Company to confirm the deposit and establish ownership.

Due to the death of my Mother, I have decided to solicit for the participation
of an honest and trustworthy person or company that will assist in acting
as my representative who will jointly signed the agreement for the safe
keeping of the money in the security/finance company. The security/finance
company don't know the content of the consignment, they believe that it
is African artefact. As contained in 2 trunk boxes. Unfortunately, My mum
who is surpose to assist me in releasing the consignment has died of cancer
that is why I am looking for your assistance. I cannot do it alone due to
my present social status and total ignorance of the business world. I shall
also give you 20% of the funds for your assistance to relocate this fund
to your country and for re-investment while the rest will be kept in any
account of your choice for inverstmant purpose. i would have done the transfer
myself as my name is written as the next of kin,but because of my present
status in this country as a refugee i will not be allowed to handle such
money or else it will be confisticated by the goverment if found in my possetion,and
also i will not be allowed to open an account as a refugee not even to talk
of inversting such an amount of money,these are the reasons why i need your
assistance,If you are interested in helping me out of this my present situation,
contact me immediately through my email and i will funish you with other
details you need to conclude this transaction.this transaction is absolutely
risk free and of biliteral benefits as i have all neccesray legal documents
backing it up.please get back to me with your full name,tel.no fax no and
also your home addres so as to enable me introduce you to the security/finance
company handling the consignment as my representative.after all these you
will then make an arrangement on how we are going to meet face to face and
discuss in details.

Meanwhile, I cannot travel out because i have no travelling documents for
now,i also hope that after everything you will secure a visa for me to join
you in your country so that i can continue my studies over there. I hope
to hear from you soon

Best regards,
MR IBRAM KAMARA




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