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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: "Master Toure Tia" <mrttoure@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 18:32:50 +0000
Subject: For your kind attention

Dear,

Good a thing to write you. I have a proposal for you-this however is not mandatory nor will I in any manner compel you to honour against your will.
I am Master Toure Tia 17 years old, the only son of my late MR.& MRS ROBERTS TIA. My late father was a highly reputable busnness magnet-(a cocoa merchant)who operated in the capital of Ivory coast during his days.

It is sad to say that he passed away mysteriously in France during one of his business trips abroad on the 20th.september 2004.Though his sudden death was linked or rather suspected to have been masterminded by my uncle of mine who travelled with him at that time.
But God knows the truth!

Before his sudden death on 20TH September 2004 he called the secretary who
accompanied him to the hospital and told her that he had a sum of 3,000,000 US DOLLARS (THREE MILLION USA DOLLARS)kept in a security company in (AFRICA).
He also said that the security company does not know the content of the safe Box.He decleared it to the company as family items and used my name Debra Nina with code number, to Deposit the Box as his only child for next of kin. He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth that he was poisoned by his business assocaites, That I should seek for a foreign partner in a country of my choice where I will transfer this money to and use it for investment purposes.

I want you to assist me in clearing this box from the security company and then transfering the fund inside the box into your account overseas as a beneficiary of the fund, and also use it for an investment purpose. I am just an orphan because my mother died when i was small and a refugee in a country i don't have family nor friend and i really don't know what to do. I need help from you please. This is because I have suffered a lot of set backs as a result of incessant political crisis in my country LIBERIA and even here in Ivory coast.The death of my Father actually brought sorrow to me.

Dearest one,I am in a sincere desire of your humble assistance in this regards .As soon as you indicate your interest i will forward to you including my picture for legal prove please.

Now permit me to ask these few questions:-

1. Can you honestly help me as your Brother or partner ?

2. Can I completely trust you?

3. Finaly i hope you will treat me like your person?

Please,Consider this and get back to me as soon as possible, i humble wait for your respond please.

Thanks and God Bless you so much,

Master Toure Tia.


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