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: "DR TITO SANKOH" <drtitosankoh1@webmail.co.za> (may be fake)
Reply-To: drtitosankoh@webmail.co.za
Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2005 15:47:24 +0200
Subject: PLEASE GET BACK TO ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

FROM:Tito Sankoh

Attn: President/Chief Executive Officer,

INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE.

Your profile information was courtesy of global contact investment
bureau (GCIB) here in South Africa and I am Dr Tito Sankoh, an ex-security official and special representative of Front Liberation Enclave of Cabinda (FLEC) from the rich diamond/oil district of Cabinda ,Northern Province of Angola presently Residing in South Africa on political reasons. I am seeking your assistance to invest US$10.5 million dollars) in your
Company/country for the future of my family because of economics instability in my country.

Kindly contact me back for further discussion and strictly insist on
Speaking/email through the above email address or phone number and please note that my position demands absolute confidentiality on this matter.
Even when you decide otherwise, I will be most grateful if you can
Maintain the confidentiality of this matter.

Thanks in anticipation of your response.

Regards,
Dr Tito Sankoh








Anti-fraud resources: