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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: "ANITA GEZI" <gezianita@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 12:43:54 +0800
Subject: CAN I TRUST YOU?

Dear
In my search for an honest, reliable and sincere business partner, i got your contact from internet and i ask if you can be trusted not to break an agreement?

My name is Miss Anita Gezi, the daughter of Mr Border Gezi of Bindura from Zimbabwe,Southern Part of Africa. During the crises against the farmers in Zimbabwe from the supports of President Robert Mugabe to claim all the white-owned farms to his party members and his followers, he ordered all white farmers to surrender all farms to his party members and his followers.

My father was One of the most successful multy farmers in our country and also a member of parliament for Mashonaland Central Province, because he did not support Mugabe`s ideas, Mugabe's supporters invaded our farm in Bindura and burnt everything in the farm and took all our valuables and machinery we called Police but they never came to our rescue instead told us there was no car in the station to attend immediately, that time my father had gone to his office we had on his way he was involved in an accident and died on the spot,but to our surprise postmortem results showed he had two bullets in his chest they had killed him. . Before my father's death he had deposited money with one of the security company in Malaysia the sum of (USD $6.5 MILLION).

After the death of my father, I and my two brothers re-located to Dakar in Senegal West Africa under political asylum as refugees to seek for foriegn patner overseas that will assist us to recieve the money in Malaysian bank in his account. As an asylum seeker i am not allowed to operate any Bank Account within DAKAR-SENEGAL.

I accept to offer you 10% of the total money for your assistance as soon as the money get`s into your account while 5% will be set out for any expences that may be incurred in the course of this transaction both local and international. I want truth and honest to be our watch word in this transaction and please treat this transaction with strictly confidentiality for successful out come of it.

All I want you to do is to furnish me with your telephone numbers and your private e-mail address for easy and urgent communication. Note importantly that this transaction is 100% risk free and requires absolute confidentiality.
Thanks and remain blessed.
Sincerely ,
Anita Gezi.




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