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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: "Mr.Ronald Etete." <m_etete3@walla.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: m_etete3@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 17:27:30 -0700
Subject: SHARE WITH ME!!!!


Dearest one,

Compliment of the day.

I know that this mail may come as a suprise to you, but it is a
day that two people meet and become great friends and
business partners.

I am Mr.Ronald Etete, a Ghanian and a special Aide to
Mr. Kevin Gorman, a 59 year old American
a respectable business guru here in Ghana.

On the 7th day of january 2004, my master, Mr. Kevin
Dinsdale Gorman was arrested for bringing into this
country 588.33 kilogrammes of Cocaine with his six
other colleagues, who are now serving 20 years jail
term each. You can read more about this by going to
this website(www.graphicghana.com) or view attachement that is the newspaper.

Now, that a directive has been given by the Governmet
to confiscate all their properties, including bank
accounts I decided to move outside the shores of
Africa the sum of FOUR MILLION,FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND
UNITED STATES DOLLARS ($4.5Million USD) which he kept
with me.

This money is in a bank here in Ghana but has been
sheildered from the Governmnt, through the help of the
manager who is a personal friend to me.

All that I require from you to move this money out of
Ghana now are

1) YOUR FULL NAMES
2) YOUR POSTAL ADDRESS
3) YOUR PHONE AND FAX NUMBERS
4) YOUR BANK ACCOUNT FORMATION EVEN AN EMPTY ACCOUNT CAN SERVE.

When this money is duely transfered into your account,
I propose to give you half of the total sum for your assistance.

Please, indicate your interest immediately by calling
me on my phone +233-2435-62620 for a detailed discussion on the issue, and for your information, this must be kept confidential.

Thanks and God bless you.

Mr.Ronald Etete.



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