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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: "odu samuel" <odu_samuel2@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: odusamuel26@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 11:39:44 +0000
Subject: Hello,

Odu Samuel & Co. Business Consultant& Project

Manager. Rc 412281

Our Ref Jbc/Makn/44

Your Ref_______________________

Attn:

We humbly wish to seek your assisitance in a matter that
is very important to us which requires umost urgency and confidentiality.
A son of one of our high network client a gold royalist who served in the past
government of Charles Tarloy in Liberia wishes to invest the sum of
$40million in your country or any other country with a good economic
stability and political climate.He is intrested in a real estate hotel
business stock and bonds.This said fund was brought into my country
Senegal in the year 2001 when the heat was too much in Liberia.
Myself and my client has deposited it with one of the financier company
here in Dakar Senegal for the maximum protections.

For obvious reasons He does not wish to place this fund with an
established financial institutions and thus requires our assistance to
look for a reliable foriegner to help move this fund and in turn manage
it for the family.It is also his wish that this deal be handled as
quietly as possible without any leakge to the press.If you agree to
act as a fund manager for my client son.The sum of US$40 million will
be released to you if you meet our requirements.The money is
available in cashs and upon a favourable response for we shall let
you know how to receive it.

Your commission shall be down payment of 20% of the total sum,
That is US$8million and an annual 10% of the after the tax return
for the very first five years thereafter.The terms shall be reviewed.

If you are willing to do this please indicate your intrest via my e-mail .

Best Regards,
Sir Odu Samuel.


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