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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: "Aorbakar Savimbi" <saborbakar1@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: saborbakar@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2005 20:47:05 +0200
Subject: INVESTMENT ASISSTANCE

Dear,
I pray God this message reaches you in wonderful spirit.I am making this contact with you based on trust and confidence irrespective of the fact that we have not met before and because of the nature of the situation I found myself. I am aborbakar Savimbi ,from Angola.l got your contact from www. and coupled with the information i gathered about you from the external trade department of my country.
There is an information I would like you to keep very confidential.There is sum amount of money my late father {former UNITA Rebel leader}General Jonas Malheiro Savimbi deposited a metal trunk box with a finance company for safe keeping few months before he was assasinated by
the Angolan Millitary force sometime last year.The squable happened as over the issue of mineral and allocation resource of diamond using his power and influence to smuggled diamond to the neighbouring countries in exchange for money and other valuable assets. Presently, I and my mother are living under (UNHCR) here in Senegal as political asylum.
The money in question is $6,500.000 Milllion U.S.Dollars.
I can\'t make the withdrawal of this consigment,because my father registered the beneficiary of the consignment as his (Foriegn Bussiness Partner ). But the documents of the deposit are with me. What I would want you to do, is to assist me to get the funds withdrawn from the finance company,have the same transfered to your position in your name and thereafter share the consigment by giving you 20% of the total sum as commission. Please there is no risk in this transaction. I will use the remain balance of the money for an investiment in your country for the future of my our family. If you are intrested, and can maintain the very confidentiality of this transaction,you e-mail me immediately for more clearification.
The Angola government through it\'s various agents has confisticated all my late father known properties since his death.You can find how and when my father was killed in the BBC news achives in the following news story:

<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1839252.stm>
It was widely reported in the international news media
Please note that you should forward your contacts information for the changing of ownership on your name to enable you establish conatct with the finance company as sole beneficiary/recepient of the consigment once it leaves from the costudy of the finance company.
Thank you as I awaiting your urgent reply.
Thank you and God bless.
Aorbakar Savimbi.


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