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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: "crawfordmic@ommail.com" <jmcrawford11@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2005 11:25:33 -1200
Subject: Dear Friend,

Dear Friend,
Good day
and how are you today?
I got your email contact when i was surfing through the
internet for
a responsible,reputable and business oriented person.And so
far ,a
know you are a person of high moral.
I am the only son of Mac Crawford, a wealthy farmer and
senior
politician with the opposition political party in my
country,
Movement for Democratic Change [MDC]. My father was murdered
by our
wicked President, Robert Mugabe and I fled my country
because I have
become his next target to eliminate.
My father was a fighter for Justice and a moving force in
the MDC, apart wanting to end the several years of brutal
dictatorship government of President Robert Mugabe. You
will read more stories about President Mugabe's brutal
acts by visiting Zimbabwe's website

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/africa/jan-june00/zimbabwe_4-21a.html

My father was accused of Treason and also assisting the
White farmers in fighting the government. Few weeks after
his arrest, he was reported dead.
The government claimed he died of heart attack and his
body was never seen for proper autopsy,mean while he was
killed by a gun shoot on the head after severe maltriting,
they buried him in the government cemetery. My father's
associate Mr. Martin Olds a White farmer from Britain
assisted me in fighting my father's death through the
Court and media; the government saw us as a big treat to
them and decided to eliminate us. Mr. Olds was attacked
and murdered in his house, but unfortunately, before they
came looking for me, I received the news and I had to flee
through the borders to a WestAfrican country IVORY
CAOST(CôTE D'IVOIR) to save my life.
My arrival here in IVORY COAST still remains like a
miracle to me.
Here, is my reasons for contacting you, I am having a huge
sum of money in the total sum of $13.6Million presently
lodge with the security company which has immunities in
HOLLAND and most
Europian countries.My father kept this money in in two trunk
boxes in
disguise as family treasures and could not bank them,
because of the
situation in my country. My ather's business, farms and
banks account were
seized by he government before his arrest and murder.
He told me everything concerning the funds while he was
still in detention . I need your assistance in
securing the funds there in your country, so that I can
arrange on how to come over to your country to invest with
the fund and continue my educational carrier. I am willing
to offer you 30% of the $13.6Million for your assistance
and %5 for any other expenses incurred.
Please i am hoping and believing that you would assist me
so i hope to hear from you so that I can furnish you with
more detailed information on how we shall proceed. As I
wait for your urgent response, please treat this
information as top secret.
Regards,
Michael Nkomo Crawford

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