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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: "vayesusan" <vayesusan1@i12.com>
Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2005 11:14:04 -1200
Subject: ATTENTION

Business Assistance
From Mrs suzan Nuhan vaye

Dear Sir/Madam,

kindly accept my apology for sending mail to you. I am
soliciting for your
assisstance to help me out in this my condition. i believe
you are a highly
respected personality, considering the fact that i source
out your profile
from a human resourse profile data base in your country on
the internet.
though i do not know to what extent you are farmiliar with
event and
fragile political situations in LIBERIA, This has formed
consistent
heasdlines in the CNN, BBC news bulletin .

My name is Mrs suzan Nuhan Vaye, from Liberia, a country in
West Africa.
my late husband is Isaac Nuhan Vaye, a former deputy
minister of public
works in Liberia. My late husband was falsely accused of
plotting to
remove the then president of liberria CHARLES TAYLOR from
office.
without trial he was killed by charles taylor. you can
verify this from
source of the international Newspapers posted in the
websites below:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2003-07-15-liberia_x.htm
http://www.unwire.org/unwire/20030716/449_66 21.asp

Before my husband was killed, he moved out the sum of $32.7
million (us
diollars) and a resonable quantity of diamonds through a
deplomatic means,
and deposited it with a security company abroad. All i need
is for me is to
consult the security company to transfer the fund to your
account. i will
renumerate you with 30 % of the total fund at he end of the
transaction while
5% will be mapped out for some minor expenses that may come
out during the
course of transfer and i will take balance of 65 % for
taking care of the family.

But most of it all is that i solicit your utmost trust in
this transactiion and
confidentiality that you will not sit on this fund when it
has been transfered
into your nom,inated bank account. I have been highly
confined only to my
country home, all my calls are monitored.
if you are interested to transact this deal with me, then
you have
to send to me your full name , address, phone and fax
numbers
with which i will use to apply for the change of ownership
of the fund to your name.

When the change has been effected, i will send to you the
original certificate of deposit of the fund and the effected
change of ownership with which you will use to secure the
fund from the security company

And please feel free to contact me on my private email
address: vayesusan1@i12.com


Please your urgent response is highly needed.

Best Regard
Mrs Suzan Nuhan Vaye

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