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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: "Dauda Momoh" <daudamomoh2009@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: daudamomoh008@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 15:44:55 +0100
Subject: INVESTMENT OPPURTUNITY

Greetings in the name of the lord,i hope this letter
meets you and your family in good health.An i would like you
to read my mail very well for it is not a mistake or an error.
First I must solicit your strictest confidence in this
transaction and I pray that my decision to contact you
will be given genuine approval considering the facts
have not known each other before, I wish to use this
opportunity to introduce myself to you. I am Prince
Dauda Momoh from Congo, West Africa.

I write to know my desires to invest in your country
.I am the first son of king William A. Momoh, who was
a Royal King in Congo. My father had a bullet shot by
the rebels on his way traveling to the Capital city
Kinshasa along with my sister. My sister died on the
spot while U.N Peace keeping force rescued my father,
he later died after eleven months.

Before he died he revealed to me about the boxes
containing 35 million U.S Dollars which he deposited
with a security company, for safe keeping Presently, I
and my mother are here in Ghana to notify the security
company for the claims, and we are staying in the
refugee camp. Therefore I want you to lecture me on
how best we can invest this money, because my father
told me it is dangerous to invest this money in Africa
to avoid suspicious, and due to market instability
coupled with economic and political instability facing
Africa countries that is why I want to invest in
abroad.

For your foreign assistance I and my mother have
agreed to offer 25% of the total amount of the money.
We have all the vital documents covering the deposit
and the ownership which I can send to you through fax
on request.

NOTE: I have never disclosed this to any person apart
from you, so you have to keep this matter very
confidential. Send me your private phone and fax for
more information. You can reach on my telephone number
+233-2436-16242.
Pls reply to this mail daudamomoh009@yahoo.com

Best Regards


Dauda Momoh


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