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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: destiny adedeji a <destinyadedeji@yahoo.com.au>
Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 22:53:54 +1000 (EST)
Subject: I NEED YOUR ASSISTANT.


ASSISTANCE NEEDED PLEASE HELP ME,

My name is JOY WENNER the daughter of late DR. MOSES WENNER a native of Liberia in west africa. my father was a close friend/bussiness partner to the deputy minister of mining and Natural Resources [Dr Abel Majeed Haoun] [Deputy to Mrs . Cecilla Bannerman] in Liberia untill his death, he has been doing business secretly with the minister and at the same time representing him in all his business correspondence both locally and internationally.

Before the death of my father, i been the senior daughter he secretly told me that he had the sum of $22million [us dollars] deposited with a private security firm in Ghana.These funds were reealized from the sales of gold dust, this he transacted on behalf of the minister. the minister has no access to this fund as the fund could not be traced to him or any of his relative and he does not have the contact details of security company were the funds is been deposited.After my fathers death, I search his safe and discovered all the documents which my late father use to deposit the money as consignment on his name on behalf of a foreign bussiness partner unknown to me. Before his death he use to business in Europe and America that is why i believe that my fathers partners will be in one of this country.
Based on this, the minister has been running after my life asking me if i know were my late father deposited the money befor his death which i did deny. My fathers uncle advised me to leave the country,that is why i left for Ghana and that is were i am staying right now for security reasons.

The reason why i am contacting you is that i want you to claim the funds as consignment from the security company as the beneficiary next of kin and you as my late fathers foreign partner who will receive the consignment on my behalf in your country but the security company does not know the real content of the box because my father told them that the box contains gold and diamond and the box is sealed and lock and the keys are with me the money shall remain in your custody till my arrival in your country. it can be transferred to your account in any of this country i have mention that my father use to do business as i am still interested in doing business in this country. Meanwhile the money can be invested into risk-free profitable ventures and there shall be an agreement to protect my intrerst. i have all the documents to enable you claim the consignment from the security firm.

To make this deal reliable,i need a commitment from you that it will be kept confidential, send me your telephone and fax numbers including mobile for easy comminications, For your reliable assistance, I will reward you 20% of the money and we shall use10% to carry any expense that will be incured during the transaction and the investment process 70% shall be for me and my family.

I thank you in advance in anticipation for your assistance in enabling me achieves this goal.

REGARD,
JOY WENNER.







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