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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: suzvaye@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 01 Jan 1997 03:30:42 +0200
Subject: TRUST AND HUMILITY

FROM SUZANH VAYE
85 MONUMENT ROAD
JOHANNESBURG,
SOUTH AFRICA
ATTN: DIRECTOR/C.E.O

With due respect, trust and humility, I write you this proposal, which I believe,
would be of great interest to you. I found your contact while I was doing a private
research on the Internet for a reliable and capable foreign partner that will assist
me and my family.
I am MRS.SUZANH VAYE the wife of MR.KENNETH VAYE (late) of Zimbabwe. During the
current war against farmers in Zimbabwe and from the support of our President Robert
Mugabe to claim all the white owned farms in our country, all the white farmers were
ordered to surrender their farms to his party members and his followers. My husband
who was one of the best farmers in our country and treasury of the farmer’s co-operation
did not support his idea and so the party members invaded my husband’s farms and
burnt everything in the farm, killed my husband and made away with a lot of items in
my husband’s farm.
After the death of my husband, my children and I decided to move out of Zimbabwe
because of our lives were in danger with the money that my husband kept in his hidden
safe in my house. The amount contained in the safe in my house is US$90.5m
(Ninety million, Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars) and we decided to code the money
and move to the Republic of South Africa where we deposited the money in a Security
Company as a valuable item. So I decided to make contact with an overseas firm whom
will assist me to move this money out of South Africa, because we are asylum seekers
here in South Africa.
So if you consider this proposal, we have agreed to give you 20% of the total sum for
helping us to move this money out of south Africa and 5% will be mapped out for expenses
both of us may incur during this transaction and 75% will be for me and my family to invest
in your country. All I want is
for you to furnish me your details and your personal phone and fax numbers and your email
address for easy communication and more information. You can contact my son VINCENT VAYE
on the above telephone ,fax number or e-mail address. NOTE: hat this transaction is 100%
risk free and absolutely confidential.
Thanks and God bless you.
Best Regard
SUZANH VAYE (MRS)
(For The Family)



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