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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: Abrosi Ango Kenneth <angokenneth@alvilag.hu>
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 13:42:55 +0200
Subject: INTRUCTION LETTER

INTRUCTION LETTER

PLEASE REPLY TO MY CONFIDENTIAL EMAIL ADDRESS ONLY:kenneth.ango@indiatimes.com

Greetings,
You may be surprised to receive my letter. However, I got your contact as a result of my despirate desire for assistance,though this mail is unsolicited I pray you to consider it.
My name is MR ANGO ABROSI KENNETH, I was a Personal Assistant to the Late Democratic Republic Of Congo President; LAURENT KABILA, who was assasinated.
My aim of writing to you is because of the need for a
trusted and honest person, who I can entrust the sum
of US$32,800,000 (Thirty Two Million, Eight Hundred
Thousand US Dollars).
Source of the money: I and the late president secured this money in a security firm, in my name before his death.Now that he is late, I want to transfer the money out of the security company becuase of the
insecurity of the money ,for investment in your country, I can not travel out of the country where I am on asylum,hence I am asking for your assistance to have this money in your care pending when I will secure travel documents to come over to your country.
If you accept this offer we shall share the money as
follows: for you 25%, 75% for me.
I have the title document to the fund which I can transfer to you to enable you have assess to the money.Be assured that is risk-free and legitimate.
Please advise me on your position immediately.Please I
await your prompt reply via my lawyer's fax number:+234-1-7593289 who will handle the transaction as my condition will not allow me to check my mails often.
*REPLY ON BY TO THE FAX NUMBER +234-1-7593289 OR CALL
HIM DIRECTLY,HIS NAME IS BARRISTER OLO NWANI,HIS TELPHONE NUMBER IS:+234-8024229846
Best Regards.
ANGO ABROSI KENNETH


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