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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: "Francis Lincoln" <sshepherd@caramail.com> (may be fake)
Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 20:55:11 +0200
Subject: From Francis (Please Read With Sympathy)

Dearest
I am very sorry for any inconveniency this message may/ might caused you & I will be very glad if you can receive it with sympathy. I hope you will assist me fully on this project & also promised to be honest with you in any of the agreement we both arrived on to make this transaction come to reality if you can also comply fully with me and put your trust on me.
My Name is Francis Lincoln, a boy of 24yrs from Ivory Coast, West Africa. I will like to know your age, occupation & also your position, duration in your business/occupation as well as your experience in the field of business to know if you are capable of handling this project to our mutual benefit due to my age which does not permit me to handle the project in order to avoid mismanagement of this fund kindly develop your interest and loyalty in me. As soon as the money is transferred to you, I will make you the trustee in any type of investment we engaged till after I finish my education in your country while you will be managing the investment on my behalf till the end of my education before joining you in the venture.
Briefly, my father was one of the Director of Gold and Mining Sector in my country before the war which claims his life and also this was the generation of the fund in question, M/w before his death he has already succeeded in transferring the fund out through a diplomatic means while the fund is in cash logged in a security company which was declared as a family valuables treasure for security purpose by my father.
As I am talking to you now, it’s only me know that the box contains physical cash ($28 Million United State Dollars) but due to the declaration made by my father to the security company that the consignment box contains family valuables items and also the certificate of deposit with me at present also indicate that it’s a family valuables items. So with this I am telling you now the only way to claim it out is to take the consignment box into the bank for onward transfer to your own account that is the first option while the second option is to make an arrangement with a diplomat to assist us shipped the consignment to your door-step through a diplomatic means so that you will assist me to deposit the fund into your own account and secure the money before my arrival in your country.
I had already contacted the security company to discussed on how the consignment will be released onward transfer, the director of the vault company made me to understand that I required to swear an Affidavit and a letter of authorisation on my representative name/address from ministry of justice here in cote d’Ivoire to show that I authorised you as my representative who will make further claims to the consignment on my behalf and to enable them release the consignment for further transfer to you in your country. These legal documents required by the security company will enable them released the consignment to us. And after the chief justice signed the documents in your name at the ministry then I will take the documents to the security company for further claiming & transfer of the consignment.
Try to read and understand that we required this legal process to make this transaction 100% risk-free & official for both of us to be in a safe side from the beginning till the end of this transaction, and also from the day I received the favourable response regarding to this matter this transaction will take only three working days.
N:B please after going through my message if you are interested & capable of handling this project, do not hesitate to send me your full name, address and all other necessary contacts. Kindly give me a call on this number 00225 0792 0504 immediately you received this message for a proper arrangement & also your own commission for the assistance.
Thanks and Best Regards
Francis


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