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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: "paulvuyo vuyo" <paulvuyo@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 14:02:01 +0000
Subject: ASSISTANCE FOR FUND TRANSFER

MR.P.VUYO
JOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA
TELL;27 73 5191502
INVITATION PROPOSAL;
Greetings,
I am Mr PAUL VUYO from the Republic of Zimbabwe the son of late Mr RICHARD
VUYO a veteran and big time farmer in my country. My father was not in
support of the president action to remove and retrive lands from white
famers of in my country. so my father was against him and this led to
invading his farm and his killing by his supporters. it became apparent that
the supporters will come for me and the rest of my family so we decided to
come into south africa for refuge and to also collect funds that he
deposited in a private security company which he brought to my notice before
his death Me and My Family are interested in going into joint venture with
you, and this can be in any viable business area. We are in position to
invest USD$25M(TWEENTY FIVE MILLION US DOLLARS) into viable business
offering, including of course the possibility for our life to be safe in
your country after the money is been transferred,(this happens to be very
important condition to our offer).Be inform that this money was deposited
with a Private Security And Finance Company here in South Africa for
safe-keeping. If you do not want a joint venture business, I would make
offer to you, as long as you will help me transfer my money out of South
Africa.
You will look for a profitable investment for me and also help me to invest
the money. This is because I don't have the knowledge of International
investment. Please note that the offer I will make for you can be negotiable
between you and I. However, we would first of all want to know you more,
prior to our letting you details of the transfer. You probably would have
been receiving such offers in the past, but let me quickly state here that
we are not contacting you so as to take for ride. We expect you would not do
the same thing to us too. Time means money in any business endeavour, we
sincerely hope, you feel the same way too. Should you be interested in my
proposal, Or contact me as soon as possible on this e-mail address. Please
do furnish me with the following data.
1,Your complete profile, (please include your direct contact number coupled
with your private fax number for urgent communication.
2,Your specific business/investment offer, and other areas of investment you
can readily make available.
Warmest Regards
MR.P.VUYO

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