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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: "wilson guei" <gueison@msn.com>
Reply-To: gueison@tsamail.co.za
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 09:52:56 +0000
Subject: guei

Dear sir.

Good day to you. I am Wilson Guei the only son left in family of late
General Robert Guei the former president of republique de cote d Ivoire who
was assassinated together with my mother and my brother Patrice on the 20th
of September 2002 in our residence by the government forces, they said that
my father was involved in the over thrown government of the 19th of
September 2002.

But before God and Man my father do not Know anything about the coup. We all
was at home taking our food that very morning and they came in and short my
father and my mother Rose Guei , they think I was death but God didn´t want
my father`s family to end up just like that. I give God all the glory for
saving my life.

Now after this incident I came out from hospital I went to our residence. In
my father portfolio I discover that my father has the sum of ($25. million
us dollas) deposited in a finance company in Europe, I then remember that my
father told me about this when he was alive. This very money was made for
the next coming presidential election as per that time.

Now I need somebody a foreigner who will be able to assist me, who will
stand as my father`s foriegn partner to contact the finance company on my
behalf, for the claims of the consignment from the finance company in
Europe, I will proverde all the documents which was issue to my father by
the finance company the day this money was deposited in the compay.

The documents will enable us make the claim from the company. You know that
without a foriegner who will assist me I will not be able to claim this
money from the company, because some of the documents indicate that the box
which contain the money belong to my father and his foriegn partner. But the
documents did not disclose the data of his partner, and nowhere we can find
him.

Since I lost my parient I no longer staying in my country Cote d`Ivoire I
now stay in Ghana, so if you will be able to contact this finance company
for me I will be very happy, and I will send all the
contact of the company to you, for us to start the process of the claims.

After the claim I will want this money to be transfer to your account in
your country where I can invest this money in a good business. In this case
you will be rewarded for agreed percentage of the total fund after the
successfully of transfering the fund to your nominated account in your
country.

Anticipating your response as soon as you acknowledge the receipt of this
mail.

Please kindly contact me on this email address. gueison@tsamail.co.za


Best regard and hoping to hear from you,

Your sincerely.

Wilson Guei.


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