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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: "Ms Alice." <alice_yaa2010@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 01:50:28 +0000
Subject: can we do this together?





Hello,
I got your contact through the internet referral link; i am Ms. Alice Yaa. as a supervisor in one of the Commercial Bank here in Ghana. I have an urgent and a very confidential business to discuss with you. On June 6th 1999, a Swedish oil consultant who was living in Ghana Mr. Charles Anderson made a numbered time fixed deposit for twelve calendar months valued at $8,000,000.00 USD in my branch, without filling any name of Next of Kin. Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but learnt that Mr. Charles Anderson died in an automobile accident
This sum of $8,000,000 USD is still in my bank, and the interest has been rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year. No one has come forward to claim it.
If no one come to claim this funds, our managers will share it among themselves but it is better for us to claim this fund and use it for the Service of humanity than it going to my Managers hands.
Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you to stand in as next of kin to late Charles Anderson ,this is simple because I know everything about this Particular account and I have some documents which I will forward to you to re-send it to our bank to prove that you are his relation, I also have the 15 DIGIT secret Banking Code which was issued by our bank to Mr. Anderson this transaction is risk free because all the document will be forwarded to you from my end, I will also like to hear from you how much percentage you will take at the successful end of this transaction.
Forward to me your telephone number for me to have a word with you, as soon as I hear from you I will forward to you my private telephone number for you to reach me
Please I hope that you will treat this letter with strictest confidentiality,
I am awaiting your urgent response.
Best Regards.
Ms. Alice Yaa.




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