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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: "Miss Vivan Gbagbo" <viv_gbagbo@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: vivan_gb@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2005 19:10:10 +0100
Subject: Greatings and regards.


Dear lovely one,

I hope this mail we meet you in good Health and happiness.

I am 22 years old lady now, i was born on the 1 of
january 1983.to the
family of gbagbo.and my father name is Johnson he is a
very wealthy gold
and cocoa merchant who based in ACCRA and ABIDJAN
respectively,
and my mothers name is Sheila.and I am there only
child.well when i was
a kid i went to a private schools and things were
going on well for me
and my parents till when i was in high school when my
mother died on
the 21ST october 1994 , My father took me so special
because i am
motherless. and he shower all his love on me and
promised me that he will
never have another woman because he did not want me
for any problem.but
Since my father dead last year i fine it had to live
in Abijan because of some
of his business partner that wsa after my life that
was why i fund my way to
senegal and before the death of my father on the 12th
December 2004 in
a private hospital in Abidjan.
He called me secretly to his bed side and told me that
he kept a
sumof $10.500 000 (ten million five hundred thousand
united states dollars)
in a bank in Senegal mean while that he used my name
as
the beneficiary of the deposited fund.He also
explained to me that it
was because of this money he was poisoned by his
business partner and
that i should seek for foreign partner in a country of
my choice where i
would transfer this money and use it for investment
purpose, such
as;real estate investment or stock market
investment.And rigth now i am
in senegal to secure my life, as a refugee.
Plesae, i am honourably soliciting your kind
assistance as
follows.

1) To provide a bank account where this money will be
transfered into.

2) To serve as the guardian of these fund ,since i
am 22years old.

3)To make arrangement for me in your country to
continue my
educational career and to procure me a residential
permit in your country.


I am inclined to offer you 15% of the total sum as a
mode of
compensation for your effort after the successful
transfering of these fund to
your nominated account overseas.Please i will be very
happy if this
transaction will be concluded with in seven (7)
working days from now.I am
expecting to hear from you as soon as possible.


May Almighty God bless you as you do care for me Amen.

Best regard
Miss Vivan Gbagbo


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