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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: personal assistant <barrfredidowu5@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 06:38:38 -0800 (PST)
Subject: TOP OF THE DAY TO YOU



Greetings :
You may be surprised to receive my letter, however, I got your contact
from the Chamber of Commerce and Trade. I have decided to contact you
for confidential,urgent and rewarding joint business. My name is BARRISTER FRED IDOWU,
I was a Personal Assistant to the Late wife of the President of the FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA,Mrs Stella Obasnajo, who died undergoing a tumour surgery in SPAIN 22nd of October 2005 and my aim of writing to you is because of the need for a trusted and honest person, who I can entrust the sum of USD17,500,0000 (Seventeen Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollras). Source of the money: I and the late FIRST LADY secured this money in a security firm in EUROPE, in my name before her death.Now I can not travel out of NIGERIA, where I am on as the PERSONAL ASSISTANT to the late first lady as all eyes will be on me,and all Nigerian as still commiserating with the family of the FIRST LADY,
hence I am asking for your assistance to have this money in your care pending when
I will secure travel documents to come over to your country.If you accept this
offer we shall share the money as follows: for you, 30%, 70% for me. I
have all the title documents to the fund which I can transfer to you to
enable you have assess to it. Be assured that is risk-free and
legitimate.
Please advise me on your position by e-mail immedaitely
Please I await your prompt reply.
Barrister Fred Idowu.







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