joewein.net   joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet
Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days
  jwSpamSpy

Home
About Us
Spam
419/Nigeria
Fraud
Contact

"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.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

 

 

Fraud email example:

From: "rose kosongo" <rose_kosongo_4@msn.com>
Reply-To: rose_kosongo_3@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 18:29:42 +0000
Subject: Seeking for a reliable Partner

Dear Partner

INVESTMENT PROPOSAL

Seeking for a reliable Partner

It's my pleasure to acquaint you with this proposal for investment
Purpose in your country/company.

I am the wife of late chief Dr Shani Kosongo whom was a personal
confidant to the president of Liberia. Before the war started, my
late husband left Liberia with two IRON TRUNK boxes, which contained
the total sum of US$20,000,000.00 (Twenty Million United States
Dollars), for London, The United Kingdom and deposited this
consignment there in Londond, in a security company as family
treasures (AFRICAN ART WORKS) so the security company does not know
the real content of the deposited trunk boxes, this was done by my
late husband to avoid raising any eyebrows, for security purpose.
Unfortunately he died in the heat of the crisis when the rebels
tried to capture the capital Monrovia.

I am presently in Nigeria with my son seeking for a reliable and
trustworthy individual to assist me move in my inherited total funds
for onward investment. while I and my son process our travelling
documents to enable us meet with you in your country.

Based on our ignorance in the business world, we actually need your
assistance hoping that you are honest and trustworthy to render your
kind assistance.

Your efforts in assisting us would not be underestimated, we would
offer you 40% of the total sum of US$20,000,000.00 millions for your
kind assistance.

Please as soon as you receive this message, you should endeavor to
write back and my son will furnish you with his private telephone
number for more details and clarification, because as it is,
everything is in my position, such as the certificate of deposit and
the receipt issued to us on the day of deposit.

Thanks and God bless

Best regards.

MRS Rose Kosongo.
And kindly reply me back on this email: rose_kosongo_3@yahoo.com


Anti-fraud resources: