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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Tito Clinton" <titoclinton10@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: titoclinton@facileweb.com
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 18:49:41 +0000
Subject: Consider this matter and get back to me immediately!

Dear Sir,

I have decided to contact you for confidential,urgent and rewarding joint
business.
My name is Mr Tito Clinton, a Personal Assistant to the Late wife of the
President of the FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA,Mrs Stella Obasnajo, who died
undergoing a surgery in SPAIN 22nd of October 2005.

My aim of writing to you is because of the need for a trusted and honest
person, who I can entrust the sum of USD17,500,000.00 (Seventeen Million
Five Hundred Thousand Dollars).

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 am restricted by the President to do so, 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 the funds from the financial security company in Europe
as the beneficairy. Be assured that it is risk-free and legitimate.

Please advise me on your position by e-mail immediately :
titoclinton@facileweb.com

Please I await your prompt reply.

Tito Clinton



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