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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: "Victor" <victoromar1@walla.com> (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 16:45:09 +0000
Subject: A CRY FOR HELP

Dear Sir,
My name is Victor Omar, from Sudan the only son of late Mr.Hassan Omar , who
was a business man,On one morning at about 4:18am some fractions of rebels
break into our house and killed our security guard and pass-through the gate
entrance to the main building and took my father away to an un-known
destination.
After about four hours later we found him (my father) at the road side, by
then he had been totally beaten and was bleeding to death lying in the pool
of his own blood. From there, We rushed him to a near by hospital and hours
later he sent for me. So he told me that he can not make it from the doctors
diagnosis, he also told me that it was because he (my father) was not from
the northern part of the country that he has been treated this way and also
being a political activist. And again he said he is suspecting some of his
business partners for conspiracy and this sort of brutality. He told me that
he deposited a huge amount of money US$ 12.5million dollars in a Finance
house and also told me where he kept the whole documents
concerning this deposit that is made for investment purpose in the western
world.
That same day, he (my father) gave up the ghost. Then with the help of the
eco-was soldiers, we escaped to Senegal, where we are now. I am now
contacting you believing you are honest and trustworthy to help us to
receive the money in your account for investment, I and my mother has
decided in compensating you 20%of the total amount for your assistance .
Please do take your time to go through the mail and get back to us, so that
I will simply introduce to the Finance house where the fund are being kept
now for onward transfer.
I am waiting for your response.
Thanks and God bless.
Victor Omar.



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