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.

 

 

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

Fraud email example:

From: kenneth mboma <kenmboma08@yahoo.ca>
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 16:33:50 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Please Assist,


Dear,

URGENT HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCEREQUEST FOR
.
I am Mr Kennth Mboma, the son of late Dr.Patrick Chuks ,of blessed memory,from Kono District North of Sierra Leone west Africa. My late father Dr.Patrick Chuks, before his death he hold a very sensitive position in PRESIDENT TEJAN KABBAHS government in my country SIERRA LEONE,My father has a bullet shot by the rebels west side boys on his way to LUISA a border town between sierra leone and liberia,

He was later conveyed to Abidjan LA-COTEDIOVRE for a medical treatment wherein he later died, in the hospital bed my father reveal and confide in me about one metallic box ( consignment)he deposited with security company here in Accra Ghana, containing (US$2 MILLION)TWO MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS.

According to my late father that nobody in the security company knows the real contents of the metalic box,becuase he wisely declared it as family tresure and a gift items to his foreign partner which bears nobody's name.since the death of my father the rebels has held us hostage until the intervention of the UNITED NATION SECRECTARY GENERAL MR KOFI ANNAN who secure a peace agrement with the rebels that led to our release ,

All the refuggee move to the GHANA concentrated refuggee camp ,it was at his place now i lost my mother at kolebu teaching hospital in accra Ghana.
Right now and am only left with my younger sister Halima,For war took the rest 3 of them ,two boys and a girl and we are presently at the refeguee camp,hoping that God will touch you to assist us.

We are now seeking for your help and assistance for you to come to our aid I proposed that you stand as our next person that is our late father's foriegn partner,so as to get the metalic box out of the security company and have it transfer into your foreign account oversea,since i am too young to handle this myself.

This transaction is now only known by you,myself and my only younger sister who aggreed for me to look for a foreign helper,please,the secrecy and confidentiality should be maintained for the successful transfer of this fund.

I will not hesitate to forward to you all the documents my late father gave to me for the release of the consignment from the company. The most important thing is for you to come down here in Ghana to assist me for the retrive of the consignment from the security company. I am waiting seriously to hear from you soonest,for more details.
Your's Faithfully,

Kenneth Mboma

for the family,

Tele+233 244 426590




---------------------------------
Find your next car at Yahoo! Canada Autos

---------------------------------
Find your next car at Yahoo! Canada Autos

Anti-fraud resources: