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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 about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Rose Okafor" <roseokafor22@msn.com>
Reply-To: roseokafor1999@ukrpost.net
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 22:59:52 +0000
Subject: ROSE

ROSE OKAFOR
COMETH INTERNATIONAL BANK LONDON
CANNON,LONDON UK
My private Email Address:roseokafor1999@ukrpost.net
Please Reply to my barrister at (johncollins1967@ukrpost.net)

Sir;

PRIVATE AND URGENT.

I am contacting you on business transfer of a hugh sum of money from a
deceased account.
Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one
apprehensive and worried, but I am sure that you are experienced in
handling this sums.
I decided to contact you due to the urgency of this transaction.
PROPOSITION; We discovered an abandoned sum of US$18,500,000.00 (Eighteen
million Five Hundred Thousand united states dollars) in an account that
belongs to one of our
foreign customers who paid in these funds into our bank as depository
for an investment program she was involved.
he was at our bank years ago at the begining of this investment program,but
unfortunately he died in plane crash.
The details of the investment program states that he only is in
control of the funds and it was invested out of her corporate estate.
Her family records are not stated in our bank records and in her investment
program contracts.
Thus his family are not aware.
The rules in our bank here in COMETH INTERNATIONAL BANK LONDON puts the
money under current Bank Assets as soon as they do not get communication
from the accounts owner within a stipulated period agreed during the clients

accounts opening. In the case of this customer, he is meant to send banking
instructions every three months.
The owner of this account is MR. MARK KOGAN, a foreigner, from American, and

he died since 1999. In an air crash along with his wife in 31st Oct died
since 1999 an Egyptian airline 990 with other passengers on board. You can
confirm this from the website below publisher by CNN.WEBSITEPUBLISHEDONCNN.
www.zenpageweavers.com/malikahti/journal/flight.htm

I propose US$3.9M (20%) for you while my colleagues and I receive US$13.15m
(70%) and the balance of US$ 1.45M (10%) for earmarked for purposes of
taxation in your country and mine.

If you are interested, send your name and telephone/fax numbers to me for
further details.

Kindly content me on the above confidential Barrister John Collins Email
Your response to indicate your willingness in assisting us.

Thank you and God Bless,
My sincere Regards
Mr. Rose OKAFOR


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