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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: sarah guei <sarahguei20002@yahoo.fr>
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 04:24:59 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Urgent Need


Good day,

I am Sarah Guei from Cote d Ivoire. The only dauther of Robert Guei, I am 21 years old now; I lost my father a couple of years ago. My father late General Robert Guei was an Ex-Military head of State of Ivory Coast until his untimely death,(You can visit
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2269238.stm for complete report on this incident).

He was assassinated on the 19th of September 2002 by the rebels following the political uprising. Few months after my father death my mother and brother were also kill by gum men right inside our house, I was very lucky to escape with my life because I was able to hide my self inside an old wardrobe in our packing house.

After the death of my mother and only brother, my father's lawyer take me to Ghana to continue my education there because according to him We don't know who is after my family and they can do anything to wipe out my entire family, he promise to taker care of me and warn me not to come back to Ivory Coast without his instruction.

Now I am back in my country because I am through with my education, but the biggest problem of my life now is the death of my fathers lawyer, he died on November 2004 after a brief illness, since I came back I have been living in fear because I don't know who are my enemies. My father's family members are even killing them selves over my late father
properties. That is why I have changed my name to English name so that no
body will recognise me by my name.

Before my mothers death she told me and my late brother one night about a hug amount of money about $9.5 Millions, my late father deposited in a Finance Company called Security Trust Company here in Ivory Coast, Please I want you to do me a favour by receiving these funds with safe hands into your account. Though right now I don't know what to do but I want to leave this country now because I don't want to die and I don't have anywhere to go.

I have plans to do investment in your country, like real estate and industrial production. But I don't have any business experience and this is my reason for writing to you. Please indicate your interest in replying to my email address.

Please if you are willing to help me kindly get back to me through my email address (sarahguei20002@yahoo.fr) and I will furnish you with all the full details you need, any delay in your reply will give me room in sourcing another individual for this same purpose. Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I Stated herein. Hoping to receive your reply.
Remain blessed in the Lord.

Thanks and best regards.
Sarah Guei.



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