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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: MR
Reply-To: roykins@easymail.hu
Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2006 17:39:46 -0700
Subject: YOUR POSTIVE RESPONSE IS NEEDED


DEAR,SIR/MADAM

Good day, With the good reference of your esteemed
person made by a charity aid volunteer...although I
did not disclose my actual intention of reaching you.
Please do forgive me if this letter may offend you
without your prior consent.

I am MR,ROY KINGSLEY a Consultant and finance broker
with West African Consultant Ltd,and also a Sierra
Leonian, currently living here in Accra- Ghana due to
political instability in my country.

I am highly impressed with your esteem and i wish to
introduce my client to invest in your esteem.

First and foremost, could you enlighten me more about
your investment output if my cleint is said to invest
the sum of $6.550.000 million (SIX MILLION FIVE
HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS) in
your firm and what are the taxes involved for a
foreign investor in your country. If you accept to
receive this money, in your private or company account, she will reward you with
15% of the fund. In addition, she will allow your
company to use her own 85% share as a working capital
for a period of three years at small interest which
both of you will agree on later.

Finally and most important, kindly let me be rest
assured that you would act on a good faith and never
have the intentions of leading her astray or getting
ambitious.

Bye for now and I hope to hear from you soon.
Best regards,

MR,ROY KINGSLEY


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