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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: "amanda70" <amanda70@terra.com.mx>
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 07:47:39 -0600
Subject: PLEASE HELP


Blk A23,Lot 204
Rue de Jardin Atuban,
Abidjan-Cote D'Ivoire,

I am Miss Amanda Franklin Egobia, Am 18 yrs old a citizen of Cote D’Ivoire and the only daughter of late Mr and Mrs Franklin Egobia . My late parents were killed by the rebels in my home town Bouake the second economic capital of Cote D'Ivoire during the recent political crisis on 2sd January 2006.

My parents were a wealthy timber and cocoa merchant before they met their sudden death. After my fathers business trip from Antwerp Belgium, to negotiate on a timber and cocoa business which he wanted to invest there. A Week after he came back to Bouake , he was attacked with my mother by the rebels, which my mother died instantly but my father died after five days in hospital on that fateful afternoon 7th January 2006

I didn't know that my father was going to leave me after I had lost my mother. But before he gave up the ghost, it was as if he knew he was going to die. He disclosed to me that he deposited the sum of $4,500,000,00 US Dollars in a bank here in Abidjan-Cote D'Ivoire my country and instructed me to seek for a reliable and trust worthy partner to help me transfer this money out and leave this country because of my safety, hence I contacted you.

I am in a sincere desire of your humble assistance in this regards. I am urgently soliciting for your assistance to help me to transfer this money out from Abidjan to your safe account abroad so that we will invest it in any meaningful lucrative business in your country because this is my only hope in life.

Awaiting to hear from you so that we can discuss the modalities of this transaction. write me back for more discussion.

Thanks for your kind attention.

Yours,
Amanda Franklin

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