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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: "MRS ELENA YENGENI" <mrs_elena_y22@myway.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 22:05:04 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: THANKS FOR YOUR EMAIL.


Dear VICTIMNAME, Thank you for your swift response to my proposal to you.Truely, I am so glad for your concern in assisting my family in securing this fund at this time we need your urgent assistance due to the present situation of my family with the south African government which led to all our accounts seize and frozen. I am really sorry for the unfortunate story which you have detailed to me concerning your encounter with an ivorian in the past which never yielded anything good.I sincerely wish to assure you that my request from you will in no way bring any mis-fortune to your life rather abundant blessings,prosperity and an ever lasting family relationship with your and your family because one good turn deserves another. All I have just detailed to you in my proposal is exactly what we are passing through as you can view by yourself and hence you can assure me of your sincerity,honesty and transparency to perfect this deal as I have just detailed to you,We will
forever count on you. On our own side,we are assuring you with utmost good faith that you will never meet regret on the course of assisting us as everything regarding this transaction is only between my family and you and we will not at any point invite a third party until you secure this fund to your custody. We do not need any protocol on this rather than to make every bit of this transaction transparent to you as it will not take more than one week to conclude hence you pay the due attention it requires. I will require your Full Name and contact address,your telephone and fax numbers,a copy of your identification either international passport/driving licence,all these informations will be used to draw a letter of authorization in your favour and apply for a change of ownership of the deposit to your name with the security company so that they will release the deposit to you. Also,an agreement(M.O.U) will be drawn for the both parties to sign which will be binding to both
parties and state all terms and condition of agreement by my family an you.As soon as this is done within one week,you will proced to take possession of the deposit and act as we will direct you after taking your percentage as stated. Looking forward to hear from you urgently. Thank you once again for your undrstanding. Yours Sincerely, Mrs.Elena Yengeni.

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