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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: "Miss. Debbie Evette Yormie." <debbiej4christ1@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: debbiej4christ@peoplepc.com
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 13:23:24 +0100
Subject: Please Help Me.

Hello.

Kindly accept my apology for sending my mail to you.

I want you to trust me and help me out in this my condition. I believe you are a highly respected personality, considering the fact that I sourced your email contact from the Internet as I am looking for someone who can take me as child I promise to be obedient to you and I will bring happiness to your life. I also want you to assist me in the claims of the deposit indicating me as the next of kin.

Though, I do not know to what extent you are familiar with events and fragile political situation in Liberia but it has formed consistent headlines in the CNN, BBCnews bulletins.

My Name is Miss. Debbie Evette Yormie 20 years old and my mother is Susan Yormie from Liberia, a Country in West Africa, now seeking for refugee in Dakar-Senegal under the(UNHCR).

I happen to be only surviving daughter and my mother a widow who is presently in Hospital in Dakar-Senegal and my Father late John Winpoe Yormie, deputy minister of national security . My Father was falsely accused of plotting to remove the then president of Liberia Charles Taylor from office and was kiiled by Charles Taylor without trial.


Presently, I am saddled with the problem of securing a trust worthy personality to help me. You can verify this from some of the international newspapers posted in the web sites below:
(I) http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2003-07-15-liberia_x.htm
(ii) http://www.unwire.org/UNWire/20030716/449_66 21.asp

Meanwhile before my Father was killed, he moved out the sum of $5.2 million and deposited it with a Finance Company.

All that is needed is for me to instruct the Finance company to release/transfer the fund to you on my behalf, We will renumerate you with 20% at the end, but most of all is that I solicit your trust in this matter as it is our only hope of surviving and also to take care of my sick mother.

Kindly include your full name, contact address and private telephone number where you can always be reached. I will send you more detail and the documents that will enable you receive the fund without any problem either now or in future as all modalities as been perfected.

As soon as I get your full acceptance I will forward you the contact informations of the Finance company. My private email address is debbiej4christ@yahoo.co.uk, Please your urgent response is needed.

Best Regards.

Miss. Debbie Evette Yormie.



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