joewein.net   joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet
Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days
  jwSpamSpy

Home
About Us
Spam
419/Nigeria
Fraud
Contact

"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.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

 

 

Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "mogalloway" <mogalloway@terra.com.mx>
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 05:16:17 -0600
Subject: GALLOWAY NEEDS YOUR KIND A......


Goodday Sir,
My name is Prince Morris Galloway, from the republic of Liberia but seeking political asylum here in Accra-Ghana as a refugee.As you are reading this mail,our family consignment containing the sum of $50 million USD is at the international airport here in Accra-Ghana,and i and my younger brother wishes to invest this money in any of the oversea countries according to your directives as we lost our father in the political crises in our country.
The first beneficiary (Mr.Herman Anthony) that wanted to assist us claim the consignment and invest the fund in Hong Kong, paid for the demurrage from the security company and even paid part payment of the shipment to have it shipped to Hong Kong. But unfortunately before the consignment could move to Hong Kong, he was among the victims of the November 28 attack on paradise hotel that took place in Mombassa Kenya. So with the help of the airport controller, the fund was lodged in a reserve vault here in Ghana airport.
My lawyer explained this to the airport controller so he allowed us some time to provide another foreign patner who will be capable enough to assist us claim the fund .
My father also deposited another consignment containing gold dust worth $86 million USD with a diplomatic courier service company which needs some little amount of money to clear the dumurrage to clear before we can get it out for sale. I as the eldest in the family now, i am willing to enter into a partnership contract with you only if you will assist me claim this fund from the bank here by having it remitted to your account or to a safe account after which we shall go into a partnership investment with you. And also assist us claim the consignment in the Diplomatic courier service company.
Upon your response i will give you my attorney's contact so that he will advice you more on how this deal will commence as we shall forward to you all the neccessary document relating to this transaction.
As soon as you receive this message, for more details as it is very important,please get back to me.
Note that some reasonable percentage has been maped out for your
assistance regards to this deal, which shall be among what we shall
discuss when I receive your responce.
God bless you as i await your email.

Prince Morris
PS:Please reply me on morris.galloway@gmail.com

Anti-fraud resources: