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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: "amina bangra" <aminabangra@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: amina_bangra@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 22:18:07 -0800
Subject: Attention Please

Hello ....
I feel it might be a burden to you sending you this my uninvited email. However, its because of the way my mind was persuading me to contact you on seeing your email contact regarding a very important matter.
I am Amina Bangra 33 years old , female and from Thailand. I have been living with worries over the years following a situation of making a decision on how and where to make good and profitable business investments with what my late husband left for me before he was innocently and brutally killed by the anti drug forces set by the government of Thailand some three years ago when the Thailand Prime minister decleared a war against drug dealers.
To the best of my knowlege , my husband was never a drug dealer, all he was into was germ stones business. But he was still innocently accused and fingered as a drug dealer by the enemies and was killed by the anti drug force.
Since then , i have been scared on where and how to invest his remaining fund which he as if he forsaw his death, went and deposited it with a financial and security firm. So i am writing to know if you can help me set up a money lending agency in your country through which we shall be lending or borrowing the deposited funds to good standing companies or persons or groups in your country at a fare interest rates, since me as a house wife before his death has no much investment ideas. I will also like it if you can help lead me to a good company in your country or elsewhere where i can buy profitable shares as i would not want to invest anything here in Thailand again for fear of them being seized by government as they did most of my husband's assets.
Thanks and hope to read from you soon.
Yours,
Amina Bangra.


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