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: "Simon Guei" <simonguei03@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: simonguei555@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2006 17:11:44 +0000
Subject: Urgent Response....

DEAR HOLE,

IT'S MY PLEASURE TO SEEK YOUR URGENT ATTENTION ON A VERY PRIVATE MATTER
WHICH DEMANDS EXPIDIENCY TO CONCLUDE. WITHOUT MUCH EMPHASIS, I BELIEVE IT
MUST HAVE COME TO YOUR HEARING ABOUT THE DEATH OF MY FATER GENERAL ROBERT
GUEI, THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF REPUBLIC DE COTE D'IVOIRE ABIDJAN WHO WAS
MURDERED BY SOME REBELS DURING THE POLITICAL CRISIS IN THE COUNTRY FEW YEARS
EGO.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, MY FATHER WAS MURDERED TOGETHER WITH MY MOTHER AND MY
TOW SISTERS, AND AS THE ONLY SON, GOD HELPED ME TO ESCAPE THE DEATH TO A
NEABY COUNTRY. HOWEVER, I GOT AN INFORMATION FEW DAYS EGO THAT BEFORE THE
SUDDEN DEATH OF MY FATHER HE HAS DEPOSITED A CONSIGNMENT CONTAINING THE SUM
OF US$22 MILLION IN A SECURITY COMPANY IN SPAIN, AND I HAVE KEPT THIS
INFORMATION ONLY WITHIN MYSELF FOR SECURITY REASONS.

NOW, I'M CONTACTING YOU WITH FULL TRUST FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE TO CLAIM THE
CONSIGNMENT ON MY BEHALF AND LODGE THE FUNDS INTO YOUR ACCOUNT FOR
INVESTMENT PURPOSE. NOTE THAT I CANNOT GO BACK TO MY COUNTRY FOR ANY REASON
TO AVOID DEATH, AND AS SOON AS THE CONSIGNMENT IS CLAIMED AND THE FUNDS
LODGED INTO YOUR ACCOUNT, I WILL THEN RELOCATE TO YOUR COUNTRY FOR PERMANANT
RESIDENCE WHILE WE GO INTO INVESTMENT OF THE FUNDS.

I HAVE DECIDED THAT UPON CONCLUSION OF THIS TRANSACTION, YOU WILL OWN 25% OF
THE TOTAL SUM FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE, WHILE THE BALANCE WILL BE KEPT INTO YOUR
ACCOUNT FOR INVESTMENT WHICH WILL BEGIN UPON MY ARRIVAL IN YOUR COUNTRY. AS
SOON AS I RECEIVE YOUR WILLINGNESS TO ASSIST ME ON THIS REGARDS, I WILL
FORWARD YOU THE DEPOSIT CERTIFICATE OF THE CONSIGNMENT FOR YOUR PERUSAL,
INCLUDING THE CONTACT DETAILS OF THE SECURITY COMPANY IN SPAIN SO THAT YOU
WILL CONTACT THEM FOR THE CLAIMS.

FOR YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION ONLY, I'M PRESENTLY NOW IN ACCRA, REPUBLIC OF
GHANA, UNTILL WE FINALIZE THIS TRANSACTION, THEN I CAN RELOCATE TO YOUR
COUNTRY FOR PERMANANT RESIDENT WHILE WE GO INTO INVESTMENT. ALSO NOTE THAT
THE CONSIGNMENT WAS DEPOSITED AS FAMILY VALUABLE ITEMS FOR SECURITY OF THE
FUNDS.

DO REPLY ME IMMEDIATELY OR CALL ME AT: +233-246245783. DO ALSO INDICATE YOUR
PRIVATE PHONE AND FAX NUMBERS FOR EASY AND FASTER COMMUNICATION WITH YOU IN
THIS TRANSACTION.

I HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU URGENTLY SO THAT WE CAN PROCEED.

THANKS AND GOD BLESS YOU.

SIMON R. GUEI.

_________________________________________________________________
Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE!
http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/


Anti-fraud resources: