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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: "RACHAEL" <rachael_anna@myway.com> (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 18:09:22 +0000
Subject: Urgent reply


From Rachael Anna
Dakar,Senegal
Dear One,
i am sorry to come to you in this way, i come across you and my spirit lead me to chose you. well i realy needed some one honest, truthful to share my fellings with and to share burden with and will lead me to introduced my self to you.i am Rachael Anna the only child and daughter of late mr hermann Anna. my father was a very wealthy cocoa marchant base in Dakar the economic capital of Senegal before he was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their outing to discuss on the business.
when my mother died on th 15th december 2000, my father took me so special because i was motherless before the death of my father on 25th june 2003 in a private hospital here in Dakar he secretly called me on the beside and told me that he has a sum of us dollars 2.500,000million dollars was deposited at a suspence account in a local bank here in Dakar, he told me that he use my name as his only daughter and the person that will inherit the deposited fund. he also explained to me that it was of this wealth that he poisoned by his business associates.that i should seek for a foreign patner in the country of my choice where i will transfer this money for and use it for investment purpose (such as real estate manegement)now i am honourably seeking your assistance in the following ways.
( 1) to provide a bank account where this money will be transfered
( 2)to serve as the guardian of this fund since i am a girl of 23 years
( 3) to make arrengement for me to come over to your country after the money has been transfered to your account.
moreover ,i am willing to offer you 20% of the total sum as compensation for your effort/input after the succesful transfer of the fund to your normination account oversea. furthermore you can indicate your option towards assisting me as i believe that this transaction would be concluded withing seven days( 7) you signify your interest to assist me.
anticipating to hear from you soon
thanks and GOD bless




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