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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: "kouadio1232001@yahoo.co.jp" <kouadio1232001@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: anne.kouadio@yahoo.fr
Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 04:18:21 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Hello Dearest one,

Hello Dearest one,
How are you and your health that is very important to me? please i am not mandating you nor will I in any manner compel you to Honor against your will. I am Miss Anne Kouadio, 19 years old and the only daughter of my late parents, Mr. & Mrs. Kouadio, a cocoa merchant and the Director General
of Cocoa Export Corporation of Ivory Coast (CECCI).
My late father was killed by rebels during the political crisis here which later lead to war and my mother died when I was little girl. Before his death he called the secretary who was with him before he was arrested and killed by the rebels and told him that he had a sum of US$ 7,300,000.00
(Seven Million Three Hundred Thousand US Dollars) kept in bank account here for overseas investment on my name as next of kin. The money was deposited with my name as the next of kin and was instructed by my late father to seek for overseas trusted person who will assist as the trustee Manager
that will receive the money to his or her bank account for wisely investment in his or her country.
It is from this point I am seeking for your assistance to get the money transfer to your bank account for wisely investment in your country. I am now off-set and have lost all my father痴 asset expect this money remaining on my position and have left to stay in guesthouse hiding based
on instruction of my late father for not to be killed as I have been forced out of relatives.
Please be kind enough to help me take out from here after the money have been transferred and confirmed to your account for my stay in your country to continue my education. I hope my present situation will touch you to help me come out it by responding to my mail and assisting me gets the
money transferred.

Yours Faithfully
Miss Anne Kouadio




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