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: Justina_888jp Justina_888jp <justina_888jp@yahoo.co.in>
Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 17:32:34 +0100 (BST)
Subject: From UNHBF Ouagadougou



Ms. Justina Dagama.
UNHBF / Refugee Camp,
Ouagadougou-Burkina Faso.

Dearest.

My name is Justina Dagama,the only daugther of Mr and Mrs Vazcoa Dagama. It's my pleasure to contact you for a business venture, which I intend to establish with you and in your country.I'm a deaf girl for your information.

Though I have not met with you before but I believe, one has to risk confiding in someone to succeed sometimes in life. I am the daughter of the Late Vazcoa Dagama, from Nshili District of Gikomgoro Province in the Republic of Rwanda. My father before his death was a successful Gold marchant. Barely a week my Father returned from his usual Europe business trips, on Wednesday 14th March 2006, he was attacked and killed by some unknown assassins.

The Police could not trace the killers till today, and because i do not know those behind his brutal killing and their reasons i decide to run for my life, I felt out of fear that my safety is not guaranteed, that is the reason why I decided to relocate to the Refugees Camp here in Ouagadougou-Burkina Faso.

My mother died immidiately after given my birth according to my late father, before the untimely death of my father, we were very close to each other, which made him to give me informations on a very huge amount of US$8.6,000,000.00 (Eigth Point Six Million United States Dollars only), which he kept for me in a Bank in another Country (full informations to be disclosed later to you on confirmation of your acceptance to assist me).

I have decided to invest this money in your country or anywhere safe enough outside Africa for security purposes. I want you to help me to invest the money after transferring the money from the Bank to your account or anywhere trusted account as you may advise, as I cannot be able to do the transaction alone here in another Country and in Refugees Camp that is why I contact you for helping me contact the Bank and submitt to them your Banking information that they may needs for the transfer.

As for now,I live in the Refugees Camp in Ouagadougou-Burkina Faso where i,m presently seeking for Asylum. I am in a sincere desire of your humble assistance in this regards. Your suggestions and ideas will be highly regarded.
I hereby promised to offer you a negociable percentage of the total amount will be good for you after the money is in your Bank. Please, Consider this and get back to me as soon as possible. I await your soonest response.
Extend my warmest regards to your entire family.
Thank you and May God bless you as you extents your helping hands to a needy orphan.

My sincere regards,

Ms. Justina Dagama.

UNHBF Refugees Camp Ouagadougou BF.



Send free SMS to your Friends on Mobile from your Yahoo! Messenger. Download Now! http://messenger.yahoo.com/download.php

Anti-fraud resources: