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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: "Nora Bakuba" <norabakuba2004@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 20:35:22 +0000
Subject: I NEED YOUR HELP PLEASE

FROM MISS Nora Bakubar
EMAIL:nora_bakuba@myway.com
ABIDJAN COTE D IVOIRE
Dearest Beloved one
l am happy to request for your assistance and also to go into business partnership with you, i believe that you will not betaryed my trust which i am going to lay on you.I contact you after reading
your profile. I respectfully insist that you read this mail as I am optimistic that it will open doors of unimaginable finacial reward for both of us.When I saw and read through your profile, I prayed over it and selected your name among other names due to its esteeming nature and the recommendations given to me as a reputable and trust worthy person that I can do business with and by the recommendation.
I am MISS Nora Bakubar,22years old and the only daughter of my late parents MR.and MRS Joseph Bakubar. My father was a highly reputable busnness magnet-(a cocoa merchant)who operated in the capital city of (cote d'Ivoire) ,during his days. It is sad to say that he passed away mysteriously in France during one of his business trips abroad year 12th.February 2005.Though his sudden death was linked or rather suspected to have been masterminded by an uncle of his who travelled with him at that time.
But God knows the truth! My mother died when I was just 4 years old, and since then my father took me so special. Before his death on February 12th 2005 he called the secretary who accompanied him to the hospital and told him that he has the sum of($5.500,000) which he deposited in a suspense account in one of the bank here in Abidjan (cote d'Ivoire) That he used my name as his only daughter for the next of Kin in depositing the money in the account.
That I should seek for a foreign partner in a country
of my choice where I will transfer the fund into for
investment. Dear, All modalites to effect the transfer
of the fund has been worked out and there is
absolutely no risk involved, all I request from you
is.

(1) Acceptance letter of this offer and To provide me
with a good bank account to transfer the money into.

(2) To serve as a guardian of this fund since I am
only 22 years old.

(3) To make arrangement for me to come over to your
country to further my education and to secure a
resident permit in your country. Moreover, Dear i am
willing to offer you commisions of the total sum as
compensation for your effort/input after the
successful transfer of this fund into your nominated account in your country.
Please, do not hesitate to contact me with my email address for further details.
Consider this and get back to me as soon as possible.
Thank you so much.
My sincere regards,
MISS Nora Bakubar



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