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: "Mr. Steve Kufor" <skufor@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: skufor@she.com
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:21:29 +0700
Subject: I will appreciate your reply

Mr. Steve Kufor

E-mail; skufor@she.com

Dear Sir,
With due respect and humility, I write you this letter which I believe would be of great interest to you. This plea for help might not fall
within the range of your business but I am sure it is going to open door to unimaginable financial break through between us. I got your
contact from a business directory on my trip to the Thailand chamber of commerce and industry. I decided to unfold an investment
plan of which I am convinced it will benefit both of us mutually.

I will like to introduce myself to you, I am Mr. Steve Kufor the first son of late Mr.Janub Kufor from Darfur region in southern
Sudan , East Africa .
I lost my father in the recent crisis in Sudan of which I don’t know how familiar you are with the on going crisis, but for more clarification, I request you
visit: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2134220.stm.

After the assassination of my father, I and my mother managed to escape to Bangkok Thailand where I am writing from. Before the
death of my father, he had a transaction of importing Arms and Ammunition for his late boss Mr. John Garang the leader of the Sudan
peoples liberation army (SPLA) rebel group worth hundreds of million of united states dollars through a Russian firm.
After the transaction was completed, my late father realized the sum of US$3.8million which he deposited with a security firm for
investment purposes although his aim was not realized.

Due to the economic situation and unstable government here in Thailand , we are asking for your assistance in helping us to come to
your country and also help us in receiving this fund for investment partnership with you. We have agreed to map out some percentage
for you for all your assistance.

I await your urgent reply and interest in working with me in this partnership and ask that you reply through the e-mail; skufor@she.com

Thanks,

Faithfully.

Steve Kufor


Anti-fraud resources: