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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: eribe nku <erinku30@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <eribenku8@yahoo.it>
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 12:37:09 +0200
Subject: Dear Friend,



Dear Friend, It's with humility and the fear of the lord that i'm writing you this mail. Dear, as I am writing you this mail, I'm in great lost and pains. Before I proceed, let me introduce myself to you since we don't have any previous communication. My name is ERIBE NKU. I am the only son and the first child in my family with 2 younger sisters. In brief because I'm deeply in tears. I lost my whole family including my parents and 2 younger sisters in a fatal auto crash some months ago. I will give you more details about this incident in our subsequent communication. Now the main reason why I am writing you this mail is to seek your assistance in the transfer of US$4,200,000.00 that my late father deposited with one of the reputed banks here in my country. I will make every information in this regards available to you upon my confimation that you are willing, capable and trustworthy enough to be my trusted partner in this transaction because I don't want any betrayals. You may want to know about the genuity and legality of the fund. Of course, I am assuring you 100% that the fund is clean and legal and there is no risk involved. My late father until his untimely death was a wealthy COFFEE AND COCOA merchant in Abidjan, the economic capital of Cote d'Ivoire (The Ivory Coast) in West Africa and this is where he made this money from. The reasons for my intension of transfering this fund abroad are: 1. THE STEADY POLITICAL UPRISING AND REBEL WARS IN THIS COUNTRY. 2. I HAVE NO OTHER FAMILY LEFT ALIVE HERE AND AT MY AGE, IT'S VERY RISKY FOR ME TO CONTINUE TO LIVE HERE IN AFRICA WITH THIS FUND BECAUSE OUR AFRICAN PEOPLE ARE VERY JEALOUS AND THIS CAN COST ME MY LIFE. 3. I KNOW THAT I WILL HAVE BETTER INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES OVER THERE IN YOUR COUNTRY BECAUSE OF HER STABLE POLITICAL STATUS. SO I WANT TO INVEST THE FUND IN YOUR COUNTRY BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE MY LIFE THERE. So dear, if you know for sure that you can sincerely handle this transaction for me successfully with ABSOLUTE TRUST, CONFIDENCE AND HONESTY, then kindly get back to me immediately after reading this mail so that, we can communicate further to know eachother very well and also discuss about the terms and conditions of our partnership in this transaction, for us to proceed right away. I have my faith alive and hope to have positive response from your good self soonest. My sincere wishes to you and your entire family, ERIBE NKU.
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