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: Frank Odonkor <f_odonkor14@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <frank_odonkor@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:23:55 +0000
Subject: Hello,



Hello,

Good day, I am Frank Odonkor, I am 18 years old Ghanaian. Please I got to contact you as I am seeking for a reliable and trust person who can assist me in my present conditions. I am the only son of late Chief James Odonkor who was an International Business man here before his untimely death, my parents were killed one week after they returned back to Kumasi from their business trip to Antwerp in Belgium, they were attacked by the rebels in my community because my father was a successful gold dust dealer, my mother died instantly but my father died 5 days after the incidence in the hospital on 24th March 2007 to be precise.

It is quite unfortunate that my father died after I thought he could succeed. As if he knew that he was going to die, he disclosed to me that he sold his company in Ghana as he planned for us to relocate abroad, he deposited the value of $28 Million in a vault in a Local Security Company here in Ghana for the purpose of investment abroad due to hard economic condition, political instability and shortfalls in international exchange rate. He handed all the documents issued to him by the local security company and instructed me to seek for a reliable and trust worthy partner abroad to assist me in moving this fund abroad out and leave this country immediately as my safety is not guaranteed.

I have been to the local security house here and confirmed the fund and also observed that he used my name as the next of kin. Right now, I am afraid of my safety as those rebels are all over the community searching for me. I am urgently soliciting for your assistance in helping me move this fund to your country and also help me in investing in any lucrative business over there. Please I don’t have much time as my life is in great danger here.

I am waiting anxiously to hear from you as soon as possible.
Frank



_________________________________________________________________
Invite your mail contacts to join your friends list with Windows Live Spaces. It's easy!
http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=create&wx_url=/friends.aspx&mkt=en-us

Anti-fraud resources: