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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: Dorothy Sounkanin <sounkanin_d@yahoo.fr>
Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2008 23:18:37 +0100 (CET)
Subject: Greeting for Today / Very Urgent


Dearest one, greeting for today.

I am Miss Dorothy Sounkanin the only daughter of the late Mr Ibrahima Sounkanin. My father was a trader of cocoa and owner of gold based in Abidjan, the economic capital of Ivory Coast, it was poisoned by his associates at the time of a business trip.

My mother died when I was still baby and since then my father took to me with his load. Before the death of my father, in November 2004, in a private clinic deprived in Abidjan it revealed me that it has the sum of six million here five hundred and thousand dollars USD ($ 8,500.000) in a frozen account in a principal bank in Abidjan on my behalf, as a his only daughter. He also explained me that it was because of this richness that it was poisoned by its associates of businesses. It as wished as I seek a foreign associate, in a country of my choice, which would help me to transfer this money and will employ it in investments such as the management of real goods or the management of hotel. This is why I come to contact you by several personal research.

I thus request your assistance for the following reasons:
(1) to provide Me a bank account on which to transfer this money.
(2) to be used to Me as guard of these funds. .
(3) to help Me to immigrate in your country with a certificate of residence so that I can continue my studies there.

I am been willing to offer to you 25% of all the sum which represents my heritage in compensation of your effort after the transfer of these funds on your account.
Moreover, I am been willing to receive your conditions to help me, I have faith which this transaction can be made as quickly as possible. I would like to have your point of view on the question and that according to your availability.

Thank you, that God blesses you immensely.
Sincerely yours,

Miss Dorothy Sounkanin.


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