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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: "Mr Colins Damba Seih" <colinsdambaseih@gmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: colinsdambaseih@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2008 11:28:41 +0000
Subject: HELLO SIR, PLEASE I CONTACTED YOU FOR ASSISTANCE

Good day sir,,
How're you and your family, hope you have a good time there, my name is Colins Damba
seih from Kenya. I am 23 years old, i am schooling at,United States International University Po Box 14634, 00800, Nairobi - Kenya. Sir, am very sorry, perhaps, i may sound too rude and seeing to be a disturbance to your peace, but i plead sir to forgive me if i offend you this way.
Dear master, i have a lot of problems here and it's some what problem i found it very difficult to solve it myself alone, you know due to the political crisis in my Country here in kenya has frustrate my life of bein helpless. I got your contact in strict confidence through international
foreign Chamber of Commerce.
Sir,I will humbly ask for an immediate support/assistance from you, I have in the bank now the sum of amount,$7.2Million US dollars belonging to my late Father who was last year burnt inside his car as he was driving on his way puntual meeting up with Kenya Episcopal Conference on Tue, Dec 04, 2007,website:www.kec.or.ke.
The reason i contacted you is for your immediate help, why I discovered danger to my life as am not safe been lonely and helpless, even my education i could not be able to continue further after the death of my beloved father, for these reason i have to make up my mind to leave the country.
My late father paked the money in a Metal Trunk Box and deposdited it with bank Security Currier Company here in Kenya, also the security company has a branch office in Dakar Senegal west africa, I have search for the neccessay document of all my late father's properties and i dicovered the Original document of the deposit.
I have contacted the Bank Security Currier Company and confirmed the deposit document and the safety of the money, it was rare after confirming the document, but the security company has to tranfer the money over there in Dakar Senegak Branch Office as i directed them to do it so since am leaving the country immediately.
Now, all i need is to come over there in your country and continue my education also use some money from for investment over there, however i needed some one overseas who will give me adequate assistance for clearing the money from the Security Company and thereafter forwarding it to your Account for investments.
If possible you can do me this favour, i will like to know how interest you are about my situation now, So please do feel free to ask me questions on this as I wait for your reply soonest.
I AM WAITING YOUR KIND RESPOND.
Yours Faithfully,
Colins Damba Seih


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