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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: =?utf-8?q?JOHN?= <naabbbaa09@yahoo.in>
Reply-To: naabbaa011@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:05:52 +0530 (IST)
Subject: HELLO..........MR JOHN NNAMDI............HELLO


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: naabbbaa09@yahoo.in



- FROM=MR JOHN NNAMDI 14 GLOVER ROAD,IKOYI LAGOS NIGERIA. REQUEST FOR MUTUAL BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP.Please,i am very sorry if this letter did not meet your professional here in Lagos,NIGERIA, west Africa. My department (the treasury) coordinates Myself and three other colleagues of mine from this department are currently in need of a silent, foreign partner whose bank account we can use to transfer the sum of { EIGHTEEN MILLION-FIVE HUNDRED UNITEDSTATES DOLLARS} This funds accrued legitimately(but discreetly) to us as commission from acontract job awarded and executed here in Nigeria. The money is presently waiting to be remitted by our offshore fundsmanagers abroad to any named beneficiary submitted by us to them as the owner of the payment.However, by virtue of our positions as civil Servants in our country,we are not allowed by the civil service code of conduct,to own or operate bank accounts outside of our shores. On the other hand, it is not safe for us to keep the money here due to our bad ecomony.I confirm that the transaction is legitimate and without any risks whatsoever. Please give me your return email to confirm your interest while keeping everything confidential.Yours faithfully, MR JOHN NNAMDI.


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