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: Issam Issamm <issammaj1@yahoo.fr>
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 06:41:25 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Dearest One URGENT RESPONSE NEEDED


Dearest One URGENT RESPONSE NEEDED
It my pleasure to write you after much consideration since I can not be able to see you face to face at first.  . I know this proposal letter may come to you as a surprise considereing (sic) the fact that you have not had any formal acquaintance before . But all the same I would want you for the sake of God to give this an immediate attention in view of the fact that the security of me and my only brother living and possession is at stake. Our father was a a (sic) limited liability Cocoa and Gold Merchant in Congo before his untimely death after his business trip to Abidjan , I didn't know that our father was going to leave us . Before he gave up a ghost, it was if he knew he was going to died. ( may his soul rest in perfect peace ) he disclosed to us that he made a deposit a sum of US$ 10.2 M (Ten MILLION TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.With some Gold in a security frim .   ..
That the money was meant from cocoa AND GOLD business he wanted to invest in abroad.  Through according to our late father he deposited the money with  security frim in abroad., but he single handed me all the relelvant (sic) documents and instructed me to seek for a life time investment abroad. Now I have succeeded in locating the  security frim  in abroad.,  and also confirmed the deposit of the Gold with most honesty and confidentiality. Please i want  you to   help us in the following regards
A) To provide us with a good account to transfer the money into
B) To help invest the money into a lucrative business.
C) To assist us in getting residential permits for formal
and comfortable stay in your country after the money must have been transferred into the account you will provide. Now I am solicting(sic) for your assistance to help me lift this money out to your account abroad so then we should invest it in any lucrative business in your country. Because this is our only hope in life.
immediately for more discussion. Please don't hesitate to sending any message. Because this a confidential matter. Thanks for your kind attention and mutual understanding.
Best regards,
N/B YOU SHOULD SEND TO US THE FOLLOWING DETAILS OF YOURS
Your Full Name...........................Your Sex..........................................Your Age.........................................Your Country..................................Marital Status..................................Your Occupation..............................Your Personal Mobile N°................Your Personal Fax N°......................




Anti-fraud resources: