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: "=?utf-8?q?Mr.=20William=20Yarah?=" <mr.williamyarah58@yahoo.com.ve>
Reply-To: william20081981@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2008 14:40:34 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: From: Mr. William Yarah


¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo!Ahora puedes escribirme a:mr.williamyarah58@yahoo.com.ve

From: Mr. William Yarah

- From: Mr. William Yarah.Chief security officer Crystal Trust Financial Company.First Light Kaneshie Accra Ghana, E-mail: william20081981@hotmail.com My Dear Good Friend,I got your contact here in this very site, which I am also a member. Icontacted you as a reliable, trust worthy person who I can introduce this transaction Investment project with. My name is Mr. William Yarah. On November 2005, One Mr Hussien Omar from Iraq National,an gold dealer,who runs gold business in Ghana to Asia, whom I was accounting officer made a numbered time Deposit a truck box, valued at USD$10,500,000.00 (Ten Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States dollars) for twelve calendar months in our company.I am the Chief Security officer crystal Trust financial company, First Light Kaneshie Accra Ghana. I am a Ghanaian married with three kids Upon Maturity, we sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered that Mr. Hussien Omar from Iraq ,his wife and two children and wife's parents was died with his family in a bomb blast in Iraq.My investigation proved that he died with his supposed next of kins in the bomb blast. The truck box total sum, USD$10,500,000.00 is still in our company and the dumorage is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year. No one will ever come forward to claim it. Consequently,I shall present you to stand in as the next of kin to the late Mr.Hussien Omar.Consequently, upon acceptance of this proposal, I will give you detailed information on how this deal would be carried out.The money will be shared in the ratio: (65%) for me, (30%) for you, the remaining (5%) will be kept to recover any expenses made during the process of the transfer into your account which include both our telephone bills.I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law as I will use my position as the chief security of OPERATIONS' officer to secure approvals and guarantee the successful execution of this transaction.I want you to handle everything for me. I have the trust in you and I know that you will not disappoint me, I don't need to know you for many years to trust you. If you have an idea of what should be done to carry the money out of Africa, please tell me I need your advice seriously and I have the impression that you are a nice gentle person.Please be informed that your utmost confidentiality is required. On your reply include your(1)Private telephone online number and fax (2)Your full house or office address (3)Your full names(4)Your personal E-mail(5)Your international pass port copy or driving license. Awaiting your urgent reply.Best regards, Mr.William Yarah


Anti-fraud resources: