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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: johnsonfarley@ymail.com
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:04:54 +0200
Subject: GOOD DAY!





DEAR SIR/MADAM,
                              
CONFIDENTIAL
                                                 
Good day,first of all greetings to you and your entire family, I pray that may the Almighty Lord guide you and your family, I will like to introduce myself also because i know that you will be surprise to get my details, though we haven't met or talked before so there is need for me to introduce myself to you.
 
I am Johnson,the first child of Chief Kai-Farley from Liberia in grand gedeh, father was a very wealthy GOLD and DIAMOND merchant in GRAND GEDEH CAPITAL TOWN ZWEDR TCHIEN DISTRICT. He was a paramount chief from 1980 to 1996 October 1994,My father took me and my Sister to Abidjan, the death of my father was a shock to the KRAHN people in GEDEH 29th November 2004, he passed on in a private hospital in Abidjan, He sincerely called us on his bed side and told us that he had a sum of (THIRTY MILLION USA DOLLARS) kept in asecurity company in GHANA.

He also said that the security company does not know the content of the safe box. He deposited the money in a safe security company because of the large sum,  he was poisoned by his business associates, and told us that I should seek for a foreign partner in a country of our choice where  we can transfer this money and use it for investment purposes, I want you to assist me to clear this fund out from the security company and invest it for us over there in overseas as our foreign beneficiary of the fund, and also use it for an investment purpose,  Our interested areas of investment are; REAL ESTATE,HOTELS, PETROLEUM INDUSTRY. We are honourably seeking for your assistance in the following ways;
 
(1)To assist us to clear this fund from the security
company and transfer it to your country successfully.
 
(2)To serve as the guardian of this fund since I am a
Boy of (22)yrs, while my Sister is (20)yrs.
 
(3) Tomake arrangement for us to come over to your
country to further our education and to secure a
residential permit in your country. Moreover, We are
willing to offer you 25% of the total sum as
compensation for your effort /input after the
successful transfer of this fund to your country for investment.
Furthermore, you can indicate your option towards
assisting Us as we believe that this transaction would
be concluded within 14days, from the day you signify
interest to assist us.
 
Please kindly forward to us your private contact in other for us to reach you quickly as our foreign beneficiary regarding this transaction.
I am presently in GHANA and can be reached on this e-mail address: johnsonfarley@ymail.com
 
Thanks.
Best Regard,
JOHNSON KAI-FARLEY. 

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