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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: marufubenjamin@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:57:09 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: VERY!!!URGENT


¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo!Ahora puedes escribirme a:marufub@yahoo.com.co

VERY!!!URGENT

- Dear Friend, my name is Benjamin Marufu and my younger sister Gift Marufu a Zimbabwe National, but presently right now in Accra city of Ghana in West Africa because of the political crises, constants killing, and the war that happened in my country by the present ruling party and the opposition party in Zimbabwe which lead to the killing of parents. My Father was a political juggernaut and a wealthy man before his death. My consignment contains 9.6million United States Dollars (US$9.6, 000,000.00) and some quantity of gold and Diamond, which I cannot specify. The consignment is presently in U.S.A. The consignments got to the U.S.A through the help of Jeff Morgan, the fact is that Jeff Morgan is supposed to have delivered these consignments to a man called Mr. David Nelson in U.S.A. When Jeff Morgan arrived to deliver the consignments to him in the States after clearing the consignment from the Airport, he call Mr. David Nelson to tell him the description to his house for the delivery but his wife answered the call and told Jeff Morgan that her husband Mr. David Nelson had a fatal car accident which lead to his death a day before. Mr. David Nelson has already paid the demurrages from the security company, he paid for Bullion van that took the consignment to the airport and he paid for custom check report he also assisted us in getting the Drug / Anti Terrorist Certificate, which is so expensive that he spent 35 thousand dollars to acquire it, but unfortunately he died in a car accident, that was why Jeff Morgan has to deposit the consignment with a warehouse over there in U.S.A and called us to informed us about the death of Mr. David Nelson and he suggest that we should get another responsible and trustworthy person as a new beneficiary for him to make the delivery of the consignments on our behalf. So dear, with due respect we are seeking for your assistance to received the consignments. Please do get back to us with your direct cell number and address so that we can forward your details and the diplomat number for you to call him who is presently there in U.S.A now. Please strictly reply me to enable me present you as the new beneficiary of the consignment fund. I await your urgent response. Thanks. Benjamin and Gift Marufu.


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