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: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 03:34:52 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Re:Greetings_From_Mrs_Sandra_Osji_And_Son?=


Re:Greetings From Mrs Sandra Osji And Son
From;; Mrs Sandra Osji
C/17 Afoturu Akpakpa
Cotonou
Benin Republic.

Dearest Friend,

It is my great pleasure and the trust which I have on you, though we
have not met before, neither have we seen for the first time, but
before I pick up your E-mail contact and write to you I prayed over
it that God should direct me to a trustworthy and God fearing partner
who will help me to invest this money ina good business of your
choice.

For this will permit me to go into business relationship with you,
since I have made up my mind to make this money transfer with you. My
name is Mrs Sandra Osji 42 years old the wife of Late Amadu Brown
Osji who was a Cocoa and Gold marchant in COTONOU REPUBLIC OF BENIN
and i have only one child His name is KENNETH.

My husband was poisoned to death by his business associate on one of
their business outings to ACCRA GHANA on 26 December 2005. Before the
death of my husband on the 26th December 2005 in a private hospital
here. He sincerely called me on his bed side and told me that he had
a sum of ($5M.US.DOLLARS) which he deposited in Finance Firm
He also used his name to Deposit the money and explained to me that
it was because of his wealth that he was poisoned by his business
associates, That i should seek for a foreign partner in a country of
mychoice where I will transfer this money and use it for investment
purposes, I want you to assist me by investing this money into a good
business and also be a guardian over this money I am honourably
seeking for your assistance in the following ways.

(1)To assist me to transfer this money into your account successfully
(2)To provide a trust bank account where this money would be
transfered
(3)To make arrangement for me and my son to come over to your country
for investment,
(4)To help find admission in a good university to enable him finish
his educational career in your country.
In line with this,am willing to offer you 25% percent of the total
sum as compensation for your effort/input after the successfull
transfer of this fund in your safe account Below informations is what
i need from you so that the bank can start this transfer immediately
withoutdelay.

Your Bank name and addres together with Account Number Your direct
Telephone and Fax Numbers and Your full name and address. On receipt
of the above mentioned informations, I believe that this transaction
would be concluded within 7 working days as the bank Director
promised me that he will commence on the transfer immediately if i
provide a bank account for remittance.
I am waiting to hear from you soonest.

Please reply to our private Email: (sandra1ky2008@hotmail.fr)

Thanks and God bless you for your kind understanding.
Best Regards,

Mrs Sandra Osji and Son


---------------------- ALICE N°1 de la RELATION CLIENT 2008*--------------------
Découvrez vite l'offre exclusive ALICE BOX! En cliquant ici http://abonnement.aliceadsl.fr Offre soumise à conditions.*Source : TNS SOFRES / BEARING POINT. Secteur Fournisseur d.Accès Internet

Anti-fraud resources: