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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: missjulietdavemukerere@yahoo.fr
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 06:29:25 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: From Miss Juliet and Dave Mukerere.


¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo!Ahora puedes escribirme a:julietdave2008@yahoo.com.co



- Dear ,Compliment of the day to you.Please I need your candid assistance over the investment of my family fund in your country. I saw your details and profile from the Internet and want you to help me over investment of my family fund in your country.My name is Juliet Mukerere from Sudan and am currently residing in another country with my brother, we are here now in a refugee camp as a result of the civil crisis going on in my country that lead to the death of my father and mother. I am a student before the out break of the war in my country, my father was a former director of mining in my country and he was assassinated by the rebels. Before the death of my father, he made a deposit totalling ($9M) Nine Million United State Dollars with a FINANCE SECURITY COMPANY. Every legal document for the deposit is very safe with us. All I need from you is to help us get the total money transferred into your account and possibly assist us come over to your country to start a new life. The money is a very large money and we don't know how to manage the fund and that is why we are asking you to help us transfer it to your account oversea and also help us to manage an investment project. We are ready to part with 15% of the total sum as a sort of gratification for your assistance in the successful completion of the transaction, while the remaining 85% will be ours and be used for the investment. We wait your urgent reply. Thank you ,Best regards,From Miss Juliet and Dave Mukerere.


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