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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)
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:56:54 -0800 (PST)
Subject: TOP URGENT PLS


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: suleiman0005@yahoo.com



- Hi Please we write with a genuine intentions to seek your support and relations in a personal financial matter. Kindly send us your reply on: suleiman0005@yahoo.com please.We would like to develop a business relationship with you by establishing a trust agreement where you shallhold,manage, invest and maintain on our behalf all assets made from the capital amount receivedfrom us in trust and the proceeds there from, under a term of the trust agreement, with an agreed percent age share acruable to you which will be stated in later discussions. In representation, my name is Suleiman Mohammed, I was a final year student of Geology in the University of Nairobi before my father Mr. Suleiman Shakombo was recently assasinated in an uncertain circumstances which is suspected to be either political or his past marriage crisis with our divorced mother, he was formerly the Minister of State for National Heritage in Kenya, I and my younger brother Ibrahim write to you because we need a trustworthy and honest person who we can entrust with our future and the inheritance left for us by our late father, the sum of US22,000,000. We have difficulty in securing this inheritance amount because of our limited resources and knowledge, and inability to travel out of our region.Our father had a diplomatic tie with an arrangement which made him able to secure this (Inheritance) money in a security firm abroad, in my name before his assasination. Now we can not travel o ut of our present location, where we are taking refuge, For this reason, we are asking for your assistance to secure this money on our behalf have it in your care until we are able to process travelling document to come over to your country to enter into the above stated agreement for the business relationship. We have the title document to the lodgment of the (inheritance) money with the security firm. This is genuine and legitimate. Once again please advise us on your position via suleiman0005@yahoo.com if you are willing to give us the help.Please I await your prompt reply. Mohammed Suleiman


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