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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:
Date:
Subject: Hi From Miss. Linda David,


Hi From Miss. Linda David,

Good day and how are you today? I know that this mail will come to you as a surprise, the very moment I saw your profile I was convince within my heart that I can trust you with all my heart, but my only fear now is that I pray you believe what I have to tell you now.

I am Miss. Linda David as you might know, I am 17 years old, my mother was an African American while my father was from the French speaking colony of Cote d'Ivoire, and I was living with my mother not too far from Charleston building, 601 57th Street, Charleston West Virginia USA. And I attended Charleston senior High School, 1201 Washington Street E, Charleston, WV. I lost my mother sometimes ago and after her death I came to meet my father for the very first time in Cote d'Ivoire, though he was also living in the state before he relocated back to Cote d'Ivoire to set up a business.

Exactly two months and one week after I came to visit my father with the help of US consulates he died, he was very sick when I came to visit him. But before his death there were some document he gave to me and he told me that everything he worked for in his life time is in the document when I crosscheck the document I discovered that my late father Deposited $27 Million dollars in a security and finance company.

The reason I am telling you this, is that I am just a little girl and there is little or nothing I could do on my own and again if my late father relatives / family find out that my late father left this kind of fortune in my care, I don't know what they might do to me, so I need you to help me contact the security and finance company and claim the deposited box that is containing the money for me as my Partner / Guardian or my late father's business partner or owner of the said box, and take me along with you to your country to start up a new life there with you. If you do this for me, I will be more than happy and will also offer you 30% of the total money for helping me.

Please I request for your trust and understanding because it might sound unbelievable to you but it is the truth. Please get back to me as soon as possible as I am in danger now and my life is miserable here now since after the death of my late father, so please try to help me out as I wait for your urgent response today.

Miss. Linda David.


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