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: ELLANINE CLARA <ellanine.clara@btinternet.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:22:05 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: DEAREST BELOVED


 
Dear Beloved,

I need your assistance to execute an immediate confidential business transaction of ($6.5 Million USD) left for me in a bank by my father before his sudden death. In details, I am the only child to my late parents, late Mr. and Mrs. Noel Vovah from the republic of Coted’Ivoire. My father was a cocoa merchant dealer in Coted’Ivoire but unfortunately died from political crises past years, actually he left behind the sum of ($6.500, 000 US dollars) in a bank with my name as his only child (Ellaline Clara Vosah) before his death.

Now I seek for a help for relocation and to secure this money for investment abroad and to continues my education, that is why I contact you for assistance, if you can be of assistance to me, I will be pleased to offer you 15% of this total fund (indicated above).
 Thanks for your kind attention. Please kindly get back to me in complete confidence, for further clarification /details of proceeding, your urgent reply will be highly appreciated. More details will be giving to you as soon as you reply to show your interest for helping me.

I hope to hear from you soon.
Your’s Beloved,
Miss Ellaline
 

Anti-fraud resources: