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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: "John" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <rev.chibuezedike@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 03:33:38 +0100
Subject: Dear Friend,i issued you a draft $300,000 compensation

Dear Sir,
I am Mercy John from Abijan,Cote d ivire.i contacted you regarding my investment plan  to invest in the company i ask for your asistants to help me transfer my fund to your account for investment projects in your company via an accredited finiancial consultant in the person of Barrister james Man
I am happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from PAKISTAN. in the person of Mr. Kumar Krisha. Presently I am in new Karachi Pakistan. for investment projects with my own share of the total sum. meanwhile I didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how, I am very glad God finally answered my prayers.Now contact Rev Chibueze Dike my pastor i have issued you a check and gave it to him to send to you as soon as you contact him i told him that i will inform you to contact him because my attorney Barr.John James went on a business trip in canada.
 
Rev. Pastor Chibueze Dike
EMAIL:rev.chibuezedike@yahoo.com
 
Ask him to send to you the BANK DRAFT I issued to you. $300,000.00 which i kept for your compensation for the attempts to assist me in this matter. I appreciated your efforts at that time very much and also i want you to feel free and get in touch with my attorney a great qaulified lawyer via email to know when he will be coming back to Abijan Cote Di ivire. and instruct him to asist you to make sure that the Rev.Chibueze send the BANK DRAFT to you,
 
Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy together and also i will like you to pay me a visit here, after all the suffering while i was beging your company to accept my invest project that time. in the moment, I am very busy here because of the investment projects which I and MY new partner( Mr. Kumar Krisha) are having at hand, finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction to Pastor on your behalf to send you the DRAFT, so feel free to get in touch with him, he will send it to you without any delay. please be informed i kept with him 200 dollars for posting fee by DHL. All you have to do is to contact him and instruct him where to send it to. Thanks and may God bless you.
Yours Faithfully
Mrs.Mercy John
Abijan,Cote d ivire

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