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: "mrs.esther nadis" <mrs.esther5@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: mrs.esther2010@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 15 May 2010 15:00:23 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: From Mrs. Mrs. Esther Nadis




From Mrs. Fantu Sonka  God love you
With Due
Respect And Humanity,Let me first of all inform you, I got your email
address from a mail Directory and decided to mail you for a permission
to go ahead.
I am Mrs. Mrs. Fantu Sonka  from Switzerland. I am
married to Mr.Tom  Sonka  who worked with a construction company in
Asia for twenty Years before he died in the tsunami disasters, we were
married but without Any children.
 
I am now suffering from long
time breast Cancer and Cancer of the lungs, from all indication my
condition is really deterioration and it is quite obvious that i won't
live more than 2 months according to my doctor, this is because the
cancer stage has gotten to a very bad stage
 
Since his death I
decided not to re-marry. I deposited the sum of Two million Eight
hundred thousand United State Dollars USD ($2.8million) with a Bank 
here in Abidjan Cote D' Ivoire. And now i am willing to donate this sum
of $2.8million to the less privileged and to contribute to development
of church in Africa, America, Asia, and Europe.
 
My
late husband was a very wealthy and after his death, I inherited all
his business and wealth, Presently this money is still with the bank
and the management just Wrote me as the beneficiary to come forward to
receive the money or rather Issue a letter of authorization to somebody
to receive it on my behalf If I cannot come over.
 
I am
presently in  Cote D' Ivoire in a hospital where I have been undergoing
treatment Cancer of the lungs  , I had since lost my ability To talk
and my doctors have told me that I have only a few months to Live.
Please i want you to note that this money is lying in the Bank in
Abidjan Cote D' Ivoire
 
I want a person that is trustworthy that
will utilize 90% of this money to fund churches, orphanages and widows
around the world but in my name Mrs. Esther Nadis As soon as I receive
your reply I shall give you the contact of the bank.I will also issue
you a letter of authority that will prove you as The new beneficiary of
this fund.
 
Please
assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated herein and Keep
this contact confidential till such a time this funds get to your
Custody,this is to ensure that nothing jeopardizes my last wish on
Earth.

Thanks and God bless you
I await your urgent reply.
Regards,
>From Mrs. Mrs. Esther Nadis



Anti-fraud resources: