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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: Rosalinda Banah <rosalinda.banah@btopenworld.com>
Reply-To: rosalinda.banah@hotmail.fr
Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 11:26:19 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: From: Miss Rosalinda Banah




From: Miss Rosalinda Banah


Dearest,

Good day to you. l am Miss Rosalinda Banah, the only daughter of late Mr. Zokora Banah. My father was a cafe-cocoa contractor with the Government of Cote d'Ivoire. It is sad to say that he passed away mysteriously during one of his business trips.Though his sudden death was linked or rather suspected to be planned by one of his brothers who accompanied him on that trip, but God knows the truth. My mother died when I was a baby.

Before the death of my father in a private hospital here in Abidjan, he secretly called me by his bed side and told me that he has the sum of Eight Million United State dollars.(USD$8,000,000.00) concealed in a trunk box, which he deposited in a Security company here in Abidjan. He told me that the Security company didn't know the content as money because, it was registered by my father as our family valuables items when he deposited it, personally for security reasons. He further told me that it was because of this wealth that made his brothers to be against him.

He then strongly advised me not to seek for assistance in the investment of the money from his lawyer, nor, any of his friends or relatives here, but to seek for a foreign partner from a country of my choice (outside Cote d Ivoire) who will assist me to retrieve that trunk box from this Security company and ship it directly to his or her country, to enable me to travel along with him or her because my life will be in danger as soon as his brothers find out about that money in the security company. You will also assist me in the wise investment of the money in your country.

I am just 19 years old, studying in the secondary school and really don't know what to do. This is because I have suffered a lot of set back as a result of incessant political crisis here, coupled with the fact that I have been chased out of my father's house, all because I dont want to tell his brothers any thing about my father's wealth, which they have plan to take over from me, all because I am still a small girl.

Please, I am in a sincere desire for your assistance in this regards. I want you to assist me retrieved this trunk box out from the Security Company and ship it direct to your country. As soon as you received it, you will now make an arrangement for me to come over to your country to continue my education and also to invest the money in a good business with you.

I will be willing to compensate you with 20% of the money if you would sincerely help me. Furthermore, your suggestions and ideas will be highly regarded.

Please, if you find this mail offensive, please ignore it and accept my appology. I wait for your response

Best regards
Miss Rosalinda Banah

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