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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: "Mr.Fredric Nounya" <frednounya@voila.fr>
Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2010 15:34:38 +0200
Subject: From: Brr.Fredric Nounya (ESQ.)

From: Brr.Fredric Nounya (ESQ.)
Senior Advocate of the Cabinet
Ouagadougou-Burkina Faso
Tel: +226 71 30 38 05
West Africa,

Attention Please,

With due respect, I know this mail will come to you as a paramount contents. I am Brr.Fredric Nounya, the principle of BT AT LAW FIRM. I hope

you will not expose or betray the trust and confident that I am about to repose on you for the mutual benefit of our both families.

I need your urgent assistance in transferring the sum of $20 million immediately to your account. The money has been dormant for years in late

client of my in a said security company here in my country without any body coming for it.

He handed to me some lodgement documents as statement of account include fund deposited certificate with me which he had deposited some money

encased in the security company.

I want to release the money to you as the nearest person to my late client who was killed by unknown assailants.

The said deceased was one of the best clients in my Firm so therefore,I don't want the money to go into Treasury of the security company of the

Governmental arrears as an abandoned fund according to the financial protocols guiding inheritance fund here because I'm the only person in

position now to appointing who to claim the money.

Upon receipt of your reply, I will send you full details on how the Business will be executed and also note that you will have 40% of the above mentioned sum if you agree to transact the business with me.I needed urgent reply and call me please.

Thanks

Brr.Fredric Nounya
BT AT LAW FIRM,
Tel+226 71 30 38 05


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