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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: "Miss Anna Olga" (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 02:04:46 +0800
Subject: Good Day,

My name is Anna Olga and I am 21 years of age, I have been brought up in an orphanage that is located here in China. I know that this email would be of a surprise to you because you have no idea who I am and likewise to me.

I am writing to you in asking for a huge favor, and urgently want to know if you can and is willing to help me with my situation. In December of 2005, my late father was found dead from an automobile crash and was killed instantly. But in the police reports it mentioned that my late father was overly toxicated before his death. For further information of the death of my late father, you are invited to visit this website: http://www.mosnews.com/news/2005/12/22/drunklatvian.shtml in proof that this is correctly true...

However, my father was a successful business man, who lived in Hong Kong before coming back to my country in Latvia. Before his death he told me that he has deposited a large amount of money into the ICBC Bank of China in 1999, with a total amount of US$ 5,500,000.00 (five million, five hundred thousand US dollars alone). I have personally contacted the bank and they have told me that I am free to come and claim the money as being the only daughter of my late father. Now I am presently living with my uncle who is taking care of my schooling fees and admin. My uncle is a very wicked man towards me, because I am not one of his siblings. He has also seized all of my father¡¯s properties and has sold what he could sell off without showing any consideration of my behalf.
Now that I have told you of my situation, I am not willing in telling my uncle of the amount that my father has deposited for me at any time. So that is why I am contacting you and is asking for your urgent assistance, so that I can instruct the ICBC Bank of China to transfer the money into your account and enabling me, to meet you in your country.

I am assuring you that this money belongs to my father and it is safe, risk free and legal. I am willing to wait for your response and am hoping that you will immediately notify me of your assistance, and will be able to help me in receiving what is legally mine. Please let me know as soon as possible, so that I can give you the information of the ICBC Bank here in China, and then we can reach an agreement on what will be your share for making it possible for me to live financially free.

I will be eagerly waiting to hearing from you very soon. Thank you.



Best regards,




Miss Anna Olga.

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