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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: AngelaaLpheus <anglph@rediffmail.com>
Reply-To: angelaalpheus10@rediffmail.com
Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 06:08:24 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Angela Alpheus.



Dearest One,



I am Miss Angela Alpheus., 21 years Old from Cote D'Ivoire. I am the survived Daughter of chief/Dr. Alpheus., my father was into shipping company business a major cocoa exporter while some of his business associates are based in Kuwait, and a cum politician here in my country. I misplace the contact he gave me to contact a friend of him by name. Dr. Ibrahim Yusuf who leave in Kuwait, I only have his address Street No. 8. Shuwaikh Industrial Area Safat 13005 Safat KUWAIT, but I can not find his email address nor phone number. So after my research on the internet I found your profile which I was motivated

to contact you for assistance.



I was born out of tragic fate. My mother died from cancer sickness, I have a Younger brother who met his untimely death with my father during a conference meeting last year. My father went for a conference meeting and take my Younger brother along with him, but it was sad to hear that my farther and my Younger brother was poisoned by their business associate because of their greediness that my father worn a contract of $15.000.000 USD Fifteen Million Dollars after the last election healed in my country.



My father and my Younger brother were rushed to the Hospital and my brother died a day after their admission to our family clinic while my father spent three good painful days before he died. My father secretly told me that he has the sum of $8 million USD deposit in one of the Bank here for our family. I do not have trust on my relation here to assist me because they have even overshadow all the properties of my late father and left me empty hand, I am contacting you now to act as if you are my family member in Abroad to help me retrieve this fund from the Bank so that I can join you over there. After the successful of this transaction I promise to part with you %20 out of this total sum of $8.000.000 USD Million I shall guide you with more information that is related to this transaction as soon as I hear from you.



Am looking forward hearing from you immediately,

Thanks with my best regards,

Miss Angela Alpheus.

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