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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: "Raphael Kamara" <kamaraf3000@gmail.com>
Reply-To: kamaraf3000@yahoo.cn
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 02:25:27 +0300 (EEST)
Subject: UNIFICATION AND ASSISTANCE

>From Raphael Kamara
Add: 7 rue St. Bernard, Gonzac,
Abidjan - Côte d'Ivoire.

Good day dear,

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship
with you. I got your contact from the International web site directory. I
prayed over it and selected your name among other names due to what my
mind told me that you are a reputable and trust worthy person I can expose
my ordeal to and do business with. So I must not hesitate to confide in
you for this simple and sincere business.

I am Raphael Kamara and my junior sister Juliet Kamara, the only Son and
daughter of late Mr and Mrs Chife Vincent Kamara My father was a very
wealthy cocoa merchant in Abidjan, the economic capital of Ivory Coast,
before he was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their
outing to discuss on a business deal.

When my mother died on the 6th August 2001, my father took us special
because we are motherless. Before the death of my father on 30th June 2009
in a private hospital our country sierra leone, he secretly called me on
his bedside and told me that he has a sum of Seven Million five hundred
thousand US Dollars ($7.500.000.00) left in a suspense account in a local
Bank here in Abidjan, that he used my name as his only Son for the next of
kin in deposit of the fund and handed all the deposit documents to me.

He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth and some huge
amount of money his business associates supposed to balance him from the
deal they had, that he was poisoned by his business associates, that I
should seek for a God fearing foreign partner in a country of my choice
where I will transfer this money and use it for investment purpose, (such
as real estate management or Five star hotel transport industry).

Please, I am honourably seeking your assistance in the following ways.
1)To receive the money for me in your account by providing a Bank account
where this money would be transferred to.

2)To serve as the guardian trustee of this since I am a boy of 21 years
and I do not have business experience before.

3)To help us migrating to your country as soon as the money is transferred
to your account so that we will continue our education and a new life.
I am willing to give you 15% of the sum as compensation for effort input
after the successful transfer of this fund to your designate account
overseas.

Anticipating to hear from you quick please.

Thanks and God Bless.
Yours faithfully
Raphael and Juliet Kamara


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