joewein.net   joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet
Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days
  jwSpamSpy

Home
About Us
Spam
419/Nigeria
Fraud
Contact

"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.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

 

 

Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: Richard Agese <ragese2000@voila.fr>
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:36:54 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: URGENT


 
FROM MR RICHARD AGESE CHAMBERS
1515 CIRCLE GATE
P.M.B 1076 OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA FASO.
PRIVATE MEMO
Dear Friend,
I am Mr.Richard Agese,an Attorney at law, and the personal lawyer to Engineer Dr Alfred A. Corbeil , a foreigner who used to work and owned Corbeil Oil International in Burkina Faso.
It may interest you to know that,I got your contact at the office of the Chamber of commerce and Tourism in Ouagadougou Burkina faso as I was going through some directories. On the 10th day of August 2003, my client, his wife and their two children were involved in a car accident along Ouaga - Bobo express way while arriving from a Holiday to Bobo.
All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives. Since then, I have made several enquiries to their embassy to locate any of their extended relatives and this has also proved unsuccessful. I am contacting you to assist in repatriating a fund valued at USD$13Million,(Thirteen million United States Dollars),left behind by my client before it gets confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Security Finance Firm where this huge amount were deposited.
I therefore seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased so that the proceeds of this account can be paid to you.
On smooth conclusion of this transaction, you will be entitled to 30% of the total sum, while 10% will be set aside to take care of expenses that may arise during the time of transfer 60% will be for me towards any profitable investment in your country.
Please i advice you reply to my private e-mail address for privacy and confidentiality (ragese2000@voila.fr) Kindly give me the information below to enable me establish you in the bank as beneficiary to my deceased client.
1. NAME IN FULL:.........................
2. ADDRESS:..............................
3. NATIONALITY:..........................
4. AGE:.....................................
5. SEX........................................
6. OCCUPATION:......................
7. MARITAL STATUS:............
8. PHONE..................................
9. FAX:........................................
Best regard,
Richard Agese Esq.

Anti-fraud resources: