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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: Richard Kone <egbokhan01@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: richardkone98@yahoo.fr
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:02:56 -0800 (PST)
Subject: From Richard Kone,


>From Richard Kone,Abidjan Cote D'Ivoire. Dear one,Good and God Bless you, My name is Richard Nkoma the son of Nicholas Kone from Sierra Leone  in West Africa.  I contacted you to know if you can be of help and assist me  over my inheritance deposited for me by my late father who died as a result of poison from his business associates in Abidjan Cote d' Ivoire West Africa.   My father was a very wealthy GOLD and COCOA manchant who based in ACCRA GHANA and ABIDJAN respectively, The economic capital of cote D'Ivoire.
He was poisoned to death by his business associate on one of their business outings. When my mother died on the 22nd october 2002, My father took me so specail because i were motherless. Before the death of my father on the 8th august 2004 in a private hospital here in Abidjan, He sincerely called me on his bed side and told me that he had a sum of 20.000,000 US DOLLARS (TWENTY MILLION USA DOLLARS)*During the deposit he agreed with the security company that his foreign partner will come for the collection of the money which he deposited and declared with them as family valuables in a trunk box. please I am honourably seeking your assistance to assist me to transfer this trunk box into your country before my arrivals. I want you to assist me it for an investment purpose, such as real estate management.
My interested areas of investment are; REAL ESTATE,HOTELS, PETROLUM INDUSTRY. I am honourably seeking for your assistance in the following ways. (1)To assist me to transfer it to your country successfully. (2)To serve as the guardian of this fund since I am a Boy of(23)yrs . (3) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my Education and to secure a residential permit in your country. Moreover, I am willing to offer you 15% of the total sum as compensation for your effort /input after the successful transfer of this fund to your country. Furthermore, you can indicate your option towards assisting me as I believe that this transaction would be concluded within 14days,from the day you signify interest to assist me.. Awaiting to hear from you soonest.Thanks and God bless you as you for your anticipated coperation. Best Regards,Richard Kone.

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