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: Tagro Kadi <tagrokadi222@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: tagrokadi@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2012 01:08:19 +0100 (BST)
Subject: HELLO


Good day,

I am Kadi Tagro, the only Surviving child of late Interior Minister Mr. Desire Tagro .My father was a highly reputable politician and business magnate who operated internationally during his days on a gold business and politics. It is sad to say that he passed away mysteriously in the recent crisis in Ivory Coast.

I had only one brother who is late also his name was Kingsley. He died the same day my father died in the incidence of civil war that was fought in my country. I managed to make my way to a near by village where I am living now because of the tragic incidence couple with the ill treatment I was receiving from my uncles because of my late father's treasure/properties, here is too tough and hard on me because I never experience such bad situation since I was born, and I'm planning to seek for a better future.

When my father was alive, he deposited, $32.7Million United States Dollars with a bank here in ivory cost where I am. Mean while, I have spoken with the bank manager and have also discussed the possibility of releasing the fund to me, But the bank manager told me that they can not release this fund directly to me due to my age. My late father put in the agreement that I can only retrieve the money if anything happen to him by death and I must be at the age of 30 or if I must retrieve the found at any age then my uncle will have to assist me. Now my uncle is after my life because of the money.

The management of the bank also advised me to look for a trusted foreign partner who would stand for me as my trustee to help me claim the funds on my be half and invest it in proper way since I don’t want my uncle to stand for me because he will kill me, that they will release it to him/her.


I request that you stand as my uncle in effecting the transfer of the fund to your on my behalf or any account you will nominate for investment under your care. Mean while I will give you 20% of the total funds for your acceptance to help me.

Waiting for your positive respond.
Best Regards

Kadi Tagro

Anti-fraud resources: