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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: Patience Vincent <patvin1@live.fr>
Reply-To: patiencevincent@ymail.com
Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 09:58:55 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Please reply immediately for more details




Dearly beloved,





With due respect I am contacting you due to the problem on my neck at the moment, my husband was one of the cocoa board directors in Bouake the northern part of Ivory Coast[Cote D`Ivoire] during the administration of the former president Laurent Gbagbo whose case is being tried in the world court right now, the then rebels arrested my husband after capturing the northern part of the country and forced him to hand over his office keys and documents in his possession, while my husband was under a house arrest he instructed that I should escape with our only child to Ghana being the nearest country and if the crisis end that I should look for a reliable person outside Cote D`Ivoire who will assist me to claim his money worth the sum of ($15m USD)being the salary of all the workers in the northern part of the country that was not paid to them due to the crisis, he deposited it in one of the banks here in Abidjan Ivory Coast so that I will claim it and
relocate with our only son that he is not sure they will leave him alive which they later killed him, may the soul of my late husband rest in perfect peace.



Please this is my main reason of contacting you now so I beg that you indicate your interest in helping me and my only son out of this country because even till now our lives are not secured, the ruling government still goes secretly killing the personalities of the former regime and confiscating their funds and properties if discovered. Once I receive your kind confirmation of helping us I will forward the contact details of the bank for you to contact them and instruct them to transfer the money into any account you will provide for them. He signed an agreement that only his next of kin/wife being myself will introduce a foreign beneficiary of my choice who will claim the FUND for me and my son. I will compensate you with 10% of the total amount when we come over there for an investment in your country. I have all the original documents which the bank issued to my husband the day he made the deposit and presently we are in Abidjan but does not expose
myself and my little son because the present government is killing the old ones secretly and confiscating their funds and valuables if dictated in any of the banks. I hope to hear from you as soon as possible.



Thanks,



Mrs Patience Vincent.

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