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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: josephkabore <josephkabore10000@gmail.com>
Reply-To: josephkabore1000@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2012 02:32:57 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: Confidential Respond.






Good day!

Iam Mr Joseph Kabore director auditing and accountingdepartment" bank ofAfrica (boa) Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso .Idiscovered the sum of sevenmillion, two hundred thousand dollars(usd7.2) belonging to a deceasedcustomer of this bank the fund hasbeen lying in a suspense accountwithout anybody coming to put claimover the money since the accountowner late, Mr Salla khat fromLebanese who was involved in the December28th 2006 Benin car crash.

it is therefore, upon thisdiscovery that idecided to take this ultimatum and make this businessproposal to you asthe fund will be release to you as the next of kinor relation to thedeceased for safety and subsequent disbursementsince nobody is comingfor it and i don't want this money to go intothe bank treasury asunclaimed bill the banking rules here stipulatesthat if such moneyremained unclaimed after seven years, the money willbe transferred intothe bank treasury as unclaimed fund. The request offoreigner as next ofkin in this business is occasioned by the factthat the deceasedcustomer was a foreigner and a Burkina be cannotstand as next of kin toa foreigner.

Therefore,I am soliciting for your assistance tocome forward as the next of kin.I have agreed that 40% of this moneywill be for you as the beneficiaryrespect of the provision of youraccount and service rendered, 60% willbe for me. Then immediately themoney transferred to your account fromthis bank, I will proceed to yourcountry for the sharing of the fund.


Yours faithful,
Mr Joseph Kabore

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