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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: fred diallo <freddiallo38@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2013 12:03:27 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Investment in your country.




 
From-Fred Diallo.
Abidjan,Cote D Ivoire.


This urgent business and important proposal may undoubtedly reach you as a surprise because of the extent of the prevailing dishonest business climate world over, especially in our part of the world. However, I forward this letter with trust and confidence. I am Fred Diallo the only son of Chief Marcus Diallo and I am writing you in absolute confidence primarily to seek your assistance to transfer some money left for me by my late father to a foreign account in your country.


My late father, Chief Marcus Diallo was a very close business associate and private personal assistance to the former Ivory Coast President( Mr Laurent Gbagbo) now arrested and in detention. According to my father this money was part of the money given to him by his boss the former president for safe keeping outside the country when his boss was still the president of Ivory Coast.


My father died in an hospital from a gun shot received during the political crisis that followed the last year November presidential election in Ivory Coast. Before my fathers death, he told me about a box he concealed the sum of $15,000,000 dollars(fifteen million United State Dollars) this money was deposited in security vault in one of the leading Bank in Ivory Coast.


Before my late father gave-up the last breath, he strongly advice me to seek for a foreign partner in a country of my choice and he said that i should invest the fund into a lucrative investments, such as real estate,stock market investment or hotels.


Please, I am honorably soliciting your kind assistance as follows. 1) To help me stand as my foreign partner who will recieve the money in his bank account i will give you the whole details and the bank contact information.


2) To serve as my guardian and to help invest this fund over their. 3)To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to continue my education and to procure me a residential permit. I am willing to offer you 15% of the total sum as a mode of,compensation for your effort after the successful transfer of these fund to your country.


Please i will be very happy if this transaction will be concluded within seven (7) working days from now. Your name or company name will not be compromise in any form because I have taken time to carefully arrange a hitch-free transaction with no risk whatsoever on your part. I appeal to you to treat this proposal with the strictest confidential it deserves, while anticipating a fruitful business relationship.


Thanks for your anticipated cooperation and God bless you.


Mr Fred Diallo.

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