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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: Kazmi Sma <mrkazmisma62@voila.fr>
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 11:25:16 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Good day




 
From: Mr. Kazmi Sma.
Auditor Director,(BOA)


Dear Friend,
Though this medium (Internet) has been greatly abused, I choose to reach you through it because it still remains the fastest medium of communication.However, this correspondence is private, and it should be treated in strict confidence. At first I will like to assure you that this transaction is 100% risk and trouble free to both parties, i discovered an abandoned sum of ( $10.7 Million US Dollars), from our bank here in Burkina Faso The fund for transfer is of clean origin,
The owner of the fund is a foreigner, a program leader who was believed to acquire the funds through his secret Gas Company deal with the Former IRAQ government. The deceased died with all his family member in an auto-accident without a WILL. It is therefore upon this discovery that I decided to seek your assistance to claim the funds has his business associate.
If you accept i would give you the guide lines of how we can achieve this transfer of the balance (10.7Million Dollars) to your account. and the fund will be share 50-50% by both of us, I know that this letter will come to you as a  surprise as we don't know ourselves before, But be sure that it real and genuine business, I contact you believing that you will not let me down once the funds goes into your account, Give me your Full Names and Direct Phone Number for more details, I await to hear from you, Please reply me through this address: mrkazmisma62@voila.fr
Best Regards
Mr.Kazmi Sma.

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