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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: Bianca Lewis <bianca.lewis1@email.biz>
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 10:36:09 +0100 (BST)
Subject: From Ms Bianca Lewis




 
From Ms Bianca Lewis

After you receive this mail kindly contact me on my private Email
contact below: (   biancalewis7@yahoo.fr   )

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship
with you.I am writting you this message with tears and sorrow and i know
this mail may come to you as a surprise, since we have not known or
written before. My name is Ms Bianca Lewis i am from Sierra Leone in west
africa .I am a orphan girl of 21 years old , I wish to request for your
urgent assistance in my investment plans in your base, I wish to invest in
manufacturing and real estate management in your base, this is because
Inherited an important sum from my late father who was poisoned to death
recently.

My father was a 16 years economic operator,director (Manager) Company
(Socie ty) My father was a very good business man and also a politician
here in my country, he wa s poisoned to death by his business associates
and also his fellow politiciean on one of their business trips recently.

Before his sudden death, He called me on his bedside bed at the hospital
in my country Sierra Leone in west Africa and he told me that he has a sum
of $6.5 Million USD deposited in one of the prime bank here in Abidjan
Cote D'Ivoire In west Africa , that he used my name for the next of kin in
depositing of the fund.

I have gone to the bank to make a withraw to the money and the bank
director told me that the fund was deposited in fixed deposit and also
that my late father has an agreement with them that i must be age of 28
year to have an access to this money or i should provide any trusted
partner from over sea to help me receive this fund for an invstment until
i reach the age to manage it.That is why i contact you to help me , i
don't want you to see this message as an embarrsment , all i am telling
you is true .

That is why I need you to help me provide a good ba nk account where the
bank that is holding this money will transfer it for an investment over
there in your country and i am going to give you 15% from the total sum of
money once it arrive to your account and 5% will be map aside for any
expenses that may occur during the transaction.
Please get back to me in my email so that I can tell you more of me , if
you indicate your self to help me , the transaction will only take 3 to 4
days and you will see my money in your account .

Awaiting your urgent reply ( biancalewis7@yahoo.fr )

Regards
Ms Bianca Lewis

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