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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: Abibat Yao <v725563p@live.fr>
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2013 12:24:41 +0000
Subject: I would appreciate your kind reply please



Good day to you my dear friend,

My name is
Miss Abibat Yao i am 17years old the Daughter of late Dr. Kouassi
Yao.My Father was a wealthy and business man at the head of huge family
business here in Ivory Coast. He was poisoned to death by family member
who were aiming at taking over the family business empire as the
autopsy revealed that he was poisoned through Orange juice by some close
family relatives and was taken to Europe for intensive treatment to
save his life, but unfortunately he could not survive the deadly poison
as he died after few days.

Before he was taken out of the country
for Europe for treatment,he disclosed to me where to find a document of
the deposit sum of 14M.USD(Fourteen Million United States Dollars) he
made with a bank in which i was his next of kin and said i should be
very careful on it in case his trip to Europe for treatment proves to be
in vain.

The reason why I send you this letter is that I cannot
trust anyone here in Ivory Coast and have to moved to Lome in Togo
Republic where the fund was deposited in a bank and for the fact that my
father’s relatives and close family has hired killers who have been
monitoring me makes me to leave the Country. My mother was killed last
year December 17/12/2012 . I find myself in a state of dilemma and I
would like you to please help me quietly move the money to a place much
more discreet and stable in your country where I can start investing. No
family member knows anything about this, but they have clue that I may
be in possession of some vital information leading to my father’s death
and that is why they are trying to kill me.

Upon your acceptance
to help of move this fund out, I will send you in my next email the
detail information covering the transaction and also the contact of the
bank so that you can contact them for the immediate transfer been my
appointed partner and beneficiary inquiring the modalities of the
transfer on a legal platform.

Meanwhile we will discuss in
advance the percentage that I will give you of the total amount, for
your assistance and if you are able and capable to assist me in making
this transaction a success for our mutual benefits,kindly please
indicate your genuineness and willingness by providing me with your full
information as listed below for self assurance of whom I am trusting.

Full
name and Address, Direct telephone number for easy communication, date
of birth marital status and if possible an item for identification.

Thank
you very much for your cooperation and I look forward to hearing from
you to enable us proceed towards the conclusion of this transaction and
feel free to ask me anything for further clarification.

Please direct your reply to my private email address as:(yao.abibat@yahoo.com)

Yours in the lord,

>From Miss Abibat Yao.

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