joewein.net   joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet
Try our spam filter!
 Free trial for 30 days
   jwSpamSpy
Home
About Us
Spam
419/Nigeria
Fraud
Contact

"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.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

 

 

Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: =?utf-8?q?=22Meita=20Edwardson=22?= <meitad3@trumlauf.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2013 16:13:07 +0100
Subject: =?utf-8?q?Dear=20beloved=20in=20God?=

P.O Box 2702 Safat-13028,
State of kuwait

Dear beloved in God

I greet you in the Name of God, most merciful, I am Mrs Meita
Edwardson married to Mr.Stephen Edwardson who worked with Kuwait
embassy in Cote D' Ivoire for many years before he died and We were
married without a child.

When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of
(USD$2.600.000.00) two million Six hundred thousand dollars in a Bank
in Cote D' Ivoire and this money is still in bank. Recently, my Doctor
told me that I would not last for the next Three months due to cancer
problem.

I want you to use this fund for orphanages, propagating the word of
God and to endeavour that the house of God is maintained.I took this
decision because I don't have any child that will inherit this fund
and my husband relatives are evil minded and I don't want my husband's
efforts to be used by evil plotters.

I don't need any telephone communication in this regard because of my
health hence the presence of my husband's relatives are around me
always. I don't want them to know about this development. With God all
things are possible. As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you
the contact of the Bank in Cote D'Ivoire.

I await your soonest response with your full information, example.
Your full name.......................
Address.....................................
Age...........................................
Country.................................
Tel....................................

I will use the above information to obtain an authority letter that
will prove you the new beneficiary of this fund from the Ministry of
Justice Cote D'Ivoire.Any delay to the reply of this letter will give
me another chance of looking for another person concerning this
letter, get back to me through my private email
"meitaedward@bol.com.br"


Take care,
Sister Joy Kennedy writing on behalf of
our beloved mother Mrs Meita Edwardson

Anti-fraud resources: