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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: koaussi4 <koaussi4@yeah.net>
Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2013 20:25:05 +0800 (CST)
Subject: From Kelvin Koaussi

From Kelvin Koaussi
Rue 12.Avenue 14.
2 plateau,cocody.
Abidjan Cote divoire.
Tel:+225 4520 6142.
Alternative email: koaussi1@yeah.net

Dear Sir.
It's a pleasure to write you this letter after carefully going through your profile and was ascertained that you are trusthworthy and reliable .
How are you and your family today?
Firstly,I'm Mr Kelvin Koaussi 19 years old and the only son of Dr. and Mrs. Williams Koaussi the former General Director
of the Ivorian Gold mining Cooperation who all died in the Airbus A310-304 that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean
seconds after taking off from Abidjan on the night of January 30, 2000, killing 158 passengers and all 11 crew members.
You can go through this wedsite www.iasa.com.au/folders/Safety_Issues/dfdr-cvr/​abidjan_​crash.html

Although I was too young to understand what actually happened at that time but Thanks to God Almighty that I discovered
in a secret save in our house last week a fund deposit certificate indicating that my late father made a WILL of
4.500.000US$ in my name as the only son of the family with a bank here in Abidjan cote d'ivoire before his untimely
death and after proper verifications with the bank I discovered that everything is intact and in placed as deposited
and the instructions in the deposit agreement oblige me to source for someone reliable and trustworthy who can stand
as my late father's foreign partner and beneficiary of the deposit before the money can be release to us so this is my
reason for contacting you for this assistance to help me transfer this money from the bank here into your account in
your country.

Please, to be franck with you another reason for contacting you for this assistance is that my life is in great
danger because the brothers of my late father are after my life and want to kill me so as to inherite my late fathers
properties like Airfields and a company and could you imagine that our house was attecked by unknown gun men and my
sister was killed but luckily I escaped as the attackers wanted to kill me and as of now I'm the only surviving member
of my family.

Sir,as soon as this money is successfully transfered into your account you will be my sole confidant in any business
venture that you might decide to invest this money into while I futher my studies in your Country,Please Advice?.

Please if you are interested to help me then all I need from you is your sincerity and confidentiality in this transaction.

I hope to hear from you as soon as posible so that we can know what next to do. Call me with the number above or
responed me at my alternative Email: koaussi1@yeah.net


Yours Sincerily.
Kelvin Koaussi

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