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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: Favour Adi <favor1@outlook.fr>
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2014 15:40:32 +0100
Subject: Good day dear!


From: Miss Favour Adi
Age: 22 years 29/11/1992.
Address: Rue E90, L47 Villa Riviera: 3 Abidjan
Ivory Coast, West Africa.
Occupation: Student (university undergraduate)

Good day dear!

I hereby write this email to you with great sorrow in my heart and heavy tears in my eyes simply because my late father relative have tried several times to kill me so that the can inherit my late father properties as I am my parent only child. As a result of this development, I take a decision to run away from our family house and during this process I opened my late father’s briefcase last week and saw some documents which my late father used and deposit the sum of Two Million Seven hundred and fifty thousand USD ($2,750,000.00 USD) in a Bank here in Abidjan Cote D’Ivoire and glory be to be that my late father used my name as the next of kin.

Already I have taken these documents to the bank manager for confirmation and he told me that the money is with their bank I have tried to withdraw the money so that I can start a better life and take care of myself but the branch manager of the bank whom I met in person told me that my present status does not permit me to withdraw any money from the account.

The bank manager explained to me the situation to which my late father deposited this money with their bank although he promised to help me with this transfer as soon as I can find someone who can help me secure it after receiving it in his bank account, the person will help me also put this money into a good investment because of my age according the agreement which my late father signed with the bank the day he was depositing this money.

Please forgive me for not introducing myself before explaining my problem. I am Miss Favour Adi, the only child and daughter of late Mr. Ibrahim Bakayoko Adi from Ivory Coast


Best Regards,
Miss Favour Adi.


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