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: Anani Gilles Fafadji <anani.gillesfafadji@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 04:24:38 +0000
Subject: Hello


Good Day,

Greeting to you , I am Anani Gilles Fafadji a solicitor and personal
attorney to my client that is from your country, He was a contractor until
his death, He died on plane crash with his wife and only son. Last week a
mandate was issued to me by the bank were my late client made a fix deposit
of ($8.5 Million) (Eight million five hundred thousand dollars only)
which he deposited with the bank here in Togo, the bank inform me to
provide someone from the country of my late client before 21 working days
or otherwise they will confiscate his fund as unclaimed inheritance hence
he was deceased.

Meanwhile I contacted you on this issue to apply as someone who can use the
money for the charity work since you are from the country of my late client
so that the fund will be transferred to you, then on the conclusion. I
suggested that 50% of this money will be share among us while the 50% will
be used by you for the charity work. but if you have any opinion concerning
the sharing ratio kindly indicate it on your response. I wait for your
swift response.

NOTAIRE ANANI GILLES FAFADJI CHAMBERS
BOULEVARD HOUPHOUET-BOIGNY ANGLE,
RUE TABIND (face Société LALA)
BP 4115 LOME TOGO

Anti-fraud resources: