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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: "Kenneth Lesedi" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <kennethhlesedi@superposta.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 23:28:01 +0800
Subject: EQUITY INVESTMENT

From: Mr. Kenneth Lesedi
Address: 77Grayston Drive Morning Side
Sandton Johannesburg South Africa .
Email: kennethhlesedi@superposta.com



EQUITY INVESTMENT

Dear Sir/Madam


I am Mr. Kenneth Lesedi Mayo a financial consultant based in Johannesburg South Africa .I have a client (a widow) she has (USDM25, 000,000) Twenty Five Million United State Dollar with a private equity investment trust company for safe keeping only. She wishes to invest in a stable economy Outside Africa.

Her interest is in companies with potentials for rapid growth in long terms. My client is interested in placing part of her fund in your company, if your country's by-laws allow foreign investment. You can contact me for more details via e-mail with your reference, then I will forward to you her contact details both telephone / fax number and email address. Please on the reply of this Letter for confidentiality I will kindly advice that you reply me through my email.

Yours faithfully,

Mr. Kenneth Lesedi
MY CONTACT DETAILS:-Email: kennethhlesedi@superposta.com
NB: The fund is free from drug and laundering related offenses

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