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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: ama ama john <amajohnamma@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 21:49:14 -0700
Subject: Good Morning Sir.

Sir,

My name is Mr.John Momoh, the Manager of a Finance Company,Accra-Ghana
branch. I got your contact from my friend who works in London in High
Street, He assured me of your proven integrity, that? why I am writing you.

In my past 6 years as the Manager of this Accra Branch of Finance Ghana
Ltd; I have noticed that a lot of funds has been deposited by Government
officers from Liberia, Ivory Coast and other African Countries. My private
and very costly investigation revealed that all these funds were stolen
from Government offices and falsely declared and deposited here in our
Finance Company in Accra Ghana.

Now I have perfected some legal documents to start transferring some of
these funds gradually out of Ghana through a bank. To avoid the payment of
clearing taxes to any of the banks I intend to use, I have decided to use a
particular online bank in Ghana where I know that we can meet their terms
and conditions.

I want to do this business in cooperation with you. All I will need from
you is to act as the beneficiary to the funds, create an account with the
designated online bank, then using the information and documents that I
will give to you and apply officially with your Bank.

If you are interested, I will give you the documents and information and
the name of the bank so that you can contact the bank for the opening of
the account. The amount in our first transaction is US$1.5M I will ensure
that the fund is immediately transferred to your account with the bank as
soon as all necessary conditions are completed. There are other accounts
with good amount to be cleared but I will like us to start with this.Call
me on phone for more discussion if you are interested.

Mr.John Ama Momoh
kojoama4440@outlook.com
+233265195873

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