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: "Dr. Eric Konan Kimbaki." <af222563514@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: "Dr. Eric Konan Kimbaki." <info-crp@t-online.de>
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 20:00:34 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Accept my kind regards.


>From Dr. Eric Konan
Kimbaki.
Chairman Contract Review
Panel,
Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire.
West Africa.
+22546617150
 
DEAR FRIEND.
 
First, i must solicit
your strictest confidence in this transaction. This by virtue of its nature as
being utterly confidential and TOP SECRET.
 
I got your contact in our
search for a foreign partner who has the ability and reliability to prosecute a
transaction of great magnitude involving a pending business transaction
requiring maximum confidence.
 
We are top officials of
the Federal Government Contract Review Panel [C.R.P] who are interested in
investments overseas with funds which are presently trapped here in Cote d'Ivoire.
In other to commence this business, we solicit your assistance to enable us
transfer into your account the said trapped funds.
 
The source of this fund
is as follows: During the last dictatorship regime of Laurent Gbagbo here in Cote d'Ivoire,
some government official's set up companies and awarded themselves contracts
which were grossly over invoiced in various ministries. Now the government has
set up a contract review panel and we have identified a lot of inflated
contracts funds which are presently deposited in a BANK here in Abidjan, Cote d' Ivoire.
 
However, by virtue of our
position as civil servants and members of the panel, we cannot acquire this
money in our name. I have therefore been delegated as a matter of trust by my
colleagues to look for a foreign partner into whose account we would transfer
the total sum of €15,500,000.00 [FIFTEEN MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND EUROS].
 
Hence i am writing you
this letter. We agreed to share the money thus:
 
[1] 15% FOR THE ACCOUNT
OWNER [YOU]
[2] 10% FOR MICSELLENIOUS
EXPENSES
[3] 75% FOR US [THE
OFFICALS]
 
It is from the 75% that
we wish to commence investments in with you and you will also stand as our
foreign agent over there. Please note that this transaction is 100% safe and we
hope to commence the transaction latest seven [7] days from the date of the
receipt of the following information bellow.
 
[A] YOUR PERSONAL
TELEPHONE NUMBERS (MOBILE
AND OFFICE LINES) AND FAX NUMBERS.
[B] YOUR COMPANY'S
ACCOUNT NAME.(INTO WHICH THE FUND WILL BE TRANSFERRED)
[C] BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER
TO WHICH THE FUND WILL BE TRANSFERED.
[D] YOUR BANK SWIFT CODE
/ IBAN NUMBER
[E] YOUR BANK NAME AND
ADDRESS
[D] YOUR BANK TELEPHONE
NUMBERS/FAX NUMBERS.
 
The above information
will enable us commence the formalities that are needed in order to transfer
this money into your account without delay. We are looking forward to doing
this business with you and solicit your confidentiality in this transaction.
 
I will bring you into the
complete picture of this pending project when I hear from you.
 
Kind regards,
Dr. Eric Konan Kimbaki.
Private telephone no.
+22546617150.

Anti-fraud resources: