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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: Sambo Salifou <salifousambo5@yahoo.pt>
Reply-To: Sambo Salifou <sambo.salifou2012@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2015 09:05:36 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Message from your brother


 Dear Respected One. 


Firstly, I apologize for sending you this sensitive information via e-mail instead of a Certified mail / Post-mail. This is due to the urgency and importance of the information. This project is based on trust, confidentiality and sincerity, for the purpose in order to have an acceptable meeting of the minds.
I am Sambo Salifou, the federal auditor. For central bank, and also representing minor banks. After last year’s audit in a bank here, there were some irregularities, then I was invited concerning an unclaimed fund, which has neither probate certificate nor clear profile, so I have made auditing research to seeing that this fund has no edited probate certificate to prove its next of kin, and the owner and his family has been confirmed dead. I discover this information from the old hard-disk of the bank’s computer, so I have promised the bank that I will discover the next of kin, as I am still making research from the documents of the bank’s computer.
I made this promised because I have the intention to search for a partner who can bring his information, which I will fill in the hard-disc of the computer and pass it to the bank, so that the bank, will contact the person as the next of kin to come and claim the fund of his late associate. However, I have decided that who ever will be my partner to this claim will take share of 30%, with transparency and honest, if you are interested pls reply me via ( sambo.salifou2012@gmail.com ) 
I will require from you the following details:- 
(1) Your name in full. 
(2) Your full residential address. 
(3) Your occupation. 
 (4) Your City. 
 (5) Your Country of origin.
 (6) Your Mobile phone. 
 (7) Your age. 
 (8) Your marital status. 

This is business transaction that requires someone with experience, exposure and more than average means of livelihood. Please treat this transaction as strictly confidential. Please if you are interested, reply and I will give you more information, the name and contact of the bank, 


Sincerely, 
 Sambo Salifou 

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