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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: Tagor Yeane <yeane.tagor3@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 10:01:17 +0000
Subject: PARTNERSHIP

From: Tagor Yeane,

Greetings to you.

My name is Tagor Yeane. I am the son of Chief Joseph Yeane from the Republic
of Sierra Leone.My family and I have been unfortunate to find ourselves
caught up in a very difficult situation. You may be surprise to receive this
letter, but it is of utmost importance to me and my family.

I am about to entrust my destiny and the destiny of my whole dependents on
you, if you can help me, it will also be of immense benefit to you too. This
matter demands utmost trust, honesty, integrity and most important.

It is only through the above that my family and I will be assured of our
security. This regrettable situation led to the killing of my father and my
only sister and displacement of my family. During the brutal civil war in my
country, my late father of blessed memory the former Managing Director
General of SIERRA LEONE DIAMOND MILLING CORPORATION was brutally murdered by
the REBELS - Mr. Foday Sankoh.

I managed to escape to a nearby country (THE GAMBIA), through the help of
the International
Rescue Committee (IRC). Before my late father's death, he drew my attention
to one of his access containing about ( $10million Dollars) with 10
carat of gold dust and 7.5 blue diamond. which he smuggled
out at the start of the war to a security company in , the security
company does not know the real contents of the box according to my father.

My father registered the property in my name, he also gave me the
certificate of deposit and some other papers issued to him by the security
company, which I still have in my possession. The problem I have is that as
a refugee, the immigration law does not allow us to open, hold or operate
bank account and I do not want to seek the assistance of just
anybody for fear of being duped or defrauded of our only livelihood.

my father deposited the property in my name because of my future. I
seriously need your help to move the property out of the Security company

What is holding me here in this country is the property, the life
inside refugee
camp is not easy, it’s a very bad situation, hence the British Government
and UN is not really taking care of us. The property and I have make
necessary arrangement legitimately for the transfer of the property out of
Security Company; only what I need is someone who will receive it in
abroad on my behalf that is why I contact you.

I intend to invest the money on a good business, at the same time we will
use part to assist the orphanage Child who are suffering, most especially we
the refugees. I will be looking forward to hearing from you, as I believe
that destiny has brought us together.

Tagor Yeane

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