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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: Alex Kofi <kalexander@outlook.fr>
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2015 15:36:54 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?URGENT_RESPONSE_REQUIRED.=E2=80=8F?=


Dear friend,
With tears in my eyes i solicit for your immediate unflinching assistance, and intervention into the situation at hand,as a trusted partner just disappointed us,and i trust you to keep this confidential.
An opportunity came our way as civil servants on active services,therefore inflated executed contract figures to the tune of five million United States Dollars (US$5M), with all required and necessary clearance documents obtained, and first part valued US$2,5M transferred on the 22nd January 2015, into Mr.Abdelkrim Razaq who provided the bank account for the transfer, since the code of conduct denied us from operating foreign bank accounts overseas.
As the transferred $2.5M was confirmed in the account of Mr. Abdelkrim last week, the 29th Jan 2015, he refused to pick our calls to have it shared according to our agreed percentage of 70% -30%, and when he answered us he insisted, that there will be no sharing until the balance US$2.5M is transferred into his account.
We have confirmed as it stands now, that Mr. Abdelkrim Razaq only wanted to utilise our handicapped position to cheat us out of our proposed transaction, which we had monitored, nurtured and perfected for a hitch free conclusion, thus do not have another choice than to have the bank stop the balance transfer of $2.5M through our lawyer.
You need not entertain any fears, as you will not be required to pay any fee as all documents had been obtained, while cost of transfer will be deducted from the US$2.5M before transfer, for we only solicit that you provide a safe bank account, although you will also be required to pledge to be honest.
Please rush your decision as time is not favourable considering the transferred US$2.5M, being the first part of the transaction..
Best regards,
Mr.Alexander Koffi


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