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: Ms Kate Ogu <didimimuro@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: Ms Kate Ogu <mskateogu03@yahoo.com.tw>
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2015 19:00:10 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Dearest I Need Your Help,


Dearest I Need Your Help,

I
am Ms Kate Ogu from Ivory Coast. I am 19 year of age. I am an orphan due
to my father’s sudden death in 2013. He died in Paris, France on a
business trip. My father deposited the sum of $13,500,000 as consignment
with a security company in Abidjan. It was disclosed to me by my
father’s lawyer after my father’s death. As a young girl, my uncle
forcefully took over my father’s estates and his residential building
immediately he died. There are rumors and speculations that he knew what
happened to my father because he traveled together with my father to
Paris.

I want you to assist me as my foreign trustee and guardian
to retrieve the consignment from the security company and secure it in
your country. I will join you in your country as soon as you receive the
money.  I need your assistance to claim the consignment from the
security company and invest it in your country. I don't want my uncle to
know about this money for the sake of my safety. I need your help,
honesty and love to secure this money.Pls as you are reply this message
send me your full contact informations so that i will submit it to the
Company and told them that you are my oversea partner who will receive
my consignment.

Your Full Name
Your Home and Working Address
Your Direct Phone Number
Your Internation Passport

I will provide you with more details of the consignment and contact information’s of the security company when I read from you.

Your suggestion will be regarded.

God Bless you,
Ms Kate Ogu.

Anti-fraud resources: