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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: Franklin Zuma <franklinzuma452@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2015 04:54:15 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: URGENT


Dear Attn:,
It is my pleasure to write you after much consideration since telephone communication can not be suitable enough to communicate to you at first.
I am 19 years old, being the only son of my father, late Johnson Zuma from LIBERIA, My father was limited liability Cocoa and Gold merchant in LIBERIA before his untimely death.
After his business trip to GHANA, to negotiate on a cocoa and gold business he wanted to invest in Ghana.
A Week after he came back from GHANA, he was attacked with my mother by unknown assassins, which my mother died instantly but my father died after five days in a private hospital on that faithful afternoon.
I didn't know that my father was going to leave me after I had lost my mother.
But before he DIED, it was as if he knew he was going to die. My father, MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PERFECT PEACE he disclosed to me that he deposited the sum of $21, 800, 000, 00 US Dollars (TWENTY ONE MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) IN GHANA.
That the money was meant for his cocoa and Gold Company he wanted to establish in Ghana.
Though, according to my father he deposited the money in Security Company and handed to me all the relevant documents of the deposited Box and instructed me to seek for a reliable and trust worthy partner for a life time investment abroad.
Now I have succeeded in locating the security company here in Ghana. The name of the security company is Gold Links And Finance Security Company in GHANA.
Therefore, I am soliciting for your assistance to help me get this Box out from the security company. If possible you can transfer the fund to your account so that we can invest it in any meaningful/lucrative business in your country because this is my only hope and source of livelihood.
I am anxiously waiting to hear from you so that we can discuss the modalities of this transaction.
All information’s needed is your personal telephone / fax number, your home address and your personal photo.
Please kindly contact me through the above email address immediately for more discussion.
Thanks for your kind attention.
Yours sincerelyFranklin Zuma.  


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