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: Awa Colo <pippi200809@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: Awa Colo <awacolo@yahoo.fr>
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2015 18:27:27 +0900 (JST)
Subject: From Ms Awa.


>From Ms Awa.

My Dear,
Good morning,
I like to get in touch with you ara explain my situation. My name is Ms. Awa Colo the only daughter of late father Mr. Bony Colo. Marfi Coast (Africa) My father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant in Abidjan, the economic capital of Ivory Coast,

my father has been poisoned and killed by their partners in matters on one of his business trips. My mother died when he was a baby and since then my father took so special.

Before the death of my father in October 2012 in a private hospital here in Abidjan he secretly called me on his part and told me to have the sum of $ 13,000,000, was on the inside one box in one security company here in Abidjan it is he who used my name as his only daughter for the next parent depositing funds. it me,

also explained that it was because of this wealth that he was poisoned by his business partner. I should look for a foreign partner in a country of my choice where this money and ransferiría used for the purpose of investment and real estate management or hotel management. Caro, I look honestly your help in the following ways: (1) to provide help to claim the money. (2) to serve as manager of these funds since I have only 21 years. (3) for the agreement to come to your country for my education and for fixed a residence permit in your country. Moreover, expensive, I am willing to offer 15% of the whole amount

as compensation for your effort / input after the triunfada transfer of these funds into your nominated account overseas. Also indicate your options for helping me while I believe that this
transaction would be concluded within fourteen (15) days signify interest in helping. Anticipate to have your news soon. May God bless.
Miss Awa Colo.

Anti-fraud resources: