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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: Famat <rbbvaye@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2015 23:44:09 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: hi



Good day,
 My Name is miss Fatima k Abdel-Jalil, 23 years old from Libya a Country in Africa. please help me because of God, i lost my parent in Benghazi a Region in Libya, 2011 during the war, they were killed by rebel soldiers and Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi soldiers the same day in Benghazi Libya. . I am sorry for my bad English. My late father Mr Mohammad  Abdel-Jalil was a director of U.A.C Motor companies before he was killed in Libya. . .  After their death I managed to escape with very important files of my late father and other valuable things. He deposited our family safe box which contained sum of Seven hundred thousand dollar ($700.000) and five kilograms of gold in ECO TRUST & FINANCE SECURITIES. And the deposit documents show that I am the next of kin.
Presently i am in Tunisia under United Nation as a Refugee. i contacted ECO TRUST & FINANCE SECURITIES head office in France last month March 2015 for the 3rd time since i left my country, asking them my late father's family safe box deposited with them. It was just last week the Director ECO TRUST& FINANCE SECURITIES contacted me to provide a trusted responsible person to transfer the safe box to his or her custody for me,since i am the next of Kin, and all document concerned are with me.
Please i need your help to kindly stand on my behalf as trustee/ beneficiary to receive my family safe box, contained sum of Seven hundred thousand dollar ($700.000) and five kilograms of gold from ECO TRUST& FINANCE SECURITIES on my behalf..  If accepted i will send you my photograph,and contact of the ECO TRUST& FINANCE SECURITIES for more confirmation. I am willing to give your interesting percentage of the total money when arrived in your custody..
I will be grateful if you help, at least to enable me continue my Education and live my life.
yours sincerely
Fatima k Abdel-Jali


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