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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: =?UTF-8?B?IkVsaW5haCBJYnJhaGltIg==?= <cltiwar@speedy.com.ar>
Date:
Subject:

=E2=80=8BHello My Dearest, Please i need your help

Please permit me = to introduce myself, i am Miss Elinah Ibrahim Coulibaly 20 years old female= from the Republic of Ivory Coast, West Africa, I'm the Daughter of Late Ch= ief Sgt. Ibrahim Coulibaly (a.k.a General IB ). My late Father was a well k= nown Ivory Coast military leader. He died on Thursday 28 April 2011 followi= ng a fight with the Republican Forces of Ivory Coast (FRCI).

You can= read more about my father in the link below:

http://www.guardian.co= .uk/world/2011/apr/28/ivory-coast-renegade-warlord-ibrahim-coulibaly
I am constrained to contact you because of the maltreatment which i am rec= eiving from my step mother. She planned to take away all my late father's t= reasury and properties from me since the unexpected death of my beloved Fat= her because my mother died during child bearing and i was left alone with m= y step mother to take care of me. Meanwhile i wanted to travel to Europe, b= ut she hide away my traveling documents. Luckily she did not discover where= i kept my father's File which contained important documents like the will = and deposit certificate of my Father's fund which bears my name as the next= of kin to inherit the money in his bank account. Now I am presently stayin= g in the Refugee Mission Camp in Burkina Faso. I am seeking for long term r= elationship and investment assistance. My father of blessed memory deposite= d the sum of US$ 11.5 Million in Bank Of Africa here in Burkina Faso with m= y name as the next of kin.

I have contacted the Bank to clear the de= posit but the Branch Manager told me that my late father place an instructi= on on the deposited fund that i must present a foreign trustee who will hel= p me for investment of the fund.

Therefore, i decide to seek for you= r help in transferring the money into your bank account while i will reloca= te to your country and settle down with you. As you indicate your interest = to help me, i will give you the account number and the contact of the bank = where my late beloved father deposited the money with my name as the next o= f kin. It is my intention to compensate you with 30% out of the total money= after the transfer for your assistance and the balance shall be my investm= ent in any profitable venture which you will recommend to me as i have no i= dea about foreign investment. Please all my communications with you  s= hould be through email address elinahibrahim@gmail.com for confidential pur= poses.

Thanks in anticipation of your positive response.

Your= s sincerely
Miss Elinah Ibrahim Coulibaly.

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