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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: KUKU FELIX <felix.kuku@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: KUKU FELIX <kuku.felix@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2015 15:15:34 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: READ AND GET BACK TO ME PLEASE (IMPORTANT MESSAGE)


 Dear Good Friend,  

Sorry for not having the pleasure of knowing your mindset before making you this offer, it is utterly confidential and genuine by virtue of its nature. I write to solicit your assistance in a funds transfer deal involving US$27.500,000.00 (twenty seven million, five hundred thousand dollars). Meanwhile, I know there is absolutely going to be a great doubt and distrust in your heart in respect of this email, coupled with the fact that so many miscreants and impostors (scammers) have taken possession of the internet to facilitate their nefarious deeds, thereby making it extremely difficult for genuine and legitimate business class persons to get attention and recognition.

This fund has was formally deposited in our bank branch office ICB by the formal first lady Mrs. Chantal Compaore, the wife of formal president of Burkina faso Blaise Compaore who resigned on Friday 31-10-2014 Time: 02:10:27:pm as hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in protest at his plans to extend his rule after already 27 years of his rule. I am the manager of ICB and was instructed by the formal president wife “Mrs. Chantal Compaore” who flees to Cote d'Ivoire, Ivory Coast with her husband for safety over the citizen protest against Blaise Compaoré plans to extend his ruling. Mrs. Chantal Compaore asked me to secretly seek for foreign account where this money would be transferred to for safe keeping.

Please know that it was on this note that I am contacting you. I have now placed this amount in a Non-Investment Account without a beneficiary, and I am secretly contacting you to stand firmly as a foreigner to claim the money into your account. Upon your response and willingness for the deal, then I will configure your name on our database computer as holder of the Non-Investment Account. I will then guide you on how to apply to my head office for the Account Closure, thereafter, bank-to-bank remittance of the funds to your designated bank account.

It is up to you to decide whether this letter deserves your trust and confidentiality. And if indeed it does, whatever your actions and your decision let me know immediately so that I will give you the detail how we should go about it. If you concur with this proposal, I intend for you to retain 45% of the funds while 55% shall be for Mrs. Chantal Compaore.
Please visit this sites for confirmation:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/01/world/africa/burkina-faso-unrest-blaisecompaore.html?_r=0

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2816001/Burkina-Faso-s-President-steps-27-years-power-following-wave-violent-protest.html

http://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-africa-29852171

Thanks
Yours sincerely
Kuku Felix

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