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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: <attiphelen@excite.co.jp>
Date: Fri, 04 Dec 2015 23:11:42 +0900
Subject: Greetings.

Greetings From, Miss Helen Anthony.
With all due respect, I want you to read my letter with one mind and help me. I am The only daughter of late Mr.and Mrs Anthony.
,My Late father was a very wealthy cocoa dealer in Lome Togo before he was poisoned to death on one of his outing to discuss a business deal.
my mother died at my age of 6years, since then my father took me so special because I am motherless. Before the death of my father on 2nd January 2013 in a private hospital here in Lome Togo. He secretly called me on his bedside and told me that he has a sum of USD5,220,000.00 United States dollars left in a fixed deposit account in one of trade bank here in Lome Togo, that he used my name as his only daughter for next of kin in the documented papers of the fund.

He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth that he was poisoned by his elder brother who accompanied him to discuss about business deal with some of his foreign partners and he warned me to beware of his brother that I should look for a foreign partner in a country of my choice who will help me transfer this money outside the country where we both could invest it for future living.


Now I am 19 year old and i humbly seek your assistance in the following ways.
1) To provide any bank account where this money would be transferred into outside my country.
2) To stand as my guardian of the fund and transact with bank so that they will release the fund to your account.
3) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my education and to secure a residential permit for me in your country. Moreover, I am willing to offer you 15 percent of the total sum as compensation for your effort/input after the successful transfer of this fund to your account overseas.

I want you to help me not because of the 15 percent I want to offer you but to take me as your adoptive child and take good care of my life. Please save my life, send your reply to = attiphe1@yahoo.com

Hope to hear from you.
Thanks and God Bless.

Best regards,
Miss Helen Anthony

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