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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: Rita Clark <ritaclark225@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2017 09:29:46 +0100
Subject: Hello my dear

My Dearest

I am Rita Clark daughter of late Mr Justin Clark.
My father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant in Abidjan , the economic
capital of Ivory coast, my father was poisoned to death by his
business associates on one of their outings on a business trip .

My mother died when I was a baby and since then my father took me so
special. Before the death of my father on November 2010 in a private
hospital here in Abidjan he secretly called me on his bed side and
told me that he has the sum of ($7,500,000USD) left in one of the
prime bank in Abidjan he used my name as his only Daughter for the
next of Kin in depositing of the money.
He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth that he was
poisoned by his business associates. That I should seek for a foreign
partner in a country of my choice where i will transfer this money and
use it for investment purpose such as real estate management or hotel
management. Sir, I am honorably seeking your assistance in the
following ways.

1) To assist me transfer out the money from the bank where my late
father lodged it to your nominated bank account in your country for
investment purposes.
2) To serve as a guardian of this fund since I am only 23 years old.
3) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further
my education and to secure a resident permit in your country.

The reason why i told you that i do not want family to know about it is
because my wicked uncle who is trying to kill me because of this money.

Moreover, sir as I told you at the initial time that I will compensate
you with 30% of the total amount for your effort/ you indicate your
option towards assisting me.


Please I will like you to feed me with the following information
before we proceed. I will like you to choose the best investment in
your Country that will yield good profit for us.

This is the information I need from you.

1. Your Full Name

2. Country of Origin and both office and house address

3. Age and Occupation/Marital Status

4. Let me know if your account can accumulate the above
mentioned amount for the investment

5. Your Phone and Fax numbers.

As soon as I have all this information I will give you the detail of
where the money was lodged and the transfer follows immediately into
your bank account for the onward investment.


Thanks and bless.

Best regards,

Rita.

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