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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: mr ako eyadema <m_eyadema@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2017 11:30:54 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: GOOD NEWS


NKRUMAH HOUSE SUITE 77                                           TAKORADI CAPE COAST WESTERN REGION                                                                        GHANA          Date: 17/07/2017           OFFICE OF THE REGIONAL MANAGER,TEL: +233 241739328 D/LEmail: m_eyadema@yahoo.com ATTN:   Dear, My name is Mr Ako Eyadema I am the regional manager of the INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK office in the western region of Ghana. I write you this letter in good faith. I got your contact when I was in Lome the capital city of our neighboring country Togo on a financial conference with other West African countries; I am married with two lovely kids and a Christian.  I have a business proposal for you, you see sir as the regional manager of the international commercial bank it is my duty to report to our head office in the capital city of Accra the fiscal bank report of the year 2016. In the course of giving a report on our branch financial report to our head office I discovered that my branch made an over profit excess of usd$18,680,000.00 which I did not report back to our head office. Now I have these funds deposited in   an escrow account and need your assistance to stand claim as the depositor of these funds so that my head office can approve the transfer of this funds to an account anywhere in the world as you designate. It is a simple bank-to-bank transfer no risk involved and for your assistance, how does 30% of the total sound as your commission.  But you cannot inform the bank of my involvement with you whatsoever these is very important as an officer of the bank .i will fax to you a copy of the deposit slip of the funds.All you need to do if you accept to assist me is you will have to write an official letter to the bank asking them to transfer the funds to your bank account. I will give you all the head office contact numbers and how to write this letter since it is an international transfer it must be transferred through our head office in the capital city of Accra. You can contact me directly on my private number my number is +233241739328 or send me an e-mail m_eyadema@yahoo.comExpecting your reply. Bless you.Yours sincerely,Mr.  Ako Eyadema (regional manager)

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