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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: robbert barry <robbert_barry10@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 04:21:50 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: PLEASE HELP ME


Hello My Dear,
 
I know you will wounder who I am and why I sent you this message 
because you do not know me, It's for this reason that I decided to 
contact you by email at first for formal introduction after which we 
shall start to know each other better.  Please I will like you to 
read my message carefully to understand my reason for contacting 
you. My name is robbert barry am a Liberian citizen, My father  Dr. 
Saad barry  was a private doctor to President Ben Taylor in Liberia 
republic before he was assacinated  last year.
 With deep respect, I will like you to become my friend and future 
business partner and I want you to Assist me to come and invest with 
you in your country the sum of USA $8.5Million dollars  which my 
father left for me before he died.
 He told me when he was about to die in the hospital that he wanted 
to use these money to establish business outside my country.
 This money is in a trunk box which he lodged in the custody of a 
reputable property care & deposit security company for safety 
keeping but it was disguised as valuable treasures not as money 
because he do not want anybody even the security company to know 
about these money for personal reasons.
 Because of the problems I am having with my family members since the 
death of my father as the only child couple with the killers of my 
father, I will like you to assist me to bring these money into your 
country so that I can come out to live over there to protect my life 
and invest the money with you.
 If you agree to assist me please let me know so that we shall 
discuss your benefit before we can start the arrangement.
 I am expecting your reply,
Sincerely,
robbert barry



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