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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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Fraud email example:

From: sandra_kabila@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 19:28:04 +0000
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?assistance?=

From sandra kabila
Cote D' Ivoire Abidjan
West Africa
We are seeking for your assistanceI am ,miss sandra kabila the wife of late
john who was the former oil minister of Congo Brazzavill during the time
of president Pascal mohammed before his regime was overthrown four years
ago. On 16th may 2002 of my husband was sick and he was flown to france
for treatment and he was later of cancer and he has been buried My husband
(kabila john) and three other cabinet minister including president lissoumba
was involved in the $150,000.000(one hundred and fifty millions American
dollars) oil deal with American company "occidental petroleum" they undersold
Congolese oil which part of the money was diverted and other part was went
to public treasury. During this deal my husband collect ed $9,500,000(Nine
millions and Five hundred thousand American dollars) as part of his own
share from the deal which he kept in a truck box lodged with security company
Cote D'Ivoire(Abidjan)West Africa which we ship to your country throught
their diplomatic courrier service and all arrangement has been concluded
for a successful transaction.The security company did not know that the
box contains money because my late husband deposited the box as family valuables
The money was willed in favour of my Duagther name fatu one girl and myself
as next of kin for the deposit. In fact, since the death of my husband,
his brothers has been seriously chasing me around with constant treats,
trying to suppress me so that they might have the documents of his landed
properties and confiscate them. They have successfully collected some of
his properties, yet they never stopped there. They told me to surrender
all bank account of my late husband, which I did, but I never disclose to
them this deposit with security company in Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire, because
this where the future and destiny of my child is lying. The family of my
late husband d never aware of the secret existing of this deposit and they
can never aware. I and my Aicha have to leave immediately and also to look
for a trustworthy person who could assist us in shipment of the consignment
his/her country thus my contacting you. Consider my situation as a widow
and come to our rescue, I will offer you 12.5% as a reward for assisting
us as the remaining part of the money will be used for good investments
in your country under your care.May God bless you
sandra kabila
(Daugther)










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