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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: "MARIAMA GUEI." <mariamaguei@indiatimes.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: mariamaguei@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 19:00:32 +0200
Subject: FROM MISS.MARIAMA GUEI.

DEAR SIR/MADAM,
I KNOW THAT THIS PROPOSAL LETTER MIGHT BE A PLEASANT SUPRISE TO YOU AS WE DON'T KNOW OUR SELVES BEFORE.I AM MISS MARIAMA GUEI,AN IVORY COAST BORN 27 YEARS AGO, NOW SEEKING ASYLUM IN DAKAR-SENEGAL UNDER (UNHCR)I GOT YOUR CONTACT FROM THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AS A CAUSE OF MY SERIOUS SEARCH FOR A RELIABLE AND TRUSTWORTHY PERSON THAT CAN HANDLE SUCH A CONFIDENTIAL TRANSACTION OF THIS NATURE.MY FATHER(LATE GEN DR.ROBERT GUEI)THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF IVORY COAST,BUT WAS ASSASINATED BY THE REBELS ON(19TH SEPTEMBER 2002)AND PROPERTIES DESTROYED,BUT I WAS NARROWLY ESCAPED WITH A VALUEABLE DOCUMENTS CONTAINING(10 MILLION U.S DOLLARS)WHICH IS NOW SAFELY DEPOSITED IN A HIGH SECURITY AND FINANCE COMPANY HERE IN DAKAR AS A FAMILY TREASURE.HOWEVER,I SADDLED WITH THE PROBLEM OF SECURING A TRUST WORTHY FOREIGN PERSONALITY TO HELP ME TRANSFER THIS SUM OF TEN MILLION U.SDOLLARS PENDING MY ARRIVAL TO MEET WITH HIM.FURTHERMORE,I ONLY WANT THIS TO BE DONE THIS WAY BECAUSE YOUR COUNTRY IS
POLITICALLY STABLE FOR ANY PROFITABLE INVESTMENT AND WILL ALSO WANT TO ADD HERE THAT IF ACCEPTED BY YOU,YOU WILL SERVE AS THE ORIGINAL BENEFICIARY OF THE MONEY.I FEEL CONFIDENT THERE FORE,TO INTRODUCE THIS OFFER TO YOU. FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION AND ASSISTANCE REGARDING THIS TRANSFER,I HAVE DECIDED TO GIVE YOU 15 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT AND 5 PERCENT MAPPED OUT FOR ANY MISCELLENEOUS EXPENSES THAT MAY OCCURE DURING THE TRANSFER OF THE MONEY TO YOUR LOCATION. THERE FORE,YOU ARE REQUESTED TO FURNISH US BACK IMMEDIATELY YOU RECIEVE THIS REQUEST TO TRANSFER THIS MONEY FROM DAKAR SENEGAL TO YOUR COUNTRY RESIDENT ACCOUNT OR ANY ACCOUNT OF YOUR INTEREST.ON COMMENCEMENT OF THIS TRANSACTION I WANT TO LET YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THE FUTURE OF MYSELF DEPENDS SOLELY ON THIS MONEY.SO PLEASE KEEP THIS BUSINESS TO YOURSELF ONLY.FINALLY NOTE THAT THIS BUSINESS IS 100% RISK FREE ON YOUR PART AS A RESULT THERE IS NOTHING TO FEAR ABOUT.A COPY OF CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT BOND RECIEPT OF THE SECURITY COMPANY AN
D ALL THE VITAL DOCUMENTS THAT COVERED THE DEPOSITED MONEY WILL BE SENT TO YOU FOR YOUR RECORD PURPOSE AS SOON AS I HEAR FROM YOU.I AM EAGERLY EXPECTING YOUR EARNEST RESPONSE.

EMAIL:(mariamaguei@yahoo.co.uk ) OR(mariamaguei@indiatimes.com)

MISS.MARIAMA GUEI.



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