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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: "MR SAMSONKIMOO" <ps_kimoo1900@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 16:38:57 -0700
Subject: RE..NGO PARTNERSHIP

I AM MR SAMSON KIMOO THE MANAGER, FOREIGN REMITTANCE
DEPARTMENT OF A
PRIME
BANK IN AFRICA.I WANT TO PROPOSE A BUSINESS TO YOU IN
WHICH YOU WILL
PROVIDE
US WITH AN OVERSEAS BANK ACCOUNT FOR US TO TRANSFER
SOME MONEY WHICH
HAS
BEEN LYING IDLE IN A DORMANT ACCOUNT IN MY BRANCH.THIS
MIGHT COME AS A
SURPRISE TO YOU BUT I SHALL EXPALIN TO YOU IF YOU
RESPOND TO ME AND I
SHALL
DISCLOSE THE NAME OF THE BANK AND OTHER DETAILS.THE
AMOUNT IS 11m USD
[ELEVEN MILLION US DOLLARS] IF YOU HAVE A CHARITABLE
ORGANISATION OR IF
YOU
BELONG TO ONE OR IF YOU CAN RECOMMEND ONE IT WILL BE
NICE AS WE CAN USE
THAT
MEDIUM TO TRANSFER THE FUNDS.I SHALL EXPLAIN TO
YOU.THROUGH A CHARITY
ORGANISATION IT WILL BE REALLY EASY TO HAVE THE FUNDS
TRANSFERED TO AN
ACCOUNT ABROAD AFTER WE MAKE ALL NECESSARY
AGREEMENTS.THIS IS BECAUSE
OUR
GOVERNMENT DO GIVE THIS TYPE OF MONEY TO REPUTABLE
CHARITY
ORGANISATIONS AND
IF YOU AGREE WITH ME WE CAN HAVE ONE OF THE NGO's HERE
TO PARTNER WITH
YOU
AND WE CAN WIRE THE MONEY.I SHALL EXPLAIN TO
YOU.PLEASE GIVE ME YOUR
PRIVATE
EMAIL AND PHONE NUMBERS SO I CAN EXPLAIN MORE TO YOU.
THIS ACCOUNT HAS
BEEN
DORMANT SINCE 1999 AND I WANT SOMEBODY FROM
ASIA,AMERICA OR EUROPE TO
COOPERATE WITH ME ON THIS.WE SHALL BOTH HAVE MUTUAL
BENEFIT FROM
THIS.THE
OWNER OF THIS ACCOUNT PASSED ON IN 1999 AND SINCE THEN
NO ONE HAS COME
TO
CLAIM HIS ESTATES AND INVESTMENTS.I AM REALLY ANXIOUS
AND COUNTING ON
YOU TO
WRITE BACK.IF YOU CANNOT HANDLE THIS
TRANSACTION,PLEASE DO RECOMMEND
SOMEONE
WHO CAN BE TRUSTED AND ABLE.
THANK YOU.

MR SAMSON KIMOO



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