joewein.net   joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet
Try our spam filter!
 Free trial for 30 days
   jwSpamSpy
Home
About Us
Spam
419/Nigeria
Fraud
Contact

"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.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

 

 

Fraud email example:

From: aloy koffi <aloykoffi5023@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 10:34:02 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Unclaimed Deposit..........


From:Mr.Aloy Koffi
Deposit Manager.

Dear Friend,

I wish this my proposal will not come to you as a surprise.I am Mr.Aloy Koffi,the Deposit Manager of a Security/Finance Sarl with regional Office here in Lome-Togo.I am consulting you in respect of one of our customer a foreign client,(late Mr.Liu Chong Wong)a national of Korea,who deposited one consignment, containing twenty two million united states dollars(US$22M)with our company.

Eventually, this client was amongst the victims of the fatal road accident that occured along Agbosume road just after "Aflao boarder",the boarder between Togo and Ghana on the 1st of May,2001. Since the demise of this client,we have not had any body coming for the
claims as the next of kin. A sitaution I have monitored closely with my position in the Company. Now, having monitored this deposit and managed it over the years before his death, and hence nobody has showed up as the next of kin for the past three years
plus .I have removed the file to my private vault.

I now solicit for your assistance to present you as the next of kin as every other arrangement has being concluded by me and I am only waiting for a foreigner to enable me lift the consignment to his favour and custody.And I will like to let you know that it is only you and I with the late client that knows the actual content of the box because it was deposited
as a family treasure.This does not have any risk attached to it as all the internal documentation will be monitored by me.

I therefore request you to confirm your interest by a return message and I will furnish you with details but do not forget to keep top secret.Your interest will be negotiable before we commence the operation.I look forward to hearing from you immediately you recieves
this urgent message.

Regards,

Mr.Aloy Koffi.







__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around
http://mail.yahoo.com

Anti-fraud resources: