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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: "Ruth" <ruth_kabah@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2005 16:52:23 +0000
Subject: From Ruth

From Ruth Kabah
(ruth_kabah@yahoo.com

Dear Friend,

I am well confident of your capability of executing
this business for the mutual benefit of our both
families believing that you will not expose or betray
the trust and confident I am about to repose on you.

I am the wife of late Chief Camara Kabah, from Freetown Town Sierra Loene (S.L). My husband was the former finanancial controller of Sierra Loanain Gold and Diamond Mining Co-operation before his untimely death.
After his trip to Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire, to negotiate on a business, a week after he came back from Abidjan, he was injured by unknown assassins of rebel leaders of FUDDY SANKOH from my country and was rushed to a hospital, where he died after five days in hospital, on that faithful afternoon.
I didn't know that my husband was going to leave me. But before he gave up the ghost, it was as if he knew he was going to die. He my husband,(may his soul rest in perfect peace) disclosed to me that he deposited $20million (TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS}in a security company here in Abidjan for investment purposes.He said that he made the deposit in Abidjan, because of the crisis that later involved civil war in my country which involves looting of properties and freezed of many top officials account.
That the money was made from over-invoice contract supplied of gold and diamond on a special arrangement made between him and our president and after the business that 20million is his own share from the transaction. Due according to my late husband, he wanted to invest the fund abroad before his untimely death,now there is need for us to live this country,We are granted a political stay down here and still refugee.
My purpose of asking for your assistance boil down to
the fact that I don't want my late husband's family to
be aware or name involve. and the deposit statement of
the box authorized the company to make this box
avaliable for shipment on request only to my foreign
bussiness representative, though unnamed.

Hence I want you to contact the the security company
as my bussiness partner, after receiving the prove
from me to enable the company release the consigment
to you diplomatically, while I join you on the arrival
of the box.
I have recently paid all demurrage,storage charges.
All you need to do is to help me contact the security company and introduce yourself as my bussiness partner to enable them do change of ownership with your name
as the beneficiary, then you request the shipment of
the box to your destination.

And as soon as Diplomatic shipping agent approved the
shipment and tell you the arrival date of the box then
I will join you to give you 20% of the money instantly
before I go on with the proposed investment in your
domain provided is secured and investment friendly.

Waiting for your urgent response through my private email address(ruth_kabah@yahoo.com)

God bless you.

Best Regards
Madam.Ruth Camara Kabah.



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