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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: tony williams <tony_70williams@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 06:50:37 -0800 (PST)
Subject: DEAR,SIR


DEAR,SIR/MADAM

Good day, With the good reference of your esteemed person made by a charity aid volunteer...although I did not disclose my actual intention of reaching you. Please do forgive me if this letter may offend you without your prior consent. I am MR,TONY WILLIAMSa Consultant and finance broker with West African Consultant Ltd,and also

a Sierra Leonian, currently living here in Accra-Ghana due to political instability in my country. I am highly impressed with your esteem and i wish to introduce my client to invest in your esteem. First and foremost, could you enlighten me more about your investment output if my cleint is said to invest the sum of $6.550.000 million (SIX

MILLION FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS) in your firm and what are the taxes involved for a foreign investor in your country. If you accept to receive this money, in your private or company account, she will reward you with 15% of the fund. In addition, she will allow your company to use her own 85% share

as a working capital for a period of three years at small interest which both of you will agree on later. Finally and most important, kindly let me be rest assured that you would act on a good faith and never have the intentions of leading her astray or getting ambitious. Bye for now and I hope to hear from you soon.

PLEASE KINDLY CONTACT ME ON TEL: 00233 277.312016

Best regards,

MR,TONY WILLIAMS



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