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.

 

 

Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: <fabian_nkunda6@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 19:02:28 +0900 (JST)
Subject: From Miss Fabian Nkunda.

Dear respectiful one
Greetings to you. I thank God that I have come across you and believe you will not turn down my request. My name is Miss Fabian Nkunda daughter to brother of the rebel leader in Congo, I am 22 years old. I am from Congo East Africa. I became an orphan last year when my father and my mother were
murdered in the Northen part of Congo my home town.

I was in school when the Government new force of President Joseph Kabila went on rampage and killed people in the town suspected for supporting the rebel. I was taken from the school by a church pastor who pitied my condition and decided to bring me into his household in Kinshasa the capital
city.

Following the above named reasons, I am soliciting for your humble and confidential assistance to take custody of Eight Million Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ( $8,300,000.00 ), also to front for me in the areas of business you desire profitable and also my education.

These funds have secretly been deposited into a confidential Security firm in Abidjan Cote d'ivorie by my father before he died, where it can easily be withdrawn or paid to a recommended beneficiary.

The funds will be released to you by the Security firm based on my recommendations on that note, you will be presented as my late fathers foreign partner who will be fronting for me in any subsequent ventures. I have decided to give you 20% of the fund, if you can be able to help me claim this
consignment.

I also decided to give you any money spent on phone calls or travelling expenses in the course of this transaction at the end of the transaction.Please, I need your entire support and co-operation for the success of this business ventures, your utmost confidentiality and secrecy is highly
required, due to my present predicament.

I sincerely will appreciate your acknowledgment as soon as possible. I am presently in the refugee camp here in the Abidjan under the united nations refugee camp in Abidjan. I sincerely will appreciate your acknowledgement as soon as possible.


Dear, do I believe and trust in you that you will not sit and betray me after the fund has been tranferred to your account. Please endeavour to furnish me with your private telephone number and please you have to maintain secrecy to avoid people having eyebrows on the money when you confirm it
in your account.


I wait to hear from you soon,

Yours faithfully,


Miss Fabian Nkunda





---------------------------------
Power up the Internet with Yahoo! Toolbar.

Anti-fraud resources: