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

Fraud email example:

From: <dawsonkabore@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 08:36:24 +0900 (JST)
Subject: REPLY ASAP

Hello,

I apologize if the contents hereunder are contrary to your moral ethics, but please treat it with personal courtesy. I am the regional manager of bank of Africa, Abidjan branch in the cocody region of Cote d'ivorie.

I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit you and me, as the regional manager of the bank of Africa; it is my duty to send in a financial report to my head office in the capital city Yamoussoukro at the last quarter of each business year. On the course of 2008 business report, I
discovered that my branch made Eight million seven hundred and fifty thousand United States dollars which my head office are not aware of and will never be aware. I have placed this fund on an escrow call account with no beneficiary. As an officer of this bank I cannot be directly connected to
this money, so my aim of contacting you is to assist me receive this money in your bank account and get Thirty percent of the total fund as commission.

It will be a bank-to-bank transfer and all I need from you is to stand and claim as the original depositor/beneficiary of this fund with my branch so that my head office can order the transfer to your designated bank account when you apply for transfer.
Thank you in advance and be blessed.

Yours truly,
Dawson Kabore




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