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: Mrs Sylvie Paillard <kaiou_m200@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2011 21:41:45 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Greetings in the name of our lord Jesus Christ.


Greetings in the name of our lord Jesus Christ.



I have contacted you after going through your profile, I prayed over it and selected your name among other names due to its esteeming nature and the recommendations given to me as a reputable and trust worthy person that I can do business with and by the recommendation, I must not hesitate to confide in you for this simple and sincere business.



I am Mrs Sylvie Paillard from Switzerland. A widow to late Williams Paillard, I am 55 years old. I am now a new Christian convert suffering from long time cancer of the breast.



From all indication my conditions is really deteriorating and it is quite obvious that I won't live more than 2 months, according to my doctors. This is because the cancer stage has gotten to a very bad stage.



My late husband was very wealthy and after his death, I inherited all his business and wealth because we did not produce any child. The doctors has advised me that I may not live for more than 2 months, so I now decided to divide the part of this wealth, to contribute to the development of the church in Africa, America Asia, and Europe.



I selected you after visiting the website and I prayed over it. I am willing to donate the sum of $11.300.000.00usd (Eleven million, three hundred thousand United States dollars) to the less privileged. Please I want you to note that this fund is presently lying in a financial security institution here ( Abidjan Ivory Coast ). As soon as I hear from you, I will forward to you all the information you will use to get this fund released from the financial institution to your account for this mission.



I honestly pray that this money when transferred to your account will be used for the said purpose, because I have come to find out that wealth acquisition without Christ is vanity. May the grace of our lord Jesus the love of God and the fellowship of God be with you and your family.



I await your urgent reply to me Your sister in Christ.



Mrs Sylvie Paillard.



Anti-fraud resources: