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: "Adams Kuffor" (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 13:48:09 +0100
Subject: Investment Proposal - Your Assistance Is Needed



Good Day,

Greetings to you and your family,

I am interested in investing my inheritance in your country.

First And foremost, I must solicit your strictest confidence in this
transaction and i pray that to contact you will be given genuine
approval considering the facts we have not known each other.

I WISH to use this opportunity to introduce my self to you, I am Adams
Kuffor from Liberia, I write to inform you my desire to invest, And to
buy a living house in your country.

I am the first son of Dr. Mike Kuffor he was a Diamond/Gold merchant
in my country, my father had a bullet shot by the rebels on his way
traveling out of my country with two of my younger sister's due to
present crisis that is occurring in my country (Liberia) My sister
died on the spot while U.N PEACE KEEPING FORCE rescued my father, He
was taken to hospital for medical treatment which he later died.

Before he died he revealed to me and my mother about the (2) safe trunk boxes
containing the $8 Million US Dollars. Which he deposited with a security company
in Ghana for safe keeping. My father did not disclose the content of
the box to the security company. To avoid the officials from raising
eye brows to the funds.

Presently myself and my mother are here in Ghana, Therefore i want you
to lecture me on how best we can invest this money, Because my father
told me that it is dangerousness to invest this money in Africa to
avoid suspicions, and due to market instability coupled with economic
and political instability facing Africa countries, that is why we want
to invest in abroad.

For your mutual assistance, Myself and my mother have agreed to offer
you 30% of the total amount of the money.

We have all the vital document covering the deposit and the ownership
which i can send to you through email on request.

Note:i have never disclosed this to any person apart from you, so you
have to keep this transaction as a top secret to yourself alone. Which
i will want you to forward across to me your Full name, Country and
Your Direct Tel/fax Number for more information about this
transaction.

Please is you are interested in transacting business with us we will be glad.

You can Email me at this email:adamskuffor@rediffmail.com

Best Regards
Adams Kuffor
Tel:+233-547575421
skype:adams.kuffor
(For The Entire Family)

Anti-fraud resources: