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: puti johannes <putijohannesza@gmail.com>
Reply-To: barrister.bekiwilliams@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 08:52:35 -0700
Subject: NOTE


Dear friend,

I am Mr. Phuti Johannes the son of Dr Shabalala Johannes, the Former
Economic Financial Adviser to the incumbent Zimbabwean President, Mr.
Robert Mugabe, a dictator who has been in Power since the independence of
the country in 1980.

After my fathers’ disappearance to West African country of undisclosed
because President Mugabe wanted him dead. He asked us to move to South
Africa. And we are right now seeking Asylum somewhere safer, this is
especially since my father threatened to initiate the process of returning
all his stolen funds scattered around Europe, due to the fact that his name
was used in siphoning the money out of Zimbabwe as his front. According, to
my father, there’s huge amount of money deposited in the security company
here in South Africa as precious metals and family valuables worth
$25.5million United States dollars.

According to South African laws I do not have any financial rights as a
refugee hence I contact a foreigner who will assist us redeem the fund from
the security company for our investments overseas. For your assistance 30%
for my family 60% and 10% will be set aside for any expenses incurred
during the course of the transaction.

Kindly furnish me with all the relevant details and I will also give you
more details on how to proceed.

1. Your full names and Address

2. Telephone and fax numbers for easy communication.

This business is 100% risk-free and must be treated with utmost
confidentiality.

I will wait to hear from you urgently.

Yours truly

Mr. Phuti Johannes

+27842590828

Anti-fraud resources: