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.Tan Ruby" <mrs.tanruby22@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2014 22:52:14 -0600
Subject: From Mrs. Tan Ruby

As you read this letter, please don't feel bad, because I believe
everyone will die someday. My name is Dr. Paul the private Doctor
taking care of Mrs. Tan Ruby who has been suffering from ovarian
cancer Disease and has gone into Koma

Which, she will not recuperate from judging from a Medical point of view.
She is From Singapore, but based in Burkina Faso here, in West Africa
for over ten years now as a business woman dealing on cotton
exportation though without a child or husband neither relative for all
I know.

She has the sum of $5.3 Million US DOLLARS in Commercial Bank of
Africa (CBA) which she instructed the bank to give to the African
union leaders to help sick people around Africa before she went into
Koma

But before the sickness worsened, she instructed me to contact you
through her private email address with the below request and as a
Professional, I promised to carry out the task.

She has the sum of $2.7 Million US Dollars in another bank called the
(ECOBANK) in the same Burkina Faso which she wants you to claim from
the bank and use it to
Help the less privileged People in your country and other places your
heart desires

But she said that you will take only 60% of the total money and give
the remaining
40% to the Charity organizations and orphanage homes of your choice a
s such will please her Soul

Upon the receipt of your response, indicating that you are willing and
capable to execute her plans

I will direct you as she instructed on how to contact the Bank for the
release of the fund into your Bank account.

Your friend,

Dr. Paul on behalf of

Mrs. Tan Ruby

Anti-fraud resources: