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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: Taylor Frank <taylorfrank034@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2014 02:45:22 -0700
Subject: I need your help

Good day



I would like to submit the proposal for the purpose of investment in your
country. I prayed and I ask God to guide me to the right person.



My name is Frank Taylor, the only son of the third wife of the former
President of Liberia, my father was arrested on allegations of using his
position in the government to help the smuggling of weapons and the
exchange of gold and diamonds from the diamond field Lofia Country, he was
also accused of war crimes of various degrees, but it is not, it was just a
political vendetta. My father was indicted by the International Criminal
Court in The Hague and was jailed for fifty years.




Please, I need your help. My father deposited 16, 5 us dollars {sixteen
million five hundred thousand dollars} and 150 kg of gold in one of the
leading security and financial service company, which he used my name as
the next of kin. Before his arrest, he instructed me to proceed immediately
with the documents to the neighboring country in search of asylum, so moved
to Sierra Leone, where I spent some time before I finally moved to Ghana
from a single nation refugee agency and currently lives in a refugee camp
under the supervision of Reverend father.



Meanwhile, I have located the security and financial service company and
have paid a visit, and also discussed the possible transfer of the fund and
the release of gold. My father left a clause to the security and finance
company that I should introduce a trusted foreign partner who will be my
trustee to help me invest this fund if I'm still single, and I need to
transfer funds abroad and gold for investment purposes, that's why I need
your help, I ask you to be my guardian and help me in implementing the
transfer and release of the fund to your country.



You will also be responsible for investment and fund management; we will
also outline the percentage for your help. Please let me know immediately
if you can help me, and I will give you more information about security,
where the money and gold are filed.

I thank you in anticipation to your prompt reply.

You can contact me via Skype Call video, so that we can talk more,

e-mail: franktaylor977@yahoo.com.


Sincerely,


Frank Taylor

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