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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: JOHN BROWN <jbrown34@att.net>
Reply-To: jhnbrown83@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 13:41:09 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: YOUR OVERDUE PAYMENT!



>From John Brown,

Foreign Operations Officer,

NatWest Bank Plc,

London-Kingdom.

Email- jhnbrown83@gmail.com



YOUR OVERDUE PAYMENT!



This is to inform you that World Bank and Europian Union have approved a total sum of US$5Billion in favor of all foreign beneficiaries who have not received their long overdue Award Prizes,Contracts and Inheritance funds.



The sum of US$10Million has been approved in favor of each of the beneficiaries from the total sum of US$5Billion.NatWest Bank Plc and other Nine(9) banks had been directed to remit the US$10Million to the respective beneficiaries.



With this privilaged information,I would like to have a deal with you by presenting your name to the Management of NatWest Bank Plc as one of the foreign beneficiaries whose fund has not paid so that US$10Million will be paid to you amongst others.



My condition is that both of us will share the fund equal as soon as you confirm to me that the fund has been remitted to your local bank account.



If the above condition is accepted by you,kindly forward the following information to enable me fix your name in the list of the beneficiaries for Management's approval and urgent release of the US$10Million to you:



FULL NAME:.............................



CURRENT ADDRESS:.........................



CURRENT DIRECT PHONE OR CELL PHONE NUMBER:....................



I will give you the detail information regarding the safety and legality of this transaction as soon as I receive your urgent response with your current data as stated above.



Respectfully,



Mr. John Brown,

Foreign Operations Officer,

NatWest Bank Plc,

London,United Kingdom.

Email- jhnbrown83@gmail.com

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