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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: Mr Dennis Stevenson <info_dennstevenson2007@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: denn.stevensw@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 23:13:05 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Letter From Mr Dennis, Read & Reply

Letter From Mr Dennis, Read & Reply

With urgent attention!!!! In order to transfer out (Fifteen-million pounds sterling) (£15,000,000.00} from our bank here in London. I have the courage to look for a reliable and honest person who will be capable of performing this transaction. I believe that you will never let me down either now or in future. I am Mr. Den Stevenson the Chief Executive Director of a bank here in Scotland United Kingdom.There is an account that was opened in this bank since, the account has been inactive, due to the death of the owner of the account. After going through some old files in the records, I discovered that if the money is not transferred immediately, it will be omitted.

The owner of this account was Mr John Hughes, a foreigner from Australia and the manager of petrol chemical service, here in London, a chemical engineer by profession. He has died since opening the account.And since then nobody knew about this account.The account has no other beneficiary and the money involved is {£15,000,000.00} Fifteen Million pounds sterling. Kindly reply to me stating your interest, and I shall give you the details and necessary procedure to make the transfer.I await your response,You can contact me with this email address denn.stevens@yahoo.com

Thanks and i await your soonest reply.

Warmest regards,
......................
Mr Den Stevenson,
Executive Director,
Bank Of Scotland Plc.




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