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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 JOHN LEE" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <infojlee112@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2010 19:47:11 +0800
Subject: HELLO FRIEND!! I HAVE A BUSINESS PROPOSAL FOR YOU!!

GOOD DAY FRIEND,

I AM SENDING YOU THIS VERY EMAIL TO ASKED IF YOU ARE ABLE TO STAND AND RECEIVE NINE MILLION AND FORTY FIVE THOUSAND US DOLLARS ONLY ($9, 045, 000, 00) IN YOUR BANK ACCOUNT AT YOUR COUNTRY WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM IF ITS BEEN WIRED FROM Malaysia TO YOU AS THE BENEFICIARY?.

THIS IS TELEGRAPHIC TRANSFER SYSTEM AND NEED DOCUMENTS BEFORE REMITTANCE. SO WITH MY POSITION AS THE BANK CASHER/ACCOUNTANT, CONSIDER IT DONE EFFECTIVELY BECAUSE I WILL COVER IT UP AND THE BANK WILL AGREED TO TRANSFER IT TO YOU IMMEDIATELY AS THE RIGHTFUL BENEFICIARY OF THE FUNDS . BUT ALL I NEEDED FROM YOU IS TRUST,HONEST,TRUTH AND FULL CO-OPERATION, SO AS YOU WILL RECEIVE THIS FUND WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

ON THESE REGARDS, I NEED YOUR QUICK RESPONSE SO AS YOU WILL RECEIVE THIS FUND IMMEDIATELY AND WE BOTH HAVE 50% EACH SHARE. THIS IS 100% REAL,SAVE AND RISK FREE BECAUSE THE BANK HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE AND IT CANNOT BE TRACE ONCE THIS FUND IS MOVE OUT OF THE COUNTRY TO YOU AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

DUE TO INVESTIGATIONS, Mr. ROBERT RICE,THE DISEASED OF THE FUNDS, A CITIZEN OF CHINA WHO PERISHED IN A PLANE CRASH (Concorde Air Flight AF4590)WITH THE WHOLE PASSENGERS ON BOARD on 31 July 2000.CLICK ON THE LINK FOR DETAILS

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/859479.stm !!!.LEAVING NO ONE AS THE NEXT OF KIN AND THIS ACCOUNT HAVE BEEN LYING FOR YEARS WITH NO BODY TO FILE FOR THE CLAIMS..NOW THE GOVERNMENT IS LOOKING FORWARD TO REMIT THIS FUNDS INTO GOVERNMENT ACCOUNT..BUT ON THE LONG RUN I DON'T BELONG TO SUCH GROUP BECAUSE I KNOW DEFINITELY WELL AM GOING TO GET A TRUSTED PARTNER TO ASSIST ME ON THIS DEAL..PLEASE FILL AND RETURN THE VERIFICATION FORM FOR FURTHER PROCESSING..

BANK REQUIRE
YOU ARE TO FILL THE FORM BELOW, AS A WRITTEN APPLICATION TO CLAIM THE FUND,AND OTHER REQUIREMENT SUCH LIKE IDENTITY WOULD BE COVERED UP BY ME OK.
PLEASE FILL UP CLAIMS VERIFICATION FORM AND SEND IT BACK TO ME:


FULL NAMES OF BENEFICIARY.:................
CONTACT ADDRESS:.............................
EMAIL;.........................................
CITY/STATE:....................................
COUNTRY:.......................................
OCCUPATION:....................................
NATIONALITY:...................................
SEX:.......................AGE:................
MARITAL STATUS:................................
TEL NO:........................................

ONCE I RECEIVED THE ABOVE IN, l WILL IMMEDIATELY PROCESS THE COVERY DOCUMENT HERE IN Malaysia AND TABLE IT DOWN TO THE BANK MANAGER FOR IMMEDIATE TRANSFER AND YOU WILL RECEIVE IT WITHOUT ANY DELAY, WITHIN SEVEN WORKING DAYS REGARDING ON YOUR TRUE CO-OPERATION WITH ME. GOD BLESS YOU AND I HOPE WE SHALL ACHIEVE SUCCESS ON THIS DEAL.

YOURS FAITHFUL FRIEND AND PARTNER,
MR.John Lee
THE ACCOUNTANT

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