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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: "Wesner N Variola" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <Wesnervariola1@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2011 23:08:06 +0800
Subject: Hello friend

Hello,

I am writing this letter in confidence believing that if it is the wish of God for you to help me out of this predicaments , God almighty will bless and reward you abundantly,I am Miss Wesner N Variola 28 years of age and single, Despite the fact that I am from royal family. I will love to have a long-term relationship with you and to know more about you and build up a solid foundation with you in time coming after I have gone through a profile that speaks good of you.

Well, my father was the managing director of Marlen and Associate (Ltd) and was the personal advicer to Mr.Jean-Bertrand Aristide former Head of State of our country (HAITI ) that was forced out of the Country to exile in 2004, before the Disaster's Earthquake that devastates the cities killing tens of thousand of people with my father, mother and two of my brothers early last year, i was the only member of the family that survived and managed to make my way out of the country as a refugee to malaysia .

My father deposited the some money in a Bank,years back which he deposited with my name as the next of kin and the bank has told me that due-to my status as a refugee that i can not operate the account and they told me to look for a foreigner who will stand on my behalf and claim the money into a foreign account.

Now,I urgently need your humble assistance to move this money from the firm into your country i will want to confide some certain things with you and i want you to keep it secret to yourself. I received a letter from my fathers bank that i have been giving 21 working days by the bank to come and CLAME/REACTIVATE my late fathers account in there bank,before there bank inventory activities will commenced,or the money will be declared DOMANT and CONFISCATED by the Government .Please, note that this transaction is 100% risk free and I hope to commence the transaction as quick as possible, I will send you my contacts and other infor as soon as I got you well.

Yours sincerely,
Miss Variola With Love and trust












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