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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: "Santos Alexandre" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <santosalex@rediffmail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 18:24:13 +0100
Subject: PARTNERSHIP REQUEST

Dear Sir/Madam

First let me thank you for the response to my mail and agreeing to take part in this project I want you to know that this is a 100% business deal which I can assure you that its risk free because all modalities has been mapped out already to make this business deal a success from legal to offical I emphasis on the fact that these type of business deal happens daily by the so called leaders of the world and as a banker I see it all times pass through my desk and since I have this oppurtunity in my hand now I deemed it fit not to allow it pass me by because it may never come again, if we work diligently and closely together we would conclude it in the next few days and I beleive within me perfectly that with your experience we can both hit our expected goal.

Before we begin it is important I educate you on the process carefully and please ensure to follow my advice step by step so that we will not have any problems at any stage as you know this is my field,this funds in question is ready for transfer all I need from you now is your TOTAL COMMITMENT,Full Names,Occupation,Age,Tel,Address and Company Name with these details I can retrieve the original information of the company and replace it with yours to evidence the claim in our record after which when the transfer is complete out of my bank to our nominated bank account in your name I would destroy the record from our file,then we can both share our percentage as we will agreed upon.

I will agree to share with you 70% for me and then 30% for you since I am the originator of this business and since I would also need to greez some hands in my office to make sure that we have a smooth transfer,One very important aspect we must take into consideration is that we must make use of an OFFSHORE BANK that has a very high levels of customer protection and secrecy in a country that has a relaxed banking laws and financial regulations offcourse without tax and also a bank that is a corresponding bank to my bank so that the transfer will be seen as an in house transfer thus will not attract any financial regulatory body although I will advice you carefully on this.

With all these been said I would prefer to get your response and also build a relationship with you since we have not met before and you will agree with me that it is not easy to transact and entrust such magnitude to business in your hand without building a relationship.

Please I would want you to handle this matter with utmost confidentiality due to the nature of my job since I am still in active service.

Thank you,
Santos Alexandre
santosalex@rediffmail.com

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