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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: "Dr David Brown." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <drdavidbrown10001@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2013 14:20:05 -0800
Subject: Good News ........From Dr David Brown.

Hello My Dear,

I am David Brown, working under the head of luggage’s/baggage’s storage facilities here at the JFK International airport New-York. I am contacting you for a deal regarding an abandoned consignment box in our storage facility which the custom scan report of the box revealed an undisclosed sum of US dollars bill in it which could be approximately 10.5million dollars.

The consignment box was abandoned here by a diplomat due to lack of proper delivery clearance papers and his inability to pay the required legal fee on the diplomatic consignment box for clearance delivery, and I have been searching on the internet with the name of the original owner of the consignment to see if I can find a person that have the same last name with him and your information’s came out, that is why I am contacting you now for a deal to claim the consignment to our selves before it will be confiscated by the US custom.


However, immediately I get your approval, I will go ahead and meet with the custom head of operations here to find out what will be the requirement to wire the funds into your account, but you have to assure me of my 50% share of the total money in the box. I can get everything concluded within 3days upon your acceptance and all communication must be held extremely confidential to ensure a successful transaction.

I have taken it upon myself to contact you personally about this abandoned fund so that we can transact this as a deal and share the money 50% for you and 50% for me. I want you to provide me your full banking details.

Do send your banking details for quick processing and transfer, if is a deal and I will give you a call when I get your response. I wait to hear from you urgently and please treat as confidential if you want to co-operate.
Regards,
David Brown

E-mail: drdavidbrown1001@yahoo.com
Tell: +16469379829
Fax: +18175854066

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