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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: daniel smith <danielsmith_30@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 18:04:28 +0000
Subject: From Daniel Smith


Hello,I wish to inform you that this letter is not a hoax mail and I urge you to treat it serious. We want to transfer to overseas account($30,000.000.00USD) Thirty million United States Dollars) from a prime Bank here in London. I want to ask you, If you are not capable to quietly look for a reliable and honest person who will be capable and fit to provide eitheran existing bank account or to set up a new Bank a/c immediately to receive this money, even an empty a/c can serve to receive this money, aslong as you will remain honest to me till the end for this important business trusting in you and believing in God that you will never let medown either now or in the future.
I am Mr. Daniel smith, presently promoted to Auditor General in one of the banks here in London. During the course of our auditing last week, Idiscovered a floating fund in an account opened in the bank in 2000 and since 2004 nobody has operated on this account again, after going throughsome old files in the records I discovered that the owner of the account died without a [Heir/WILL] hence the money is floating and if I do notremit this money out urgently it will be forfeited for nothing.The owner of this account is an American and a great industrialist and a resident ofAlaska State, who unfortunately lost his life in the plane, crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 which crashed on January 31 2003, including hiswife and only daughter leaving nobody to claim the money . No other person knows about this account or any thing concerning it, the account has noother beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well that the account is a secret account. The total amount involved is Thirty million United States Dollarsonly[$30,000.000.00] and we wish to transfer this money into a safe foreigners account abroad. But I don't know any foreigner; I am onlycontacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot be approved to a local person here, but to a foreigner who has information about theaccount, which I shall give to you upon your positive response.
I am revealing this to you with believe in God that you will never let me down in this business, you are the first and the only person that I amcontacting for this business, so please reply urgently so that I will inform you the next step to take urgently. I need your strong assurancethat you will never let us down, me and a key bank official who is deeply involved with me in this business. I guarantee you that this transactionwill be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law The bank official will destroy all documents of thetransaction immediately you receive this money leaving no trace to any place. I will use my position and influence to obtain all legal approvalsfor onward transfer of this money to your account with appropriate clearance from the relevant ministries and foreign exchange departments.At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 30% of the totalamount,70% will be for us.
PLEASE,TREAT THIS PROPOSAL AS TOP SECRET.
I look forward to your earliest reply .
Best Regards
Daniel smith+44-7597575730

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