joewein.de LLC fighting spam and scams on the Internet

Try our spam filter! Free trial for 30 days

"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

• About the 419 (Advance Fee) scam
• "Is that email a scam?" - Check it online here!
  
• Frequently asked Questions (419 FAQ)
• Phone numbers used by 419 scammers
  (+225 +229 +234 +27 +31 +32 +34 +44 other)
• Company names mentioned in 419 spam:
  1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
• Support our efforts to stop scams!
  
• How to report 419 spam to us
• What can you do when you receive 419 spam
  
  
• Spam archive, Daily index
  

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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr Daniel Soglo" <barr_dansoglo900@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 14:06:43 +0100
Subject: Business Proposal.

FROM BARRISTER DANIEL SOGLO
SOLICITORS & ADVOCATES
ACCRA-GHANA,
Tel:00233 243471860.

I write you in good faith, hoping that you will treat this letter as a desperate search for assistance in a matter that shall benefit both of us. A random search based on your locality from the Internet produced your name and address and that of two others in your country.

I am DANIEL SOGLO an Attorney to a deceased Immigrant property magnate who was based here in Accra-Ghana, also referred to as my client. On the 31th of July 2000, my client, his wife and their two Children died in the Air France concord plane crash bound for New York in their plan for a world cruise,

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

Since then I have been managing his properties here in Accra-Ghana and some others which he put out for sale.

The properties which have long been put out on sale have now been paid for and now the money paid has long been deposited into his local bank account here. I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by his bank(International Commercial Bank Accra-Ghana).

Particularly, the bank has issued me with a notice to provide any of his next of kin or have the account confiscated within a short period of time. My late client has an account valued at 2Million United States Dollars Only. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating any of my clients relatives for some time now and with no one coming forward since my clients passing on, and with the bank now giving me a deadline, I now seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to my deceased client, so that the proceeds of his account valued at 2Million United States Dollars Only can be paid to you. This I intend we share amongst ourselves in the ratio of 50%/50%.

I have all the necessary information that can be used to back up any Claim that we may make and I can assure you that you shall be paid this amount as the next of kin to my late client. All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Trust me as his attorney that this is arisk-free relationship.
Please get in touch with me via email and send me your full names and address, telephone and fax numbers to enable us discuss further about this transaction.Thanks

Best regards,
DANIEL SOGLO esq.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam