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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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Fraud email example:

From: "EDWARD EKE" <edwardeke@planetroyalbankworld.com>
Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2005 14:17:34 +0000
Subject: EDWARD

THIS MESSAGE IS SENT TO YOUR IN STRICT CONFIDENTIALITY.

I AM MR. EDWARD EKE ,THE MANAGER OF PLANET ROYAL BANK WORLD INC. A FINANCE
SECURITY COMPANY BASE IN LAGOS NIGERIA, AND I'M USING THIS CORRESPONDENCE TO
URGENTLY SEEK YOUR ASSISTANCE AND CO-PERATION, IN A SENSITIVE AND HIGHLY
BENEFICIAL, FINANCIAL BUSINESS TRANSACTION. AN IMPORTANT CLIENT OF MINE,
WHOSE DETAILS I CAN NOT DISCLOSE, FOR OBVIOUS REASONS, AT THIS POINT IN
TIME, HAS IMPLORED ME TO CONTACT A RELIABLE AND TRUSTWORTHY PARTNER
OVERSEAS, TO URGENTLY RECEIVE AND BANK $25M , PRESENTLY DEPOSITED WITH OUR
FINANCE OUT FIT HERE IN EUROPE. THIS FUND WAS DEPOSITED IN OUR COMPANY
BEFORE IT WAS MOVED TO EUROPE .THIS FUND IS DEPOSITED IN A CONSIGNMENT METAL
BOX AND TERMED AS FAMILY EFFECTS. DUE TO THE FACT THAT MY CLIENT CONTINUES
TO INCUR A LOT OF EXPENSES QUARTERLY AS DUMORAGE/HANDLING CHARGES, HE NEEDS
A PARTNER, & A FRIEND, WHO CAN ASSIST IN THE RETRIEVAL AND INTEGRATION OF
THE FUND INTO THE MAINSTREAM OF A BANKING SYSTEM. THIS PARTNER SHOULD BE
ABLE TO HAVE A RAPPOR WITH HIS BANKERS, FOR THIS PURPOSE. MY CLIENT HAS
AGREED IN PRINCIPLE, TO GIVE THIRTY PERCENT (30%) OF THE TOTAL SUM TO
WHOEVER SHALL HANDLE THE MANAGEMENT, REDIRECTION, AND REPATRIATION OF THE
FUNDS, MOST CONFIDENTIALLY.

PLEASE, BE REST ASSURED THAT THIS TRANSACTION IS ABSOLUTELY HITCH FREE. MY
CLIENT IS FROM THE RULING CALIPHATE OF THIS COUNTRY.ONCE I GET A POSITIVE
APPRECIATION AND EVALUATION OF THIS PROPOSAL FROM YOU, I'LL SEND YOU THE
RELEVANT INFORMATION ON HOW YOU ARE GOING TO PROCEED WITH THE CLAIM OF THIS
CONSIGNMENT FROM OUR CORRESPONDANT FINANCE & SECURITY COMPANIES IN EUROPE.
THANKING YOU IN ANTICIPATION OF YOUR CO-OPERATION.
YOUR TRULY,

MR. EDWARD EKE


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