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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: "karen walter" <karenlive4god@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2006 13:44:44 +0000
Subject: Very confidential

Attention:

INRODUCTION

I would like to start off by introducing myself. I am Moses Manna, I run
a private financial consultant legal firm. My head office is in Nigeria, but
I also do have branch offices in Manchester and South Africa

PURPOSE OF LETTER

First of all, it may please you to know that I got your contact through
a private search engine online. I represent a lot of high profile clients,
both home and overseas. The British Government on money laundering charges
unfortunately recently held one of such clients. You can find the news on
the BBC news link below:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4291350.stm
This you can also find the website below for your perusal.
http://nigeriaworld.com/feature/publication/babsajayi/100405.html
http://allafrica.com/stories/200509300375.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4253362.stm

>From all indications, there is a great chance of him being incarcerated and
following this as his financial adviser, he has personally requested that I
commence on an immediate search for a partner for him in the United States
and any other part of the world who will act as the next of kin/beneficiary
and take charge of his other finances in the likely event of his
incarceration.

This shall be a business agreement and all relevant documentation to make
you the beneficiary to his other finances including power of attorney,
letters of authority will be prepared. You will take charge ofall concerning
this fund and will manage it based on your own discretion, you will also be
entitled to a percentage of this fund.

CONCLUSION:
If you go through the BBC news link above, you will see that my client is in
a very desperate situation and if he doesn't commence an immediate transfer
of his other finances, he stands a chance of loosing everything. At the
moment, his assets in London, worth about 10Million Pounds has been
confiscated.

If you are interested, my direct number and email is below to reach me.
Then I can furnish you with more facts. I am purposely withholding other
vital details until somebody indicates interest.

Contact me on:
Personal Email:directormosesmanna@myway.com
Phone number/ direct line 2348034001071


Please note that amount of transfer in question is well over GBP15Million
Great Britain Pounds. So if it is what you think you can handle, kindly
reply, if not please do not bother as we have no time to waste.

Thanks,

Moses Manna


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