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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: "Charles Soel" <charles_soel1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: charlesjoel_2004@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 09:12:45 +0100
Subject: Please get back to me

Dear Sir/Madam,

We want to transfer to overseas (+ACQ- 55.000.000.00 euro) Fifty five
million Euro only) from a Bank in Europe, I want to ask you to quietly look
for a reliable and honest person who will be capable and fit to provide
either an 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, as
long 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 me
down either now or in future.

I am Dr.Charles Joel Auditor General of a bank in Europe, during the course
of our auditing, I discovered a floating fund in an account opened in the
bank in 1999 and since 2004 nobody has operated on this account again, after
going through some old files in the records I discovered that the owner of
the account died without a +AFs-heir+AF0- hence the money is floating and if
I do not remit this money out urgently it will be forfeited for nothing.

The owner of this account is Katsunosuki Yuifum Bussho is a Japanese citizen
who perished with other 147 passengers in EGYPTIAN Boeing 737 PLANE CRASH
into the red sea. Visit for further
detail:{http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3365721.stm}

An Inheritance like this nature, what will make it crime is if you did not
follow the Rules, Laws/Procedures of an INTERNATIONAL INHERITANCE and as
such I have made a master plan on how this business should be followed. If
you are serious and capable to do this business with me, and you know that
you will never, never ever betray me now or in the future let me know so
that I will give you the full transaction details, already a perfect
arrangement is in place, planed and marshaled out for a smooth sound
successful transaction that both parties will be joyful and proud of at the
end.

If you are truly serious like I said send me first the follows;
{1} Your correct bank account information where you will like the fund to be
transferred to.
(2.) Your full Name and Address,
(3.) Your private phone and fax numbers both home and office for easy
communication.
4} Your brief life biography.

look forward to your earliest reply through my private
email..charlesjoel_2004@yahoo.co.uk

Yours sincerely,
Dr. Charles Joel

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