joewein.net   joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet
Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days
  jwSpamSpy

Home
About Us
Spam
419/Nigeria
Fraud
Contact

"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.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

 

 

Some comments about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: joel kendick <joelkendick2003@yahoo.ca>
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 05:03:53 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Your feedback is highly needed


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: joelkendick2003@yahoo.ca

Hello,


I pray that this email reaches you in the best of health. This lettermay come to you as a surprise due to the fact that we

have not yet met. The message could be strange to you, the sake of your integrity.

In a brief introduction, I am Joel kendick, the Director of Operation with Cooperative Bank of Benin-Cotonou ,Republic

of Benin. I have a very interesting transaction to discuss with you.

The business under discussion has to do with George Stearns a national of your country, who is a Consultant/ contractor with

Societe Nationale Des Products D' Agricole (SONAPRA) Company in Benin-Cotonou.

I managed to get your contact details through the Internet search myself because time is of importance to it and I am desperately

looking forsomeone to assist me to pull this money out from the bank as the next of kin.

.On Thursday,December 25, 2003, George Stearns , his wife and their only daughter were involved in Air-Crash near the Atlantic

Ocean in Cotonou suburb. For more clarifications, you can visit the CNN web news for the tragedy.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/

Since then I have made several inquiries to your Embassy, in a bid to locate any relation of George Stearns . All attempts to

reach the next of kin of George Stearns has been futile as He had no family here in Benin Republic. Hence my decision to contact you. I

want you and I to go into partnership, the nature of your business is completely irrelevant to this transaction as all I need

from you is an assurance that my interest will be fully protected once his transaction is concluded.

George Stearns , made a numbered time (fixed) deposited for twelve calendar and his account with our Bank accrues to about

(Four Million, Three hundred and Fifty- Two Thousand US Dollars) $USD4.352M.

This is very simple, I will like you to reply immediately

so that I can send you the Text of application which you will fill

and apply to the bank as the next of kin to George Stearns and I will

use my good position in the bank as the Director of Operation to

make sure that the application is approved, during board meeting for

immediate payment. If you are interested, reply immediately via my private

e-mail address: joelkendick@ny.com so that we can proceed at

once.

Best Regards.

JOEL KENDICK






- joel kendick


Anti-fraud resources: