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 by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "MR LARRY WOUNDER" <mrlarrywounder3@nsk.biz>
Reply-To: tplarrywounder@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 22:58:32 +0100
Subject: FROM MR. LARRY WOUNDER


FROM MR. LARRY WOUNDER
The Branch Manager
Eco Bank Ghana Ltd,
First Light Branch
Kaneshie Mallam Highway,
Accra-Ghana
Email; tplarrywounder@hotmail.com



SEASONAL GREETINGS

Hello Dear, How are you today ? i hope you are doing fine? if so thanks be
to ALMIGHTY GOD, who gave us life. Let me start by introducing my self. My
name is Mr Larry Wounder, i am a branch manager in Eco Bank of Ghana
Limited, First Light branch Accra. I am a Ghanaian married, but my wife dead
nine months ago,she left me with two kids.

However I am writing to request for your honest assistance to help me
receive the sum of US$7, 750.000.00 million Dollar into your private bank
account. This fund was what i discovered in my branch as operational profit
last two years{2006} as a result of my hard work and commitment to service
last 2 years (2006) I have already submitted an approved(2006 & 2007) End of
the Year financial report to my Head Office here in Accra Ghana.

Moreover, this amount that i want you to receive for me is an excess fund in
my own branch of the bank and my senior directors do not know anything about
this excess fund in my branch and they will never ever know about it. Since
then i placed this money(US$7,750.000.00). on a SUSPENSE ACCOUNT that is not
reactivated, dormant account without any beneficiary for now.

As a branch manager I cannot be directly connected to this money, this is
the reason why I want your assistance to receive this money into your our
private bank account in your country, i will direct you on how we can
achieve this aim.

However if you can come down here in Ghana it will also help us to see face
to face here in my bank, then i will prepare a bank deposit slip in your
name and direct you on how to go to my head office and withdraw this fund
after i must have installed your name and your basic information's in my
banks customers computer database system as the original depositor of this
cash, after the withdrawal of this fund from my head office you will take
your share and i will take my share.

I intend to part 40% of this fund to you while 57% shall be for me, and
percent(3%) shall be for expenses like your coming down here or any other
thing that comes up, I also want you to know that there is no single risk
involved in this business. It is going to be a bank-to-bank transfer to your
nominated bank account anywhere you feel safer in this world, this is if you
can not come down here in Ghana, but if you wish to come i will provide visa
for you to come.

All I need from you is to stand as the original depositor of this fund. If
you accept this offer, I will appreciate your timely response. Also you can
forward your private phone number for speedy relation on this matter.
Remember l am still working in this bank, your confidentiality is needed in
this transaction. Please trust and honest is the watchword of this our
transaction.

Thanks and best regards,
Mr. Larry Wounder
PLEASE REPLY TO MY PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS BELOW
tplarrywounder@hotmail.com

Anti-fraud resources: