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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: dantemk55@live.com
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 13:24:12 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: OVERSEA INVESTMENT MANAGER


OVERSEA INVESTMENT MANAGER
=A0
Dear Sir,
=A0
I am sourcing for services of an Oversea Investment Manager (OIM) to manage=
the sum of US$32Million, this amount represent an over invoiced amount of =
money from a contract that was awarded to an American Oil exploration compa=
ny in 2000, one year later in 2001, the American company completed the cont=
ract and was fully paid by direct Wire transfer for the execution of the co=
ntract, leaving the over invoiced sum safely deposited in a special securit=
y account managed and monitored by the top officers of the corporation that=
I represent, this top officer are in charge of the day to day running of a=
ccounts and finance section including the auditing department of the corpor=
ation and have perfected all documents to back up the payment as to avoid a=
ny trace whatsoever, which makes the transaction 100% risk free.
=A0

My request is your assistance in receiving this money using a secured accou=
nt that is able to take this money and thereafter you invest it for a perio=
d of 2 years on their behalf. You would be entitled to 25% of the total fun=
d in question, while 5% will be set aside for any sundry expenses incurred =
by both parties in the course of this transaction.=20
As an administrative officer I was mandated to seek your indulgence on this=
matter, if this is acceptable to you, contact me strictly by dante_mk56@ya=
hoo.com stating your private phone number Please DO NOT bothers to respond =
if you are not interested.
=A0
=A0
Yours Sincerely,
=A0

Mr. Michael Dante=0A=0A=0A

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