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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: micheal_ekewoods77@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:10:35 +0100
Subject: URGENT RESPONSE NEEDED FROM YOU



MICHEAL EKE WOODS CHAMBER [W-2 Victoria St, London, United Kingdom,
SW1H 0ND] . Legal practitioner . Tax services . Legal matters Hello My
Good Friend, I'm sorry for embarrassing you with my mail.I have just
gone through your profile and concluded that we can work together in
good harmony,for betterment of our future, in a shortest period of
time,if only we can work together.But you have to keep this
personal,because future blackmailing if we get this fund. First let me
introduce my self to you, my name is Mr.Micheal Eke Woods.I am a
solicitor with Micheal Eke Woods chambers of United Kingdom,also the
attorney to late Mr.Kurt Kahle.whom before is death has a private
business school, unfortunate he died with his family in the July, 2000
Air France crash.For your confirmations
visit:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm Although my
client left no record of any next of kin but I have made several
inquiries to locate any of my clients extended relatives which had
proved
unsuccessful. As a matter of fact, he had a fixed time deposit
of $7,000.000.00 (Seven million dollars with a finance house in
London (with unclaimed dividends). Consequently,the Finance house has
issued me a notice to provide my client next of kin or have the fund
liquidated within a short time.Based on my unsuccessful search for his
relatives for the past six years, I therefore seek your consent to
present you as the next of kin/inheritor to my deceased client,so that
the money will be transferred to your account for us to share upon
approval. As his personal Attorney I have all the legal documents and
all it takes to back-up this claims and to convincingly present you
to the bank as the next of kin to my late client without any stress.
Be rest assured is a risk free project, wish both of us will profit
from. All I require is your honest cooperation. I guarantee that this
will be executed under a legitimate arrangement without breaking
government's law.Your benefit in this
project,45% is for you and why
5% goes to any orphanage home we both agreed on, why 2% is for any
expensive will incur on the process of getting this fund and 48% is
for me. if interested on this project, do forward your personal
information like your full names.Age and Sex, Occupation and
Residential address, with your fax and phone number for easy
communication. Regards, Micheal Eke Woods(Esq)

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