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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: Anthony Brown Jr <anthony.brownjr107@msn.com>
Reply-To: <anthony.brownjrr@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:36:02 +0000
Subject: From Mr Anthony Brown Jr





Good Day,

I am Mr. Anthony Brown Jr. the accountant general of shell petroleum (Inc) One of the largest oil companies with over 1.2 trillion capital investment Fund, nevertheless as the accountant general I handle all staff welfare Accounts and I extracted 1.2 % excess maximum return capital profits (EMRCP) per annum on each of the staff’s capital fund. As an expert I have made over $ 22.4 m from the staff’s EMRCP and hereby looking For someone to trust who will stand as an investor to receive the fund as Annual investment
proceed from shell capital fund of 2008.all confirmable Documents to back up the claims will be made available to you for payment Prior to your acceptance.

Meanwhile I have worked out the strategies And technicalities whereby the fund can be claimed by you in a Bank nearest To you without any stress. I will offer you 35% of the total money at the End of the transaction while I take 65%, please kindly note that we have few Days left to round up this transaction.

Please kindly declare your interest in this matter as soon as you receive this mail.

Note: your reply is urgently needed.
Yours Sincerely,

Mr. ANTHONY BROWN Jr.
(H.O.D ACCOUNTS)


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