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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: <postmaster@thepius.info>
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 16:43:25 -0500
Subject: HIGHLY BENEFICIAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL!



-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Fwd: HIGHLY BENEFICIAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL!
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:03:11 -0500
From: <postmaster@thepius.info>
To:

My name is Lawrence Adu-Mante Newton,

I am the Regional Manager of commercial Bank of Ghana,[G.C.B] Accra branch
Ghana. I write you this proposal in good faith; I am a man of peace, and I
have sincere respect for human feelings and opinions. I have packaged a
financial transaction that will benefit you and I. As the Regional Manager
Of Ghana Commercial Bank [G.C.B], it is my duty to send in financial
report to my head office in the capital city, Accra at the end of each
business year.

On the course of last year, 2009 business report, I discovered that the
bank's branch that I manage made Six Million five hundred and fifty
thousand United States Dollars; I kept this away from the Head office and
irrelevant personnel for the success of my motive. I have placed this
fund in an Escrow account with no beneficiary. But as an officer of this
bank I cannot be directly connected to this money, so I have considered
and decided to contact you for assistance in transferring this sum into
your bank account as the beneficiary/next of kin of the account
containing the funds.

I am willing to offer you up to 40% of the entire sum on the fulfillment
of your part in the process. There are practically no risks involved, the
transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will
protect you from any breach of the law, it will simply be a bank to bank
transfer.

When it is possible to receive your feedback, I will communicate the next
step to you.

You have absolutely nothing to loose in this risk-free enterprise, so you
must invest your trust just like I must do too to ensure better
understand and on the other hand allow for a smooth & efficient running
of the transaction.

Finally, If all documents are procured and all legal procedure followed,
Transfer of the funds can be possible under three working weeks.



Sincerely,

Mr. Lawrence Newton Adu-Mante

(mr_lawrencenewton@mail2africa.com, mr_lawrencenewton@rocketmail.com)

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