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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: "Morales Ramos" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <sanchezassociatessolicitors@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 03:10:11 -0800
Subject: From Ramos Morales

Sir,
Firstly, I must solicit your confidence in this transaction; this is by virtue of its nature as
being utterly confidential and top secret. Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude
will make any one apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that all will be fairly processed
to conclution. I am Mr. Ramos Morales working with SANCHEZ ASSOCIATE SOLICITORS.
I am the personal attorney to a business mogul, who managed casinos and restaurants in Spain.
He was a foreigner and lived in Spain for many years. Eventually in 2005, my client; his wife and
their only child were involved in a car accident along Madrid express-road. All occupants of the
vehicle unfortunately lost their lives.My purpose of contacting you is for you to help secure the funds
left behind by my late client, to avoid it being confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Finance
House Where this fund valued USD 11,800,000.00(Eleven Million Eight hundred thousand US Dollars)
was deposited by my client before his death.
This Finance House has issued me a notice to contact the next of kin or the deposit will be declared
unserviceable and the fund diverted to the Government treasury, So far all my efforts to get hold of
someone related to my client has proved abortive. Hence, I have contacted you. I am actually asking
for your consent to present you to the Finance House as the Next of Kin/beneficiary of my late client's
fund, so that the said fund can be paid to your account or in situation whereby you may wish to come to
Spain to see the deposited consignment, I will provide all the original documents of deposit that my client
left with me.
This proposition is entirely risk free. I will use my position as the client’s attorney to guarantee the
successful execution of this transaction. If you are interested, please contact me via emails:
moralesramos55@gmail.com. The intended transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement
that will protect you from any infraction of the law. However, if this business proposition offends your
moral ethics, do accept my sincere apology.

Regards,

Ramos Morales.
sanchezassociatechambers@europe.com
+34 603 166 320

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