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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: Christopher Parker (Esq.) <info@parkerchambers.org.canaca.com>
Reply-To: christopherparker@lawyer.com
Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2011 16:49:05 -0400
Subject: TREAT AS URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL.

Dear Friend, I apologize if the contents of this email is contrary to your moral ethics. I humbly solicit your immediate assistance. Though this mail may come to you as a surprise, due to the high level of crime emanating from the internet. Please, treat with absolute secrecy. I am Mr. Christopher Parker, Attorney to your late uncle Mr. James , whom was my client before his demise. Ever since he died in September 2010 with his family in an auto accident, I have been trying to contact you or any other relations of his who will stand as the deceased next of kin to inherit his $10million fixed deposit he made with a security company here in the United Kingdom. Since, the fix deposit has mature December 2010. The finance house wants to know if the next of kin will want to roll over the fixed deposit for another 10years or make the withdrawal immediately, so they have ask me to come up with my late client next of kin details. Please get back to me as soon as possible with your information as place below if you wish to make withdrawal of your fund. 1. Full Names 2. Present Occupation 3. Age 4. Contact Address 5. Any of your proof Identification 6. Phone and Fax number As soon as I get this information from you I will start preparing all legal documents that we are going to use for the application. Also I will disclose your Uncle's details to you once I verify your information that you are the rightful person I am look for. Hope to hear from you soon. Chrisptopher Parker 00447553738754

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