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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: isaacgeorge5@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 22:44:11 +0000
Subject: =?utf-8?Q?Urgentn=C3=AD?= mail =?utf-8?Q?pros=C3=ADm...?=

Dear Friend,



I am Mr Isaac George, an attorney at law. A deceased client of Mine,
by name Mr. Andrew Parker from your country, who hereinafter shall be
referred to as my client, whose life and that of his
entire family were lapsed while on holidays in a holidays resort in
Phuket Thailand on the 26th of December 2004 in the Tsunami natural
disaster.




I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money left behind
by my client before it is confiscated or declaredunserviceable by the
bank where this deposit valued at $12.5million dollars is lodged. This
bank has issued me a notice to contact the next of kin, or the Account
will be confiscated because there is a government
gazette/mandate/authorising all banks to freeze or confiscate any
account that has not been serviceable in a long period of time, this
is geared towards capital flight for the economy.



My proposition to you is to seek your consent to present you as the
Next-of-kin and beneficiary of my named client, so that the proceeds
Of this account can be paid to you. This will be disbursed or shared
in these percentages,50% to me and 40% to you while 10% is for any
expenses incurred during the transaction. All legal documents to back
up your claim as my client's next-of-kin will be provided. What I
require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this transaction
through.




This will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect
you from any breach of the law. If this business proposition offends
your moral values, do accept my apology but if not, then contact me at
once to indicate your interest, by giving me urgently the following
below:



URGENT PLEASE.




1. Your full Name
2. Your Telephone/Fax Numbers
3. Your Contact Address.
4. Your Age and Occupation.



Your urgent response will be highly anticipated and appreciated.
Kindly call me on my private telephone +229 968 23528 for more oral
clarification and information.



Regards,
Mr Isaac George,(Esq)
.................................


Milý príteli,


Já jsem pan Isaac George, advokát. Zemrel muj klient, jménem pan
Andrew Parkerz vaší zeme, který dále musí být jen muj klient, jehož
život a že jehocelá rodina byla neberou v potaz, když jste na dovolené
v svátku resortv Phuket Thajsko na 26. prosince 2004 ve Tsunami
prírodní katastrofy.
Musím vás kontaktovali na pomoc prirepatriaci peníze, zanechal po mém
klientovi predtím, než je zabavenynebo prohlášeny nepoužitelného
bankou, pokud tento vklad v hodnote $12.5million
dolaru, je podání. Tato banka vydala me zpráva spojit se sdalším
príbuzným, nebo na úcet bude zabaven, protože tam je vládní
list/poverení / povoluje všechny banky zmrazit nebo zabavit jakýkoli
úcet,který nebyl provozuschopný v dlouhém casovém období, To je
zameren naúnik kapitálu v ekonomice.



Mujnávrh na vás, je usilovat o váš souhlas k vám jako Next-o-príbuzné
apríjemce z mých jménem klienta tak, aby výtežek z tohoto úctu muže
býtvyplacena na vás. To bude vyplacena, nebo sdílená v techto procent,
50%pro me a 40% na vás, zatímco 10% je pro veškeré náklady vzniklé
vprubehu transakce. Veškeré právní dokumenty zálohovat váš nárok
jakomuj klient next-o-kin bude zajišteno. Co jsem treba je vaše
uprímnáspolupráce k tomu, aby nás vidí tuto transakci prostrednictvím.
Tobude popraven za legitimní usporádání, které bude chránit vás
zjakéhokoli porušení zákona. Pokud tato obchodní nabídka uráží
vašemorální hodnoty, to akceptovat mou omluvu, ale pokud ne, tak me
prosímkontaktujte ihned uvést váš zájem tím, že me naléhave tyto níže:


URGENT PROSÍM.


1. Vaše celé jméno
2. Vaše telefonní a faxová císla
3. Kontaktní adresu.
4. Váš vek a povolání.


Vašeurgentní odpoved bude velmi ocekávaný a ocení. Laskave zavolejte
mi namuj soukromý telefon +229 96823528 pro bližší ústní vysvetlení
ainformace.


S pozdravem,
Pan Isaac George, (Esq)

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