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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: mrs_beataadams@hotmail.com <mrs_beataadams@hotmail.com>
Date:
Subject: Strictly Personal And Confidential Kindly Get Back To Me

From The Dest Of Mrs Beata Adams.
Manageress In Synergy Bank London.

Hello Dear

Permit me to formally introduce myself as Mrs. Beata Adams, from Manchester City United Kingdom, Manager in this branch of Synergy Bank of
London, During the course of our auditing we discovered the sum of Four Million Six hundred thousand united states dollars (USD$2.27M(Two Million twenty seven Thousand United States Dollars) floating
in an account opened in this Bank since 1997 and as from 2001 nobody has operated on this account again, and after going through some old files
in the records I discovered that the owner of the account 4408-14-255-1141 been Mr. Andreas Schranner, a German property magnate Age 64 years old,
his wife Maria, 62 years old, their daughter Andrea Eich, 38, her husband Christian, 57, and their children Katharina, 8 and Maximilian, 10 years old,
all perished in the jet. [Concorde AF4590] With the whole passengers on-board on Monday, 31 July, 2000, 13:22 GMT 14:22 UK died without a [HEIR]Monday,
31 July, 2000, by plane crash, hence the money is floating Here is the air crash website onfiltered
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

After due verification I noticed that no other person knows about this account except his wife and his only dauthers who was also invovled in the crash,
and the account has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well that until his death he was the Director German Property magnate
[SARL]Since our bank,(Royal Bank Of Scotland).got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of kin to come forward and claim his money
because we cannot release it unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines and
policies but up to date nobody came up to this bank as his next of kin or relative

It is therefore upon this discovery that I and other officials in my department now decided to make this businness proposal to you and release the money
to you as the next of kin or relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent.disbursement since nobody is coming forth and we don't want this money to
go into the Ban! k treasury as unclaimed Bill.

On this note, I decided to seek for whom his name shall be used as the next of kin as no one has come up as his relation. And the country law here does
not allow such money to stay more than ten years, for the money will be recalled to the government treasury as unclaimed after this period.Upon the receipt
of your response, I will send to you the application form,bank'scontact and the next step to take. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this
business is hitch free and that should not entertain any fear as all modalities for fund transfer can be finalized within fourteen banking days,
after you apply to the bank as a relation to the deceased.

It has been resolved that 30% will be for you while 70% will be for me which shall be release after the funds must have been remitted into your bank account.

When you receive this letter, kindly send me an e-mail signifying your decision.Including your private Tel/Fax numbers for quick communication.

Hoping for a very successful business relationship with you.

Reply to me by my private E-mail Address:mrs_beataadams@hotmail.com


Regards, Mrs Beata Adam
Manageress Synergy Bank London

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