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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: Miss Fati Amahdu <blesfati026@zipmail.com.br>
Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2013 17:00:47 -0300
Subject: Your urgent response will be highly anticipated and appreciated.

Greetings.

I am Miss Fati Amahdu, from, Rep. of Cote d'Ivoire, West Africa, I work with the International Bank of Africa here, I am writing to you following an opportunity in my office that will be of an immense benefit to both of us, In my department i discovered the sum ($9.5Million) in a credit account with A/C N0:NL85ABNA6008341843, on my further trace, i came across the file and found out that the account has be inactive for more than Ten (10) years now. The true owner of this funds/account was Engineer, Christian Eich, a German Nationality who Ran car maker BMW's museum unfortunately lost his life, including his wife and two children in the plane crash (Flight AF4590) which crashed on July 31st 2000 killing all 109 people on board. Details About The Plane Crash Visit The Website Below:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

The choice of contacting you is aroused from the geographical nature of where you live, p a r ticu larly due to the sensitivity of the transaction and the confidentiality herein, Now our bank has been waiting for any of the relatives to come-up for the claim but nobody has done that, I personally have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for 4 years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin/Will Beneficiary to the deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at $9.5Million can be paid to your account as the deceased Next of Kin.

This will be disbursed or shared in these percentages, 70% to me and 30% to you, All I required from you now is your honest co-operation, confidentiality and trust to enable us see this transaction through. I guarantee you that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Please, provide me the following, as we have seven (7) days to run it through.

This is very URGENT PLEASE KINDLY send the details below:.............
1.Ful l Name ........ .
2.Your Telephone Number........
3.Your Contact Address.....
4.Your photo.....................
5.Your sex........................
6.Your Age........................
7.Your Occupation............

Your urgent response will be highly anticipated and appreciated.
Best regards,

Miss Fati Amahdu.
 
 

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