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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: "Mr. Isaac Harrison." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <isaacharrison02@qq.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2013 19:24:36 +0200
Subject: GET BACK TO ME

Dear friend, This mail may be a surprise to you because you did not give me the permission to do so and neither do you know me but before I tell you about myself I want you to please forgive me for sending this mail without your permission. I am writing this letter in confidence believing that if it is the will of God for you to help me and my family, God almighty will bless and reward you abundantly. I need a honest and trust worthy person like you to entrust this huge t r a n s f e r project unto.My name is Mr.Isaac Harrison, The Branch Manager of a F i n a n c i a l Institution. I got your contact through a reliable source called database in Ghana chambers of commerce. I am a Ghanaian married with 3 kids. I am writing to solicit your assistance in the t r a n s f e r of US$14,500,000.00 Dollars. This f u n d is the excess of what my branch in which I am the manager made as profit last year (i.e. 2012 F i n a n c i a l year). I have already submitted an annual report for that year to my head office in Accra-Ghana as I have watched with keen interest as they will never know of this excess. I have since, placed this amount of US$14,500,000.00 Dollars on an Escrow Coded a c c o u n t without a beneficiary (Anonymous) to avoid t As an officer of the b a n k, I cannot be directly connected to this m o n e y thus I am impelled to request for your assistance to receive this m o n e y into your b a n k a c c o u n t on my behalf. I agree that 45% of this m o n e y will be for you as a foreign partner, in respect to the provision of a foreign a c c o u n t , and 55% would be for me. I do need to stress that there are practically no risk involved in this. It's going to be a b a n k-to-b a n k t r a n s f e r. All I need from you is to stand as the original depositor of this f u n d so that the f u n d can be t r a n s f e r r e d to your a c c o u n t .If you accept this offer, I will appreciate your timely response to me. This is why and only reason why I contacted you, I am willing to go into partnership investment with you owing to your wealth of experience, So please if you are interested to assist on this venture kindly contact me back for a brief discussion on how to proceed. Best regards, Mr. Isaac Harrison. isaacharrison@rediffmail.com19:19:32

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