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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: "J.David" (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 02:15:12 -0000
Subject: Mutual Benefit,50/50 share.

Dear Sir/Madam,
I humbly wish to introduce myself to you.
My name is Jacob David personal assistant to my Late Madam
I believe that with mutual co-operation and
assistance we can claim this fund valued 65 M. successfully,My Madam a Foreign
Consultant/Contractor with Gold Mining Company,
Mrs.Linda Graham made a numbered time fixed deposit for twelve
calendar months, valued at Sixty Five Million United States
Dollars(US$65,000,000.00).Upon maturity of her deposit,I got a routine
notification from the Finance House, which was sent to her forwarding
address.It happen to be that my mistress died without making a WILL,
and all my attempts to trace her next of kin
has been fruitless.According to the Law, at the expiration of some few
years which is due in a couple of months, the money will be revert to
the ownership of the Government if nobody applies to claim the
fund.Since I have been unsuccessful locating the relatives,I can not
imagine this money being confiscated to government.
I seek your consent to present you as the next
of kin of my late madam so that the proceeds of this account valued
at Sixty Five Million United States Dollars can be released to you.
As we shall share 50%-50% each.All I require is
your honest cooperation to enable us seeing this deal through particularly your
words of honor not to sit on the funds when it's in your control.
Please, I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

I urgently require from you for the commencement of this transaction are
the following details :

1. YOUR FULL NAMES AS BENEFICIARY:
2. CITY/STATE:
3. COUNTRY:
4. NATIONALITY:
5. OCCUPATION:
6. SEX:
7. AGE:
8. MARITAL STATUS:
9. CELL PHONE:
As soon as I receive the above information,I will forward an
application letter on your behalf to the bank as the
legitimate Next of kin and also give you more details.
Yours Sincerely,
Jacob David.
Email: jacobdavid788@live.com

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