joewein.net   joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet
Try our spam filter!
 Free trial for 30 days
   jwSpamSpy
Home
About Us
Spam
419/Nigeria
Fraud
Contact

"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.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

 

 

Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "George Newman" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <george_newman0@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 04:25:52 +0400
Subject: Hello

Hello
>From George
 
I am George Newman, Executive Director, Investments / Fund Management of this COMPANY.It is my wish that you see this correspondence as one that would be mutually beneficial as I did get your contact from a Global Data Base in view of the need to have a reputable partnership
 
Meanwhile, it is my view that this proposal could look out of place but it is important you have a good analysis of the proposal being put forward to you.
A client of ours had an investment in one of the reputable blue chip company(s) which had a maturity date of 12th October, 2012 and with a cash value in excess of U.S.$ 3.5m but yet to file in the necessary papers to allow for the Remittance of this funds to his designated account although we tried to contact the client through the last confirmed mailing address he left behind but was shocked to discover that he was involved in an Airbus 310 the Yemeni Passenger Aircraft Crash at the Indian Ocean near the Comoros Archipalego.
 
The reason for this to see the possibility of establishing a strong partnership towards having you as the next of kin to the deceased with a view to having the funds DISTRIBUTED between us.Realize that once you show a significant level of co-operation, we shall file the necessary papers for the release of the funds to you under a 65:35 percentage sharing ratio.
 
Hoping to hear from you.
Sincerely,
 
George Newman,
Executive Director,
Investments / Fund Management, Encore Financial, Consultants.

Anti-fraud resources: