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: "Mr. Terry frank" <Drfrank_terrymedic@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 16:54:29 +0100
Subject: TREAT AS CONFIDENTIAL PLEASE

Good day Sir,

I know this mail must have come up to you as a surprise. But,as brief as I
can, I will explain why I make this contact to you for now I wish to be
addressed as Terry Frank. I shall reveal my real identity to you as we
proceed.I am a credit manager with one of the frontier Banks with
headquarters located here in Europe. I am in London at the moment on a
financial engineering course. the reason i make this contact is,About a
late family members Fixed account in my bank.




Been the deceased's account officer, I have been searching for a
similarity in terms of purpose before i came across your email address on a
business directory. I also came across other similar persons with such
identity of reference.Many a time, family members that are distant make
private saving and deposits that they do not expose to their supposed next
of kin as such, such funds are never claimed by their beneficiary's as they
did not know such funds exist.Please in replying this mail, i want you to
send along side these brief information, to enable me ascertain that the
similarity is real before i give you the full details

Your Full name as officially addressed
Your country of residence.

As soon as i receive your reply to this mail, I will make a comprising,
and then if am okay with the similarity,i will Explain to you why and how
you come into the picture.
All details and information I will update you with. But first, i have to
be certain about your attached interest before I give out vital information
as this is just an offer to treat sent out to several person with such
relative similarity. If I am okay with your disposition I will decided to
deal with you and reveal all that needed to be known. But please get back
to me ASAP AS time is of essence to me.


Regards

Mr. Terry Frank

Anti-fraud resources: