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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: Ibeh Ahmed <mr.ibe_ahmed5@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 02:15:48 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Good day my Friend,

Good day my Friend,

I know that this proposal will come to you as a surprise as we have never met before, but need not to worry as am using the only secured and confidential medium available to seek for your foreign assistance in a Business, I am contacting you independently of my investigation and no one is informed of this communication, I need your urgent assistance in this transaction to receive the sum of $14.5 million immediately to your private account.

The money has been lying dormant for years without anybody come for the claims; I want you to assist me to claim the money from the bank to your bank account in your country, as the beneficiary next of kin to the deceased customer the owner of the account, who died on 2 July 2009 in motor accident along with his family.

The Banking ethics here does not allow such money to stay more than 5 years, because the money will be recalled to the bank treasury account as unclaimed fund, upon receipt of your reply indicating your interest in this business transaction, I will send you full details information on how the business will be executed.

Please keep this proposal as a very top secret to yourself alone, and delete it in your email box if you are not interested to assist me to claim the money from the ADB bank to your bank account in your country.

Best Regards,
MR.IBEH AHMED,

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